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Negative nancy review3/26/2023 ![]() Beforehand, Daniel Noriega appeared on the seventh season of American Idol, where he was eliminated during the top 16. Watch Adore Delano be a baseball player whilst performing in the locker room and the showers in this music video for "Negative Nancy".Īdore Delano, real name Daniel Noriega, is a drag queen who appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race season six. For now, we can just marvel at her in her music videos. I hope one day she does decide to give it another shot and take that crown. Then she returned for All Stars season two and she decided it wasn't for her. I literally cheered on Adore Delano during her RuPaul's Drag Race Season, although Bianca Del Rio certainly deserved that crown regardless, I am happy she got into the top three. This story is too good.I actually thought I had already written about this music video for my blog, so I was surprised to find out that I hadn't hence why I'm making up for it right now by reviewing it. I will do my best to keep my anime reviews spoiler-free from what is in the manga, but I just can’t wait anymore. My willpower is not strong enough to wait these short breaks out, so I’ll probably soon pass the episodes with my manga reading. So another week of Love Stage!! is over and I’m once again enchanted, but frustrated that weeks move so damn slow. It’s all very weird, very complicated, but very interesting and I’m loving every minute of it. Rei is his Uke mentor and Shouga is the badass Seme that protects his younger brother from other rival Seme popstar. Once again I’m going crazy about a side pairing more than I am the main pairing (Kisa/Yukina from Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi deserve their own spin off, okay?), but I just can’t help it. If you are enjoying their relationship as much as I am, read the manga. So hard that I broke down and started reading the manga and yes, my friend, it is canon. Who else notices that Shouga and Rei are almost always together? And that they are more present in Izumi’s life than his actual parents? And that they are both extremely protective of him? Because I do, my friend, I do. Now that I’ve Negative Nancy’ed this review, I’m going to squee a bit. ![]() So while my review here is generally positive, I’d be completely remiss if I didn’t at least point out how screwed up this trope is. But Izumi was asleep, had no way to consent, and had previously rejected his advances. Yeah, he felt bad about what he did to him earlier and promised he’d never “hurt” him again. Yeah, Ryouma is madly in love with Izumi. ![]() ![]() While it seems like most fans were thinking him kissing Izumi repeatedly while he slept was oh so adorable, I’m pretty bummed at the constant themes of dubious consent that this and pretty much all other yaoi/shonen-ai stories inevitably have to fall back on. Now here’s where I get a bit Negative Nancy on you guys. I’m sure there’s some infatuation on his part that’s inspired by his youth, but he’s clearly putting himself out there in ways that he probably wouldn’t have done otherwise. You don’t stay up an entire night and following day to help someone with a hobby you know nothing about unless your feelings for them are genuine. I don’t doubt Ryouma’s love in the slightest, even if he’s young and clinging onto something that he latched onto in his childhood. While he seems to have been initially put off by the whole “nerd” thing, he has come to see it as Izumi’s artistic side and sacrificed his one day off to help Izumi finish his manuscript. Ryouma is becoming more likable, however, despite his forceful tendencies. I’m not entirely pleased with the forcefulness of these interactions, but I do find the role reversal at the very least entertaining. When he rejects Ryouma, the pop star makes even more of a scene, attracts more attention, and essentially forces Izumi to relent. He’s already surrounded by it at home and wants no part of it. Part of Izumi’s frustration probably comes from the fact that being in any sort of relationship with Ryouma is going to put him even further into the world of celebrity against his will. The pop star, Ryouma, is completely head over heels in love with the nerd, Izumi, who is just really annoyed at the whole situation. My favorite part of the episode is the complete role reversal between the “cool” pop star and the “nerdy” otaku. This show is magically delightful on so many levels. I don’t even really like that type of music. Also, every time I watch an episode I have the finale song stuck in my head for at least 30 minutes. The characters could have been simple two-dimensional beings that exhibit only the cliched trademarks of their type (otaku, rock star, etc), but things are a lot more nuanced than that. This anime continues to surprise me with both how absolutely adorable it is and how much each character continues to flesh out week after week.
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