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I think, and this is just my opinion, that we need to talk about Ticket to Heaven, and more specifically about who financed it.
When I started the series, I thought it would be about how LGBTQ people deal with religion. As someone from a Muslim family who is not out yet, I expected a story about two gay men struggling to be accepted by their Christian surroundings. Maybe they would eventually leave religion to fully be themselves, maybe not, but I don’t think that’s actually what’s happening.
In a way, yes, there is that conflict, especially with Tanrak struggling to choose between God and Barth. But I feel — and again, this is only my opinion — that the series comes across more as Christian propaganda.
The message seems to be: “You can be who you are, God will accept you, follow what you believe is right, and God will support you.” That’s a positive mindset, and that’s not my issue with it.
My issue is that this is not what many LGBTQ people experience in real life. With the rise of conservatism around the world, I know I’m turning a series into a broader discussion, but I think it’s relevant.
The show had the opportunity to explore such an important topic in a more realistic way. It could have shown the actual struggles of being gay in a religious environment: trying to make peace with yourself, dealing with rejection, and fighting to be accepted by the people around you.
Most of us know that many LGBTQ people face rejection from their families, friends, and communities. But I don’t think that’s the direction this series is going to take. Instead, I feel like it is more focused on encouraging people to stay within religion, even when many of the teachings they have grown up with are used against them.
And that’s also why I think we should discuss who financed the series. Maybe it has something to do with the direction the story is taking.
I know the series isn’t finished yet, and my opinion could change depending on how it ends. But based on what I’ve seen so far, that’s how I interpret it.
In conclusion, I feel like the show presents an idealized version of what LGBTQ people experience in religious communities rather than the reality many of us face. With such an important topic, and considering the budget and effort that clearly went into the production, I think they could have gone further and explored those realities in a deeper and more honest way.
But that’s just how I see it. Maybe I’m wrong, and I’d genuinely be interested to hear other perspectives. And since English isn’t my first language, I hope I managed to explain my thoughts clearly.

English is not my first language so please bear with me please.
So my cousin (21F) and I (19F) know each other for 1 year soon two. She is not by biological cousins that’s what I don’t know about her soon.
While I wasn’t in her life she suffer many trauma (she lost a friend (he died) and she have DID…) I am by nature a very understanding person so when I meet her and we became close I was very patient with her and always calm and understanding and available for her any time of the day… but I have a problem with her. I feel like she doesn’t respect, value or understand me.
She is always saying mean things to me. Like really. Taking her anger out on me. Shouting at me… and I’ve warned her many time that I don’t like that. I even wrote a long long long paragraph explaining how I feel and she took her sweet time responding to it to Finlay not respond at all and act like everything is fine. As I said I understand that because of her trauma and things she can act mean but I have trauma too and I’m not mean to her or at least I’m trying not to be. But not matter how many time I’ve told her to stop being mean to me she don’t stop. She literally told me that it’s because she don’t want to. After she explain herself saying that it’s because she knows that she’ll stop for a while and after will go back to her old behaviour and I’m like if you liked me you’ll make an effort maintaining your good behaviour. Like always we end up talking about how I think that she don’t value me in her life and it makes her even madder because she said that’s false. And the thing is that deep down I know that she is right and she value me it’s just that sometimes I just can’t with her I don’t want to be her punching bag. I feel like it’s a situation like « you can evaluate the tree climbing skill of a fish » or something like that and I just have to take my distance and not be as close to her as we were at the beginning of our friendship. But that’s not what I want I want to be close to her and talk about everything like always. I know I sound like a child but I don’t know what to do and even if I just have to take my distance it’s more easy to say than to do.

Please help me choose the right answer. Help her understand my side of thing just take my distance or just stop taking to her. Knowing that I’m abroad for my study and she is my only family her and we see each other regularly because her mom likes to invite me over that kind of stuff.

Please help me and thank for reading.

I feel really bad rn. Everything I’m trying to manifest isn’t working. And now I just had the news that my mother is in really bad situation. She’s even thinking about offing herself. Can I manifest for her. Like I manifest that everything in her life goes right. As it in not directly for me I dinky know if I can do that. And please this is a serious matter give me all the advices you can think of that this one manifestation is successful.
Please.