American class denial x TV produces the weirdest vibes, all these fans of THE dominant pop cultural force in fiction (SF&F) running defense bc it’s ⬇️class coded + aspiring ⬆️class people who never quite thought about why we literally branded shows “prestige TV,” it makes my brain jump down a well.

Okay who’s written the not-fan-coded essay about how Andor S1’s prison break draws a direct line between the carceral state and the full flowering of genocide and fascism in S2? One that doesn’t rattle off a litany of SW names and details to establish fan cred.