For those of you who've seen Julie and the Phantoms... it's marketed as a kids show. But what it isn't marketed as is the show that kept a lot of people sane through the COVID-19 pandemic, and brought people together, and made a bigger found family than I've ever been in for a show fandom. It's got accurate anxiety representation, which a lot of shows don't get right. It portrays grief well, and its never brushed over, never ignored just to focus on the plot! It has canonically LGBTQIA+ characters that make people feel represented and seen, where being gay isn't the only personality trait they've been written to have, it's just a part of who they are.

And yeah, people are probably thinking 'all this over a show?' I get that, I do. But it's not just a show... JATP has brought people together, it's given people hope, it's helped people through grief, through hard times, and its brought music back into people's lives in the same way music is brought back into Julie's during Season 1. 

Without this show, me and countless others wouldn't have the confidence to pursue our own music. Without this show, some of us wouldn't have met our closest friends. I'm in a better place because of this show, and I know I'm not alone in that. Actually, I'm not alone at all, because JATP has brought me to people I might never have met, and I'm that much more grateful for it.

Season 1 was amazing, but if this show gets picked up for a second season, and possibly more? It's got a chance to make history, it's got a chance to bring happiness and music and light into people's lives when a hell of a lot of us are lacking that considering the current circumstances. Julie and the Phantoms means a lot more to us than you might initially realise.

Please give us our show back. I can promise that you won't regret it.