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comforting films & shows to watch? (piefed.social)

submitted 1 day ago by bluemoon@piefed.social to c/Help_Others@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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i recently wrote a few from the top of my mind so i wanna share that comment while also asking for curated media which help staving off doom & gloom.

1955 🇸🇪 Plupp ("official nonbinary protagonist of several dozen books, also a sami character (scandinavian native)"
1964 🇸🇪 Vi På Saltkråkan ( Life on Seacrow Island, "feminist feelgood childrenscartoon- like all of Astrid Lindgren's manuscripts and books" )
1969 🇺🇸 the Madwoman of Chaillot ("Katherine Hepburn literally takes care of the oligarchs, military officials, corrupt priests.. who all look as pathetic as they actually are in this movie. happy ending.")
1969 🇷🇺 Gena the Crocodile
1969 🇷🇺 The Bremen Town Musicians
1971 🇷🇺 Cheburashka
1974 🇷🇺 Shapoklyak
1974 🇸🇪 Lilla Anna och Långa farbrorn (little Anna and the Tall Uncle)
1977 🇸🇪 Bögjävlar (no name, literally is a reclaimed slur like fags in swedish. lovely auto-biographical documentary by gays giving eachother solidarity and empathy in sweden one year before the juridical acknowledgement of gays here.")
1979 🇷🇺 Three from Prostokvashino
1979 🇸🇪 Alfons Åberg
1981 🇸🇪 Ronja Rövardotter ( Ronia robber's daughter, book. "feminist as all books by Astrid Lindgren" )
1982 🇸🇪 Trazan & Banarne ("surrealist socialist childrens show with music, a feminist & environmentalist monthy python")
1983 🇷🇺 Cheburashka goes to school
1984 🇸🇪 Zwampen ("surrealist socialist childrens show, a feminist & environmentalist monthy python")
1984 🇸🇪 Ronja Rövardotter ( Ronia robber's daughter, film. "feminist as all manuscripts by Astrid Lindgren" )
1984 🇯🇵 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (ghibli film)
1985 🇸🇪 Skrotnisse och hans vänner (ScrapNisse and his friends)
1985 🇺🇸 Misfits of Science ("socialist X-Men, anti-militarism, anti-corruption, solidarity between misfits.")
1985 🇺🇸 Desert Hearts ("approved by Jane Rule, writer of the '60s lesbian book Desert of the Heart. lesbians & queer people embracing eachother in solidarity. happy ending.")
1988 🇯🇵 My Neighbour Totoro (ghibli film)
1989 🇯🇵 Kiki's Delivery Service (ghibli film)
1990 🇫🇮🇯🇵🇳🇱 Mumin (Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka) ("this is the comfiest cartoon. my childhood TV is here for you <3 also made by lesbian author Tove Jansson, who shows a queer village where social norms are empathy and solidarity.")
1997 🇯🇵 Princess Mononoke (ghibli film)
1999 🇨🇦 Better Than Chocolate ("drama film, main cast of LGBTQIA+ characters. happy ending after some turmoil.")
2002 🇸🇪 Dragkingdom of Sweden ("sympathic portrayal of drag culture, loveliest representation of dragkings i've come across, focusing on six dragkings who tell of their LGBTQIA+ community")
2004 🇸🇪🇫🇷🇨🇦 Creepschool ("misfit kids growing up by empathizing with eachother in a gothic school")
2004 🇯🇵 Howl's Moving Castle (ghibli film)
2007 🇺🇸 Itty Bitty Titty Committee ("lesbian activists having fun")
2020 🇺🇸 the Owl House ("not always cheery, can be harsh to watch. protagonists are all LGBTQIA+, main character unapologetically nonbinary.")
2022 🇺🇸 Infinity Train ("season 2 protagonist is transgender, 4th season protagonists are a mid-twenties gay couple. a few episodes from 1st season establishes the premise- very alright to skip ahead to later seasons after the first episode or so.")

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[–] sillyhatsonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 hours ago

Speechless (US, 2016) is a sitcom about a family with a teenaged son who has cerebral palsy, is non-verbal, and uses a power chair. It’s hilarious and wholesome! The show doesn’t shy away from the difficulties of living in an ableist world but it’s also hopeful without veering into inspiration porn or preachiness.

[–] ncc21166@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

I'm going to show my bias here, but 🇺🇸Star Trek belongs on the list. All of them, but especially The Next Generation for being a comfort show. It has non-binary character representation, self-realization, the betterment of humanity in general, the need to adhere to principles, and just a general hopeful view of the future of humanity. Follow it up with the other series and you can get everything from the Trill being a sort of trans allegory to a non-binary recurring character and several different sexual orientations, and even confronting inner demons to show that hopeful and moral truths can win out over hatred and deviousness. And you can even have fun while doing it!

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

🇺🇸Ted Lasso & Shrinking on Apple TV 🇨🇦Kim’s Convenience

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago

Meshi in Dungeon/Delicious in Dungeon (Netflix USA) it's the story of a guy and his sister's bff and a theifling they hired who brave a dungeon to save the guy's sister before she is digested by the dragon who ate her and the meals they cook with a helpful dwarven fighter they meet along the way.

It's shockingly good. It is incredibly wholesome and the only "fan service" is of the elderly dwarven man whose beard covers him entirely.