Butterfly - anyone watching

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Opening sequence got pretty much all the stereotypes in...

Just the acting alone is fucking appalling.

How many kids are going to watch this and start thinking they are trans? Girls that don't like pink and glitter, for instance?

To be honest I think most will think it's drivel. I don't think many will relate to it at all.

The dad will eventually learn to say 'I'd rather have a living daughter than a dead son'.

This is horrendous.

And dad wallops him when he's wearing a skirt and dancing. No reason at all this wee boy might think he's a girl - none at all

Dad wants to 'keep his son'. Apart from being manipulative, this is also quite dull.

Wow. Nice but of child abuse there, based on a kid in a pink jumper.

If it's as bad as you all say, hopefully it will be a big own goal for Mermaids.

Exactly. If I'm a boy and I'm wrong (to the point of being beaten) for liking 'girl stuff', maybe I am a girl. Then Dad will stop hitting me.

If it's as bad as you all say

There's a lot of positive feedback on the #butterfly tag on Twitter though.

Dad - "I gotta be there for him?"

Er yes. He's your child. You're supposed to be there for your children. It's in the dad job description.

Excellent and innovating script writing.

The grandad has got it right!

Grandad the voice of reason so far.

What is with these kids asking about the sex lives of their parents - do they have no boundaries!

The script is awful, it's like Susie Green's TED Talk written as a third rate drama.

I'm really hoping that at least some papers review it and rip it to shreds - it deserves it!

I agree - aside from all the stereotypes and cliches - it's just awful - not sure I'll make it to episode 3. Don't get all the rave reviews - it's a third rate Sunday night drams.

The acting is horrendous (as expected), shocking to see the boy say he felt better after slashing his wrist.

Acting is as wooden as Friel's stiff upper lip

Watching in horror

I'm not watching this but surely it can't all just be stereotypes? There's got to be more to it? Someone please tell me there is .

I can't believe that the TRAs think this is good:

Boy likes sparkles / pink
Father beats boy for liking sparkles / pink
Mother wanted a girl not another boy
Parents going through a divorce
Self-harming isolated 11 year old.
Boy hates his penis

Why the fuck would anyones immediate thought be that the boy is actually a girl, why the fuck would a GP suggest puberty blockers.

I'd be on the phone to social services and getting that poor kid some counselling.

If it's as bad as you all say, hopefully it will be a big own goal for Mermaids.

I think it's bad because they've so far it's really coming across as just a stale lightweight drama about an 11 year old boy who desperately wants his parents to get back together.

The trans issue seems secondary and only there to give it a current twist which meant the media would be interested in talking about it.

Aaaand poor Jazz Jennings.

Pink was originally a boy's colour as it was seen as stronger than blue. Apparently. It changed somewhere along the line.

Not watching as would probably need blood pressure medication or Valium to do so, but reading with interest.

Aaaand now we have child watching Jazz Jennings and realising his true self.

Or

Should we add that to the thing TRAs don't want to point out list?