Discussing the Solar Opposites Valentine's Day Special, showrunner Josh Bycel noted that holiday specials are usually stand-alone episodes, with no plot or character development: "So we love the idea of [this one] tricking people into realizing like, ‘Oh my God, the end of the episode is actually the biggest thing that’s ever happened to these characters short of landing on Earth!"
Co-creator Mike McMahon adds: "it really changes the dynamic of the characters."
Left: Mike McMahon.
Spoiler alert: Korvo and Terry, have sex.
Solar Opposites is an animated comedy about a group of aliens from the doomed planet Schlorp who crash-land on Earth: team leader Korvo, the "let's do this by the books" micro-manager; the effervescent goofball Terry; their teenage replicants Yumyulack and Jesse, and the Pupa. Korvo and Terry find each other's habits annoying, and often argue about how assimilated they should become.
In the special, the group tries to order cold, wet tuna in a restaurant, only to discover that it's Valentine's Day, so only romantic dinners are available. Should they come back tomorrow, or use their alien science to eliminate romantic love from the world?
Terry asks: "Couldn't we love each other?"
No, all Schlorpians have is teammate affinity. But maybe that will be enough. They have to try.
Terry hates teammate affinity: "It's so annoying that I miss you uncontrollably when you leave the room."
Korvo agrees. He hates "the way it makes the prickly bumps on my arms stand up when you bend over to pick something up from the floor."
Um..guys, that's erotic and romantic desire.....
They get it on.
Terry going down on Korvo
Anal. Funny, Korvo was a bottom in an earlier episode.
This must be a distinctively Schlorpian sex act.
Cut to the two getting married by AISHA, their AI device: the Roman Catholic Church has given her permission to conduct a same-sex marriage "today only." It always bugs me that on tv, only Catholic churches exist. Also that all churches are homophobic.
So how did this "change everything"? We use queer codes, actions or statements in the tv texts, to indicate that two guys are a romantic couple. All of them have some degree of deniability -- you could argue that "straight buddies do that." But the most undeniable codes are identifying statements such as "we are boyfriends" and acts of physical affection.
Korvo and Terry may have started out as teammates, but by the second season, they are calling each other "husbands," They get jealous when someone else intrudes into the relationship. Terry is devastated when Korvo has sex with another male being. They kiss. They mention "giving Korvo a blow job," "putting things into Terry's butt," and rimming. Terry is turned on by Korvo with a British accent and wearing a v-neck t-shirt. He has stated that he is in love with Korvo. How does having sex changes the dynamic?
McMahan claims that previously they were "just teammates," with little "are they or aren't they" hints.
He thought getting a blow job was a hint?
As promised, Mark McMahon's butt. Wait -- "Mark"? The showrunner is "Mike." That's what happens when you do a google search for someone you've never heard of, but who cares? A butt is a butt.
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