#i leveled up in gay

[c-kiddo]

from a wee bit ago, while watching the cr bg3 vod ^_^

[image description: 2 digitally coloured pencil drawings of critical role characters. the first is of ashton, leaning on their elbows, smirking and and flipping someone off, labelled 'to chet'. the second image is a portrait of caduceus, based on his level 20 design. he is smiling slightly and looking to the side. end ID]

#critical role #critical role fanart #ashton greymoore #caduceus clay #cr3 #cr2 #sketches #myart #2024 #bells hells #the mighty nein #described #this might be the first time i posted art o f cads level 20 design ?? idr. #ashtons flipping off chet in a manner that is gay and full of se xual tension . they want to fuck that old man so bad i just know it #(not caught up on the show at all maybe he already has)

[mwagneto]

jack remarking that he's "missed this" while running from danger with the doctor is so crazy like his life since the doctor left him has been nothing but constant danger as the head of torchwood except back there he's thrust into the role of leader as the person who's objectively the most experienced but he's just some guy!! he doesn't know anything he's constantly fucking up and put in impossible situations and ruining things and we even see how easily the team organises in his absence. like clearly he did not miss danger he just missed having someone who can tell him which way to run from it....

#LIKE IT'S SO CRAZY. JACK PRETENDS TO BE ALL WISE AND MYSTERIOUS TO HIS TEAM BUT HE'S LITERALLY JUST SOME GUY #HE HAS TO MAKE DOCTOR-LEVEL DECISIONS W THE SAME STAKES AND EVERYONE EXPECTS HIM TO BE #ABLE TO MAKE THEM SO HE DOES (often badly!!!!!) BUT HE'S LITERALLY. JUST SOME GUY. he's just some guy.... #the way i'm still only 10 minutes into the episode #like they're both such good characters and their story is like the most fucked up thing you'll ever see. AND they're gay #guhhhhh i need to put them in jars and keep them on my shelf fr #doctor who #3x11 utopia #jackdoctor #10th doctor #jack harkness #dw lb #torchwood #i guess???

[milfygerard]

but fr outside of my contracted madness i absolutely refuse to give joe alwyn gold rush like how is that song at all related to their relationship the lyrics clearly spell out a relationship that either never existed or only existed in implication and fantasies and maybe-maybe nots and its so bitter and yet desperately soft in the bridge where it almost projects a sense of envy, of wanting to be them as much as you want them. It continues an interesting oft ignored lyrical trend of taylor wanting just as much to be her lover as to have them, envying their easy charisma (you were flush with the currency of cool/i was always turning out my pockets) or quiet dignity (your integrity makes me seem small) dating back to her earliest songs (the kind of flawless i wish i could be). Theres a projected self hatred and yearning to be better that twists itself into both romantic and sexual lust for her partners thats so fascinating and speaks to how all of her songs regardless of who theyre about are also an act of self reflection on who she is and who she wishes to be.

#barry.txt #taylor swift #putting this in the tags as a form of self protection but make no mistake this is a gay thing to do especially in gold rush #which through simple context clues is Obviously About A Woman or maybe even women in general #whivh is a totally seperate post on how taylor constructs and uses gender identity in her music #her girlhood and femininity are earnest but also so carefully constructed and so high effort and kind of desperate #shes a deeply self concious and obsessive person who never looks comfortable in anything ever unless shes #onstage or like. by herself in loose jeans and a tshirt #i think thats one of the things that subconsciously irritate ppl when it comes to her shes constantly and clearly putting in effort #to appear As The Celebrity Taylor Swift and struggles not to self censor or overperform in interviews (when she gives them) #especially present in pre 1989 interviews where the interviewers really didnt have to respect her or worry abt how they frame her #if they didnt want to. Like the fearless era rolling stone interview where she almost has a meltdown over her mom buying eggnog instead of #milk. That whole interview is strange looking back not just bc of the weird misogyny but also because of what it does share #taylor is....weird. She has a strange and desperate vibe and always reacts slightly too much and uses slang poorly #shes media trained and has learned how to socialize but you can feel her discomfort whenever she doesnt have a guitar in her hand #idk these tags have once again gotten so unweildy. i just find it interesting that she finally feels some level of comfortable #in sharing that construction w us in songs like mirrorball and mastermind and imo gold rush #and scene #should i write this up and put it in the swiftieism zine #i should write something and put it in the swiftieism zine

[berternies]

so obsessed with the fact that every single person at this wedding was up to something absolutely unhinged. like we started off with aniq planning to propose at someone else’s wedding and i was like well that doesn’t seem like a good idea. and then it turns out that was actually easily the least insane plan that anyone had.

