Not a day goes by that I don't think about how the Boiling Isles' complete lack of LGBTphobia effects how witches perceive sexuality and gender. Like it's not the only factor but I feel like the fear of societal judgement and internalized prejudice is a huge obstacle in discovering your own orientation.
So with that whole part avoided, I'm imagining that in the process in the Demon Realm is??? Much smoother sailing??? Like you might be a little confused at first but there's no shame tied to that confusion. Nobody is pressured into deciding on a label for themselves because labels don't exist. Thinking you're into boys for a while until realizing you're a lesbian is nbd here. Neither is thinking you're a lesbian and then realzing you're bi. Nobody judges you. Nobody cares. I just think it may provide you with a lot of clarity that you simply couldn't get in the Human Realm.
I've always headcanoned that while straight is considered the "default" in the Human Realm, most witches just assume they're bi/pan until they discover otherwise. (And not in a "bi-normativity" way, which is, wow, a terrible word I just made up there. But more in a "idk what gender I'm into yet. Or any at all. So I'll just say everybody for the moment" way.)
But I feel like, even if there's confusion, a good percentage of witches actually somehow figure themselves out relatively early. Like they'll be little kindergarten girls in Amity's library group who have not experienced romantic attraction yet but they already know that if they're ever gonna get married, it's gonna be another girl, cause nobody ever told them they couldn't. Some figure it out as preteens. Some are teens. It's probably one of the chillest aspects of maturing for them.
It's why I'm so interested in Hunter's little bi patch on his jacket and I love thinking about how he brought himself to this conclusion. Just thinking about a sheltered brainwashed kid like Hunter who feels deeply ashamed over so much about himself but his opinion in regards to sexuality has always being like "yeah boy, girl, neither, whatever, I don't care, I'm too busy hitting bad guys with my stick."
So when Luz finally explains to him and the other kids what sexualities even are, with the names and flags and everything, he just says "Bi" then and there, completely unfazed. This is bonkers to me. I think it's the best headcanon ever. He really does not care. Nobody ever told him that he should. But that being said, he sure does love having a little pride flag. Imagine living your whole life loving scrambled eggs. It's just another mundane part of you. But then suddenly you're transported to a world where you're celebrated for loving scrambled eggs. You've got your own little "I <3 scrambled eggs" badge of honor. You don't understand it. But it makes you feel very special and important. I imagine that's how Hunter feels with his little bi pride patch on his sweater.
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Ride 721: Bottles!!
Pag 1
1: To deliver the supplies they're carrying, and their hopes, they're franticly chasing!!
Pag 2
1: It's too hot for this jacket
2: I'll take it off
Even though the forecast said it would be a little cooler..
Thanks- with this weather I already want to eat an ice-cream
3: It's starting to blow a hot south wind from the sea, suddenly
4: It's humid, too..... I feel the sudden heat of this season in my body
Pag 3
1: For the cyclists running it must be much more hard
Pag 4
6: The tempersture is rising higher than I imagined
Since earlier some people, because of the heat....
Pag 5
1: Got separated from this pack
Senpai, I can't do it- the heat.... my leg is cramped
Do your best, Nishikawa!
2: Senpai, at least take my bottle and go
Nishikawa!
3: I'm sweating a lot
4: And earlier I emptied my second bottle, too
5: Onoda's expression isn't showing feelings, either
6: “If the forecast was right and we're without supplies...”.... you're thinking that, right?
7: Yeah
Like this, we probably won't last... until the finish line
Yeah
Pag 6
1: Right now, the thing I want the most....
4: is water bottles
Pag 7
1: Straight road!!
2: Two people from Sohoku jumped ahead!!
What's with that speed!?
They plant to reach the lead!?
Pag 8
2: The guy in the lead
3: his legs are so thick!!
4: And the guy behind him
Pag 9
2: Why does he have his jersey on his head!?
I can only see his back!
Is that a new diversionary tactic!?
3: Don't think!!
4: Just pedal!!
Pag 10
3: Alright!!
4: I can see the lead!! Rokudai!!
5: Imaizumi-san and the others will be among....!!
Gau!!
Pag 11
1: Them!!
Pag 12
4: They..... they.....
5: They're not here....!?
Well.... sorry to keep you waiting, teh!!
Here's the supplies, teh!!
Alright, alright
6: I'm- I'm so glad, we were so scared our race was over....
Pag 13
1: Not yet, Rokudai
2: What? This hand
3: Is it to eat?
5: This is the second pack; Imaizumi-san and the others are in the pack that's even more ahead of this!!
Pag 14
1: Gau!?
2: It's not the time to eat my hand, Rokudai
The “lead” is further ahead
They've probably
3: already entered the mounains!!
4: Dammit!! We have to deliver these things!!
What do we do!! From the road map, I saw that this time in the mountain is a winding climb!!
5: My “straight road” can only move us streight ahead, so it won't work on a winding road!!
6: What do we do!!
Pag 15
1: Ah
Gau
2: Gau!!
I’ve been told I'm a “climber”!!
Gau
That's true!!
4: Let's go, Rokudai, don't give up yet
Run up the mountain until we reach the lead pack!!
Pag 16
1: Gau!!
Two people from Sohoku are moving forward!
Wait, what's with that speed!!
Pag 17
1: They're so fast!!
2: Hn!? He really is fast
Wait, this guy
3: He's faster than he was during the first years' race!?
4: I'm pretty out of breath, it's hard for me!!
6: I mean, I told him to stop being all “hyaa hyaa”, but
This guy!!
Pag 18
1: He's faster when he's pedaling without thinking of anything!!
2: I wonder why, but I feel like there's a bottomless wildness in Rokudai
Gau
Teh
3: Alright, I'll name that “Beast Mode”
4: Anywa, this is bad, I'm falling behind!
Wait, Rokudai
Gau
Pag 19
1: Naruko ran away... I can see the first chasing pack
There's a lot of people
It's... nine people!!
Gooo!!
Kamogawa do your best!!
2: Sohoku sent one cyclist ahead alone, Naruko, while two others are here!! Two people?
Amazing! They're rock solid!
3: As expected, Sohoku is so confident
And there's Onoda, last year's national champion
He'll jump ahead any time now- Onodaa!!
4: Jump ahead...!!
Pag 20
1: Right, if they jump ahead now... if they come together with Naruko now, it'll be the perfect battle formation
So why
2: Why aren't you moving, Sohoku!!
Are you too confident!?
3: ….. or maybe
6: Could it be that their bottles....
Don't tell me that it's the opposite!!
7: One person is jumping ahead!!
Pag 21
1: The man who inerited the name of the fastest man on Kyosumiyama, the third one of the Kanogawa Honda siblings!!
Honda Ryouzou from Kanogawa high school!!
2: My brothers' dream of partecipating in the Inter High
I'll make that dream come true!!
3: This Inter High qualifiers are held in Kanogawa, our hometown, so I feel like it's destiny!!
4: Honda from Kamo High is accelerating!!
5: He left them behind in a twinkle!!
The defending champions, Sohoku....
6: Aren't moving!!
7: They're not moving!! Sohoku isn't confident!!
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