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11 Queer Black Characters Who Deserve A Spin‑Off
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Because four Seasons of Eric Effiong is simply insufficient! Post approved and edited by BuzzFeed Community Team Lafayette’s Kitchen, where Bon Temps’ finest cook serves plates, reads people for filth, pours hot tea, and plays therapist to ghosts who don’t even know they’re dead yet. RIP to Nelsan Ellis, who we lost in 2017 and who took this show’s entire heartbeat with him. We will never get this spin-off in real life, which is honestly a crime. Titus Prime Time, a spin-off where Titus finally lands real gigs but still ends every episode scream-singling his way through auditions, terrible shows, and onstage disasters when the mic, lights, or music turn on him. Poussey, Free, where she wakes up in an afterlife bar slash library, serves drinks, recommends books, and finally gets the soft life the show never let her have. She was the moral center of Litchfield, the stand-up guy, the one fans still say deserved better than what those writers gave her. Effiong’s World starts the second Eric gets off a bus in a bigger city, wearing something his parents would not approve of. He is chasing the loud, joyful, messy Black queer life that Moordale was too small to hold. Every episode is faith, fashion, a new boy, and a phone call home that reminds him where he came from. Omar Comin’, Yo is a street legend series about a man who whistles “Farmer in the Dell” on his way to rob drug crews, follows a strict code not to touch civilians, and still finds space for queer love in the middle of a war zone. RIP Michael K. Williams, who made Omar feel so real that people still talk about him like a cousin they grew up with. Ruby Rhod Live, an intergalactic talk show that jumps from planet to planet, where Ruby flirts with every guest, exposes galactic corruption, and treats the entire universe like his personal runway. Chris Tucker made this man a legend in one movie. Imagine what a full season could do. Death, Gently, a quiet anthology where she appears as a Black girl in an ankh necklace and does exactly what people loved about her on The Sandman, making your last day feel a little less terrifying. Kale and Chaos, set in a ragged Florida strip mall, follows Jennifer, who runs a discount occult shop wedged between a vape store and a nail salon. She takes on magical side gigs and keeps getting pulled into cosmic nonsense that has nothing to do with her. Every episode, she swears she’s done with witchcraft. Every episode, she’s lying. Suzanne’s Stories, a dramedy where the wild sci-fi tales she scribbles in her notebook become full episodes we watch, then we cut back to her in a reentry program, using those same stories to work through love, friendship, and life after prison. House of Elektra, a ballroom dynasty series where she runs her house like a couture boot camp, cuts people down with a single sentence, and still takes in every lost child who shows up at her door. She would spend half the show reading to everyone and the other half quietly keeping them alive. Murda and LaMarcus, a Southern music drama about a rapper trying to become a star while deciding whether he is brave enough to be fully himself in a world that wants his talent without his truth. His love for Uncle Clifford deserves its own show, complete with bad decisions, good songs, and a coming-out story on his own terms. Want to get your very own quizzes and posts featured on BuzzFeed’s homepage and app?