Episode 117: Things We Like - Actually Good Romantic Media

<p>Trust your eyes, true believers, we built in a reprieve from the worst book ever written! What&apos;s more, it&apos;s one where we mix things up and discuss things Naomi and Joel actually like!<br/><br/>We&apos;ve done a lot of belly-aching about bad media so we put together some lists of good romantic media we&apos;ve actually enjoyed in the last few years.  Major spoilers ahead for a lot of these properties, but it&apos;s our contention that a lot of this media is enjoyable for the experience, not just the plot beats. We discuss the article <a href='https://bloodknife.com/everyone-beautiful-no-one-horny/'>Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny</a>, the romance present in MCU films, the romance novel Hook, Line, and Sinker, Ewan McGregor&apos;s 2010 romcom <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1zZYMKGw2M'>Beginners</a>, the George Clooney/Julia Roberts romcom <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkP4tVTdsz8'>Ticket to Paradise</a> as well as their relationship in the Ocean&apos;s trilogy, the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist, the romcom <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCMHc-IFAB0'>You People</a>, the <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6cDDmk-O5A'>Maniac</a> tv series, the breakup romcom <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBd9gcrj2Wk'>Someone Great</a>, the tv series <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iTMm7agE3M'>Bojack Horseman</a>, the long-distance romcom <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JyfgkPMXk0'>Your Place or Mine,</a> the sorta-like-a-romcom film <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Atg2aASyY4'>Nacho Libre</a>,  and the comic series <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Criminals'>Sex Criminals</a>.  This is part one of a multi-part series; we have a lot of ground to cover in future installments. <br/><br/>Naomi also reveals a shocking secret 2/3 of the way through: if you&apos;re following Guy-family drama closely, you don&apos;t want to miss this. <br/><br/>This month we made a donation to a trans rights org supporting trans individuals fleei