#speak again bright angel #the afterparty #the afterparty spoilers #aniq adjaye #spoilers in the following tags btw #me when i secretly put adderall in my husband’s drink. me when i try to stop a wedding for either gay reasons or conspiracy theory reasons. #me when i orchestrate a full heist to get a baseball card. me when i try to collect my niece’s dna to see if she’s actually my daughter. #like the s1 characters were up to some wacky stuff but these guys are on another level #no wonder some of them are cagey about being interviewed 😭 #they were literally all doing something they shouldn’t have been doing even if it wasn’t murder #i mean the parents and zoë haven’t had their eps yet so maybe they were being normal but like. probably not

[wakeupthemembersofbylernation]

Based on the way the story has been written, especially following season 4, I do believe mike is likely gay atp. But “It’s not my fault you don’t like girls” still makes sense as projection if Mike is bi because lots of closeted bi teens are confused about their feelings, especially in the 80s where terms like “bisexual” wouldn’t have been as readily accessible to kids from Hawkins, Indiana.

Simply the fact that Mike likes boys/Will could make him worried that he’s gay and cause him to hyperfixate on the concept of not liking girls more often, especially if his feelings for El were waning, or if his feelings for Will were overwhelming, even if he did in fact have a crush on El at the start of the show. Nothing says being a closeted bi teen like bouncing back and forth between “I can’t be gay, I like girls” and “Oh no, I like boys, am I gay?”

I think there’s a common misconception that the bi Mike view necessitates oversimplifying the story as “Mike used to be into El, and now he’s into Will.” That isn’t necessarily the case. A bi Mike reading can still involve internalized homophobia, projection, the heteronormative pressure to conform and date girls, repression, and most of the things we talk about here.

(I didn’t really wanna get involved in this, but I feel like this is important to add).

#byler #gay mike wheeler #bi mike wheeler #even looking at the modern media example of heartstopper #nick nelson is bi #(but the am i gay quiz he took gave him a 62% which means he likely has a male lean) #he does like girls which means he technically has the ability to like Imogen who is pretty and kind and likable #but his feelings for charlie are overwhelming #and even in a modern context where microlabels are more well known #he still gets confused and struggles to understand how he’s feeling and what it all means #why do people expect a boy growing up in hawkins indiana with a conservative father #and no internet access while going through puberty #to have a perfect grasp on what he feels towards will and el? #the bi-cyle is real too #and there are even celebs who previously identified as bi who realize they’re gay/lesbian and vice versa #in 2024 #that’s why on some level the queer but unlabeled mike is the best #because it’s the best of both worlds and captures the complexity of being gay in the 80s #a definitively gay mike WOULD tie everything up in a nice cohesive unmessy neat clear narrative bow #but not everything is clear and unmessy

[nobody-expects-the-inquisitorius]

MLM-coded Crosshair is something I will fight on the beaches for actually. I don't need to elaborate on why treating the soldier outcast for being a perceived defect in the mould as a queer allegory is so important to me

#well you see multi level marketing is actually deeply important to his character arc and #nah i'm joking #yes i mean men loving men #yeah. something something treatment of queer people in the military #especially gay men #this is something i will never shut up about #tbb crosshair #the bad batch #tbb #star wars #morgan speaketh #bad batch

[tansypaws]

I’m drawing Squilf right now so her with 3?

