Here’s a fun science fact for the day: down in the ocean’s darkest, coldest depths, an area we’ll call Davy Jones’ sub-locker, exist species of deep-sea anglerfish whose males have evolved their way into a permanent form of conscious coupling.

On finding a suitable partner, these fellas spew out an enzyme that melts the skin, his and hers, and fuses their bodies into a single organism; they share all of their meals, circulate the same blood, and enjoy one another’s good parts in tandem.

Gross! Romantic, too, if you view romance and codependence through the same lens.

For Tim (Dave Franco), one half of the leading duo in Together, an uncommon contemporary example of male-facing body horror from director Michael Shanks, it’s just gross.

His overreliance on, and ambivalence toward, his

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