Honestly I would just settle for anything avoiding the same old tropes, fat Thor, and fat Amy or Monica from Friends... for once put a fat actress in a role that is NOT centered around her weight. Or made to be a big fat Joke!
Mike and Molly and This is Us are both great shows, but the storyline is exactly the same, especially for Melissa McCarthy and Krissy Metz characters. Both shows meet S.O love interests at an Over Eaters Anonymous meeting for starters.
These men are also fat and in Toby's case balding (why couldn't Kate be with a hunk like Justin Hartley?) That was a let down for me after seeing previews and learning Kevin was her twin brother. Why a guy like that can't realistically fall for a large lady like her? Maybe HS sweethearts and he's stuck by her through thin and thick?
Also on both shows these characters defining traits are obsessed with losing weight. There are plenty of people out there with no inkling of FAs or BBW or online communities like this who are simply living their lives in fat bodies and (grudgingly) accept the hand they've been delt without obsessing over their weight.
So any sitcom featuring more than just one of two rounder people who hang out with and engage in relationships with drop dead gorgeous ladies and totally ripped dudes... Without making any obvious mention or innuendo regarding their fatness or storyline centered on diet culture. To honestly explore the stigma, discrimination and hate their characters face everyday without making this their defining trait.
Awesome romcom would be a chubby girl meets boy who likes her curves as she thickens, leading both characters on a journey of discovery and exploration. Navigating ups and downs, people's reactions and culture clashes as they come to terms and enjoy these new developments and blossom together. Living life to the fullest and get their happily ever after in the end after some doubts and strife.
Mike and Molly and This is Us are both great shows, but the storyline is exactly the same, especially for Melissa McCarthy and Krissy Metz characters. Both shows meet S.O love interests at an Over Eaters Anonymous meeting for starters.
These men are also fat and in Toby's case balding (why couldn't Kate be with a hunk like Justin Hartley?) That was a let down for me after seeing previews and learning Kevin was her twin brother. Why a guy like that can't realistically fall for a large lady like her? Maybe HS sweethearts and he's stuck by her through thin and thick?
Also on both shows these characters defining traits are obsessed with losing weight. There are plenty of people out there with no inkling of FAs or BBW or online communities like this who are simply living their lives in fat bodies and (grudgingly) accept the hand they've been delt without obsessing over their weight.
So any sitcom featuring more than just one of two rounder people who hang out with and engage in relationships with drop dead gorgeous ladies and totally ripped dudes... Without making any obvious mention or innuendo regarding their fatness or storyline centered on diet culture. To honestly explore the stigma, discrimination and hate their characters face everyday without making this their defining trait.
Awesome romcom would be a chubby girl meets boy who likes her curves as she thickens, leading both characters on a journey of discovery and exploration. Navigating ups and downs, people's reactions and culture clashes as they come to terms and enjoy these new developments and blossom together. Living life to the fullest and get their happily ever after in the end after some doubts and strife.
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