every time he calls you I can hear a change in your breath your voice is hushed and controlled maybe you're just tired of straining your throat or maybe there's something you don't want me to hear

oh, you won't get off that easy no, don't say you love me when you know you don't and if you're thinking that we're through i won't hold it against you, you know i won't

our song // radiator hospital

#so in my mind this is like. bramble and ash both being possessive and paranoid about squilf #obsessing over her interactions while demanding a level of loyalty they dont deserve #but being like passive aggressive about it #meanwhile squilf has no idea this is whats going on #like to an extent i guess but in her mind shes living her life #meanwhile these two cats she thought she could trust that she was close to #are out here just paranoid about her and creating a version of her in their heads #that doesnt exist #and they resent her for living up to it and they resent her for not living up to it #Anyway #be gay draw cats #thunderclan #squirrelflight #warriors #warrior cats

[bubzterr]

get u a man who’s invulnerable to gunfire and is not afraid to rob banks with u (shared hobby)

#blonde launch hits him with a chair and he’s like hey babe what’s up #running a hot wheels car down Raditz’s gay ass little button nose #I need to club him with a bar of soap in a sock #art #dbz #raditz #launch #launch db #launchitz #they’re bi4bi u already know #getting into them at a totally normal level

[uncanny-tranny]

I think another aspect of conservative thought people need to understand is the idea that it's all about dominance.

The reason why sayings like "we don't want to trans your kids, we want trans kids to live" is because, in the conservative mind, you are replacing their dominance with your own. It can never be about what is best for others, it is always about expressing absolute power and control.

Natural selection, at its ideal, will weed out the people who "shouldn't live." If their existence is a threat to the already-established hierarchy, then it's obvious that they shouldn't exist in order to challenge hierarchy.

While this certainly isn't a "conservative-only" mindset, it's a trend I have noticed more in conservative spaces. This is why I don't always think it's helpful to go on about how, "Oh, we don't want to threaten your worldview. We just want people to live 😊". You will fundamentally be threatening their power in their minds. Therefore, nothing you say can truly take away from the anxiety, fear, and anger at losing control that may be instilled.

#politics #transphobia #transphobia tw #used the whole 'we want trans kids to live' because i personally think it's a good example.. #...but isn't the sole example of such... #...take for instance the gay marriage debates from the early 2010s... #...'if we legalize gay marriage it's ONE STEP CLOSER to them taking OVER america and legalizing [horrible thing]!'... #...that is the anxiety of Losing Control and Losing The Divine Hierarchical Power Bestowed To You Personally By Gd Himself... #...i'm not saying all of this to dissuade people from educating people. but i want people to be aware of this dynamic... #...and to decide if they can (or should) personally go up to bat for others to educate people... #...i don't think you will go very far if you try to educate people without understanding on SOME level how their thought process will be... #...because it is likely that you are educating somebody who is going to see the world VERY differently... #...and they will often interpret what you are saying VERY differently than how you intended it to be interpreted... #...again while this isn't solely a conservative issue (believe me i KNOW) i notice it much more in those spaces... #...and since i am in spaces that WANT to educate people about this i think it is apt... #...it isn't a bad thing to want to educate. but again it's not helpful to just assume others are going to interpret you the way you want... #...it's definitely why i stopped making so many posts about educating others. i just don't think i can do it well... #...or at least in a way that doesn't Feel Threatening (even if it Isn't A Threat)

[a-literal-toaster-wtf]

how i pictured this dialogue in my head tbh

#people often forget that espresso can be a dork sometimes (most of the time) #i feel like the fandom portrays him as this cool (albeit bitchy) guy and while that is true #he’s also just a loser? (affectionate) #like one of his level up lines is ‘was that a compliment..? i am unsure of how to respond…’ CMON NOW #anyways! gay cookies #esclair #crk #cookie run kingdom #espresso cookie #eclair cookie

[i-am-an-arson-enthusiast]

when i say im not offended by neopronouns i mean you can go out of your way to make or find the F U N K I E S T pronouns possible.

#i found wor/worm #it was on pronoun dressing room #which is how i read up on my opinions on pronouns #lol #and im pretty sure those ones are relatively surface level. #queer #gay #genderfluid #trans #gnc trans #gender bender #non binary #enby #gender nonconforming #genderqueer #neopronouns #pronouns #lgbtqia

[figonas]

I think you perpetually online people need to understand that “queerbaiting” does not mean a character is heavily implied to be a queer person, with a live in partner, but we the audience are not explicitly shown a coming out scene. Queerbaiting is when a character is heavily implied to be a queer person and then it’s explicit confirmed they’re Absolutely Not Queer(tm) and are in a Straight Relationship(tm) and that live in partner they have romantic chemistry with is just their Friendly Roommate(tm). Not everything needs to be shown to you explicitly for you to understand the implications. Having to use critical thinking skills to draw connections between clearly defined and obviously presented dots isn’t queer baiting. For the love of god use your brain cells before they all die and leave your head about as full as an empty peanut shell.

