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byler having sex could be extremely important to will's coming of age as a gay man.

hear me out.

(also - before anyone comes at me for sexualizing minors - i'm not saying i want an explicit sex scene. i don't! something like jancy's s2 fade to black would be more than enough for me.)

now back to the point:

will has heard his whole life how being gay is this disgusting, dirty, vile thing - from his father & from bullies at school. likely other adults around the town, as well, considering we hear troy referencing what his dad said about will being killed by "some other queer" in season 1. not to mention this story is set in the midst of the aids epidemic. i mean, he's from a small town in bumfuck indiana, he's no doubt heard his share of casual and overt homophobia throughout the years. (and then there's the alan turing poster in s4...) long story short, he's only heard negative things about being gay. about loving other boys and wanting other boys and desiring other boys.

but then there's mike. his best friend. the one person that makes him feel like he's not a mistake for being different. for being gay.

mike & will having sex, being intimate and together in a way will was always taught was gross and wrong, and learning that it isn't any of those things - will learning that loving mike and wanting mike and desiring mike is beautiful, and wonderful, and right - and having mike want him back, desire him back, learning that it's okay, it's good, continuing that arc of mike making him feel like he's not a mistake, that he's better for being different because he gets to have this with mike - he deserves that moment, i think. and mike does, too.

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I’m struggling with my art style 🥲 but I kinda like how this turned out ✨

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🌸 To be heroes together

Clip Studio Paint | Sept 8, 2024

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The 3rd illustration was actually part of this idea!! But since I finished it first and liked it so much I posted it separated 🥰

As for their conversation at the beginning, I think we could say it's around ch. 429, when Bakugou asks Deku how the embers are doing. He answered in front of everyone, but he was a little more honest in private later 😕

I cried sm while drawing it and listening to Birds of a Feather haha

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For the rest of our lives <3

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bkdk virtual boyfriends!!

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Studying manga textures + drawing unhinged teens. Blackwhip is surprisingly relaxing to draw?

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'the real hero in my life...'

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“i’ll make sure you won’t become a hero.”

“you’ll become a hero?”

“you won’t become a hero?”

“i’ll make sure you’ll become a hero.”

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oh, to fly with you again

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comic🔆🍂

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THINKING ABOUT WHAT MICHAEL WHEELER WAS GOING TO SAY AFTER THIS "Uh..." KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT

AND THEN WILL JUST INTERRUPTS RIGHT HERE

AND

THE F*CKING [tender, emotional music playing]

WILLIAM BYERS, WHY DID YOU INTERRUPT HIM???? YOU WERE ALMOST GETTING THE BOY, HE WAS ONE STEP AWAY FROM MAKING A FULL DECLARATION

I can't

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“Tell me every terrible thing you ever did, and let me love you anyway.”

― Edgar Allan Poe, Collected Poems

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Working on this again 🤷‍♂️

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I LOVE this clip because it is a PERFECT example of the "Will voice" that Mike uses.

(+1 bonus point for the iconic lip glance. And another +1 for both of them jumping together at the end)

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i find myself incredibly funny