TAIVAN WEEK DAY THREE: TAISSA TUESDAY

For Taivan week’s Taissa Tuesday, you are encouraged to choose any of the following prompts to work on:

1. Our Antler Queen - Taissa x Leadership: What would Taissa’s Wilderness look like? How does she process not being chosen as Antler Queen—or earlier, when Jackie became captain? How does she chase leadership later, feel after winning senator, and approach it in both timelines going forward?

2. Family Relationships - Motherhood, Sammy, Her Parents, Possible Siblings: This prompt can cover Taissa’s family—onscreen (Sammy, Nana Bassey, her parents) or imagined (siblings, extended family). How did her grandmother’s death shape her beyond the funeral, and her stance on the supernatural? How does she feel about Sammy and motherhood, given her lifelong trauma? How did her upbringing and experiences shape her into adolescence and adulthood?

3. Gay Awakenings: Taissa Turner grew up a young Black girl in suburban New Jersey in the ’80s and ’90s. How did she realize she was a lesbian? Who were her early crushes—Khadijah on Living Single, quiet thoughts about Whitney and Robyn? When did that fiery redheaded goalie first catch her eye, and what was going through her head?

(Open, Moderated)

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