#this is about Beniot Blanc in the glass onion #I saw someone say he was queerbait because his partner used his last name when talking to him #y’all #if my husbands name was beniot I would also just call him Blanc #not to mention everyone in both movies calls Benoit Blanc by his last name #please think about ​if your name was Beniot #you would ask everyone to call you Blanc #that includes your partner #’Beniot’ is reserved for fighting and sex #blanc’s friends on video chat said ‘Paul said you’ve been in the bath for a week straight’ #that’s some husband level meddling #calling his friends and saying ‘you have to talk to him for me he won’t get out of the bath and he’s driving me fucking insane’ #btw Rian Johnson the director AND WRITER of the movie said they’re gay #there’s no subtext or other implication he meant when he had those 2 men living together #what other fucking explanation would there be for Hugh Grant to be living in Blanc’s apartment making sourdough bread #please stop asking for everything on earth to be spoonfed to you or I’m just gonna start shoving the spoon up your ass

[ghostinthegallery]

But seriously necrons are queer AF...

I basically can't shut up about necrons and how they really lend themselves to queer theory/queer interpretation and I want to dive into that a little. I am not An Intellectual by any means, so someone else could definitely do this better, but an imperfect hero is better than none (there's a joke about Trazyn on Cadia here but I'm too lazy to flesh it out).

I'm more interested in how a) Queer Theory is all about challenging the default cishet lens through which the majority of media is created/analyzed/consumed and b) the fact that necron existence is basically 12 Queer Metaphors in an Trenchcoat

Necrons come to the table raising some interesting narrative questions: how does a being exist without a soul? What even IS a soul? What is mortality? How does all of that relate to the mind and to the body?

Biotransference, when you get right down to it, took the three basic parts of what we might think of as "the self" (mind, body, soul) and divided them. The soul vanished, while the body and mind remained, but the relationship between them was completely recontextualized. So all those big questions above can only be answered in that context. This ties so beautifully into themes of queer experience because queerness also invites a reimagining of the spirit/mind/body relationship. How the body relates to identity and vice versa. How that combination relates to other people. Any singular "default" answer of x body=y identity=z mental state does not exist for necrons. How can it when each individual deals with their own existence in such varying ways? From denial to distraction to euphoric acceptance, and each individual's character is largely defined by that choice.

This can be more explicitly LQBTQ-themed (my kingdom for a story about Anathrosis, the canonically trans dynasty Matriarch) or metaphorical. It can dwell on inner conflict or external conflicts. This separation was not something they chose, but it is a fundamental fact of their existence. You basically have no choice but to tell queer stories with necrons if you want to explore their nature/characters in any depth.

Tl;dr all the space robots are gay and also disasters and sorry that's just canon

#necrons #necron #warhammer 40k #queer theory i guess #ghost does character rambles #but like all the characters at once #I'm leveling up #Anathrosis novel when? #i just think they're neat #getting my doctorate in Gay Robots

[alexisntedgy]

rewatching the muppets (2015) is so funny because I’ll be like “oh I remember there are some rlly funny bits actually!! it had so much potential!” and then I watch it and just go

“gonzo has. gonzo has parents? what is this universe because that would solve a lot of questions and character points that I actually don’t want to be solved”

“aw yeah no walter :( he’d be so sad he wasn’t in this”

“pls don’t be a misogynist like that *character I love*”

“I HAD ALMOST MANAGED TO BLOCK OUT THE FACT THEY TRIED TO STRAIGHTIFY SCOOTER”

“sAM AND J A N I C E ?!”

