South of Nowhere - Save Spashley!
We take a break from our regular anime programming to bring you a little bit of a real-life TV series called South of Nowhere.
South of Nowhere is a teen series that deals with the usual angsty teen issues. Y’know, pregnancy, drugs, abuse, homosexuality…
It’d be another over-the-top show that I ignore, if not for one thing. Spencer and Ashley. Spashley. Y’know, the two girls who fall in love and out of love and then back in love…
I have to say right now that I hate soaps and dramas. That’s why I don’t usually watch ero-ge anime either; I just hate seeing people fall in love and then suffer by making stupid decisions and being selfish and oblivious and scared and… very human, in many ways. So I’m a romantic fool, so sue me.
But Spencer and Ashley are good, because halfway through the first season you realize both are broken in their own ways, and you can’t help but hope that they can mend each other, even just a little.
Oh, and Ashley (Mandy Musgrave) is like super uber hot. But that’s like, y’know, just a really small reason why.
Seriously though, SoN has been a really really important show, and not just for teens coming to grips with their own sexuality and battling fears of rejection from their own families and community. SoN, together with its fanbase and creator and the two actresses who continue to support it, is a symbol of how America (and hence a large portion of the world) is slowly coming to accept the idea of freedom to choose who you love. God, I almost want to cry. Watching SoN, I do wish I had some show like this in my teen years, or even some girl like Ashley. Ashley, who was messed up and confused and outrageous and outspoken, but also someone who wasn’t afraid to like girls that way.
But, although I would have liked to find Spashley sooner, it’s never too late. I’m glad I found them, and I hope that we will remember what they stood for.
PS, Mandy Musgrave and Gabrielle Christian interview on AfterEllen.com. Ashley and Spencer are cute, but their actresses are way way cooler. Makes me so glad to be alive in this day and age.
http://www.afterellen.com/blog/karman/brunch-with-bridget-video-blog-23
4 Responses to “South of Nowhere - Save Spashley!”
Nnnnnrgh you love both Spashley AND Shizuru/Natsuki! Where have you been all my life?!
By roxspam on Jun 10, 2008
Um… worshiping ShizNat and Spashley :D
Glad you love these pairings too! But, ugh, I don’t know if I really want to see the rest of Season Three. It’s like, as long as it doesn’t really end, I can pretend that these two somehow get past all the hurt and fear to give it another try. I can’t take much more of Ashley’s seesawing, and Spencer shouldn’t either!!
By No Make Girl on Jun 11, 2008
Ah! But they do get past all their troubles! Well, at least for a few episodes. They have trouble with Carmen again, and then this one chick named Jonica. Bleh.
I think I’m going to wait for The-N to air the episodes, instead of watching them in French. The lack of Mandy’s voice makes the episodes a little less magical.
By roxspam on Jun 11, 2008
Carmen, again?! Man… But it’s kinda ironic and actually good payback that, even though Ashley’s the one with the playa reputation, Spencer’s dating around while Ashley now sits in relationship limbo.
PS I totally hear you on Mandy’s voice. I love the way she talks <3
By No Make Girl on Jun 11, 2008