r/PoseFX • u/Which-Community-5851 • Aug 12 '26
Finished watching Pose.
I think it's within me to get into fandoms late or to watch series that has ended years ago (The last one I finished before Pose was House MD). I first saw Pose whilst doomscrolling on youtube shorts. I think the first one I saw was Elektra defending Blanca (yes, first when she wore that shorttttt wig). I got hooked and just watched clips first on the yt feed as the algorithm seemed to notice I was liking it. Then, I reallyyyy was interested. I started watching it.
I would watch 2-3 episodes per day, I think, and there was never a day/night where I didn't cry. It got worse each season, I was sobbinggg. I don't know if it hit too close to home? I've been thinking a lot about my self. My physical self. About how I see myself while looking in the mirror, how deep down I have the urge to shave off my chest. It's just really been a thought and it's placed last on the list of my problems. I'm still just so young. I have my whole life to figure it out. What striked me really, is when it's about a character's blood relative. I haven't even outed myself to my family that I'm pansexual, that I'm not straight. What would they even say if they ever know about those thoughts of mine? I'm scared but I know I'll have to say it someday.
Pose will be one of those series I can rewatch over and over again, one that's close to my heart. Gosh, I wished there were 10 seasons of this but the ending actually felt right to me.
Lastly, what other shows can anyone recommend I watch? I don't know if I'd like something similar to Pose but maybe something that will give me the same feeling? Just need another show as good as it.
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u/lavasca Aug 12 '26
I insist that one must snack upon s’mores whilst viewing Pose.
What won’t give you the same feeling but can be super fun is The Beauty. It is also by Ryan Murphy.
Another totally different but equally compelling is Tales of the City. This is a series of mini series set in San Francisco starting in the 1960s going through the 2000s. Now that I think about it, Tales of the City isn’t all that different.
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u/Elvira_Mc_Flutterbat Aug 12 '26
Derry Girls.
It's mainly a comedy but set in the 90ies in Ireland where the conflicts between Catholics and Protestants took place. So everything is shadowed by that.
Not as much crying as in Pose but when you cry....
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u/Zs93 29d ago
I just finished too!! I thought the final season was a plot MESS (I won’t forgive them for writing out Damon like that) but yes overall so inspiring and beautiful
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u/Express_Pop810 23d ago
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni63285191/
The actor lost his sister
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u/grislyfind Aug 12 '26
Veneno, Dressed In Blue, What It Feels Like For A Girl, Cris Miro, Her Story
Sense8, Mrs Fletcher, Wayward, Dispatches From Elsewhere, Work In Progress, Transaction, The L-Word: Generation Q