#the whole show feels like a tug of war between writers and concepts to me #like some people knew these characters and some people didn’t and just wanted drama for the abc viewers #*sigh* american television #I don’t hate the 2015 show for the record #like it is funny and gave piggy so many cool character moments that she needed #and it was made during a time when lgbt characters were just starting to be prioritised on television #so bunsen and beaker could just exist and be gay a bit more bluntly #scooter could gay panic. pepe could be bi #but they messed up on a few levels #can u tell I have thoughts #but this is mostly a ghosts blog so I’ll hush now #the muppets #the muppets 2015 #the muppets abc #muppets

[beaulesbian]

 I admire you. You seem so strong. So free. I feel ridiculous.

#1899edit #netflixedit #tvedit #1899 #1899 netflix #tove 1899 #clemence 1899 #clémence 1899 #clemence x tove #tove x clemence #mine #gif:1899 #this scene was very gender and very gay i think they should kiss #it also felt like clemence's level up point #im curious if actions like these were repeated in previous simulations #bc wardrobe in this series right!! they wear the same things i think #bc they dont choose what to wear #until this? maybe #or what it would mean for the brain experiments if these ppl were chosen bc of their unpredictability? or volunteered? #i have so many questions about this show lol anyway this was gay ♥ #tove's expressions in this scene *chefs kiss* and then clemence's sigh of relief?? beautiful #1899 spoilers #1899 1x06

[purpleshadow-star]

People are saying that Noah went through and felt the same things Will did, and that's why his scenes hit different now. I've seen posts saying that he wasn't acting in some scenes and that he really felt the same emotions as Will, or that he was able to give such a raw performance because he felt the same way as Will. I've seen things about how Noah must have felt awful because his character was the target of homophobes, so he felt like they were attacking him, too.

I think people are taking this too far.

Could Noah have felt Will's emotions on a deeper level than we all knew? Sure. But we don't actually know that. At the end of the day, Noah is an actor. He's an actor, reading from a script, playing a fictional character, and he knows that the story is fiction. He also knows that the homophobes in the show are wrong and end up being punished/ shown in a bad light on purpose. Noah is an actor doing a job, and he knows not to internalize the scripts and the words of homobobic characters. He's played multiple roles. Will wasn't his first role. He knows how this works. He knows the homophobia is wrong and incorrect, especially since they make that clear in the show. I doubt he grew up feeling as awful as Will did just because of the words in the scripts (in scenes he wasn't even there for). Please give him more credit than that.

Noah's scenes hit different because now we 100% know that Noah was really able to put himself into Will's mindset. We now know that Noah was really able to imagine himself going through what Will was going through while filming, and he could relate to being closeted and scared to come out as well.

That's all we know.

We don't know anything else. We don't know his experience. It's entirely possible that Noah went through the same feelings and emotions as Will did, that the words from homophobic characters did affect him personally, but until we get a confirmation that that's true (which might never happen, and that's perfectly fine), I think we need to stop assuming we know his experiences while growing up closeted.

So to say, "Noah wasn't acting here," is just wrong because he was acting in every scene. Just because he is able to relate to Will more than we thought doesn't mean he wasn't acting. Until we get confirmation that he wasn't acting (like how he said he wasn't acting in the shoot-out scene and that he was genuinely terrified), let's not assume anything.

Here's what we know: Noah is gay. He was scared to come out. He came out to his family and friends. They said they knew already. They support him. He can relate to Will as far as being gay and scared and his family already knowing.

Until he shares more or clarifies further, that's all we know so far. Let's not assume things he never confirmed about his private life. We're not owed information about his experiences growing up, and we don't have the right to paint a picture about his experiences when we don't know the truth yet.

#please let's stop speculating about his private life and experiences growing up #lets just enjoy the fact that we know now that he connects to will on a deeper level than we knew before #knowing that noah was closeted and could relate to will in certain scenes DOES make he scenes hit different. for sure #but lets not speculate past that #i know ill be crying while rewatching will's scenes bc now i know that noah was able to put himself in will's shoes and envision his #experiences happening to himself to prepare for the scenes. its easier to put yourself in someone else's shoes when you relate to them more #noah is gay like will so he was able to put himself into will's shoes and portray his character with a raw intensity that brings tears #to everyone's eyes #let's respect noah and not assume anything more about his life other than what he told us! #noah schnapp #noah schnapp coming out #will byers #byler