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I love you doll collectors who carry dolls with them in public I want to be you so bad.

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Y'know, there's this gripe I've had for years that really frustrates me, and it has to do with Love, Simon and people joking about it and calling it too-pg and designed-for-straight-people and all the like. (A similar thing has happened to Heartstopper, but that's another conversation.)

I saw Love, Simon in theaters when it came out my senior year in high school. I saw it three times, once with my friends/parents on opening night, once with my brother over spring break, and once with my grandparents.

On opening night, the air in the room was electric. It was palpable. Half the heads in there were dyed various colors. Queer kids were holding hands. We were all crying and laughing and cheering as a group. My friends grabbed my hands at the part where Simon was outed and didn't let go until his parents were saying that they accepted him. My friend came out to me as non-binary. Another person in our group admitted that she had feelings for girls. It was incredible. I left shaking. This was the first mainstream queer romance movie that had ever been produced by one of the main five studios, and I know that sounds like another "first queer character from Disney" bit but you have to understand that even in 2018 this was groundbreaking. Getting to have a sweet queer rom-com where the main character was told that he got "to breathe now" after coming out meant so much to me and my friends.

But also, from a designed-for-straight-people POV (which, to be frank, it was written by a bisexual author and directed by a gay man, this was not designed for straight audiences), why is it a bad thing that it appealed to the widest possible audience? That it could make my parents and grandparents see things in a new light? My stepdad wasn't at all interested in rom-coms but he saw it with me because it was something I cared about and he hugged me when we came out of the theater. My very Catholic grandparents watched it with me and though my grandpa said he still didn't quite understand the whole 'gay thing,' all he wanted was for me to be happy and to have a happy ending like Simon did. My Nana actually cried when Simon came out and squeeze my hand when his mother told him he could breathe.

And when Martin blackmailed Simon, my mom, badass ally that she is, literally hissed "Dropkick him. Dropkick him in the balls" leading to multiple queer kids in the audience to laugh or smile. Having my parents there- the only parents, by the way, out of my group of queer and questioning friends- made multiple people realize that supportive adults were out there. That parents like those in Love, Simon do exist in real life.

When people complain about Heartstopper not being realistic or Love, Simon being too cutesy, I remember seeing Love, Simon on opening night. I remember my friend coming out and my stepdad hugging me and my mom defending us through this character. I remember the cheers that went through the audience when Bram and Simon kissed and the chatter in the foyer after the movie was over and the way that this movie made me understand that happy endings do exist.

Queer kids need happy endings. Straight people need entry points to becoming allies. Both of these things can come together in beautiful ways. They can find out about more queer culture later, but for now, let them have this. Let them all have a glimpse at a better, happier world. Let them have queer joy.

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never not thinking about this initial reaction (especially cuz the thing he is mimicking holding is tony danza's spine)

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Welp fellow shippers and true believers, the Sam x Evan supercut is done!

Maybe I did too much (idk I've never made an edit like this before????) but tbh I haven't had as much fun editing anything as much as I did this supercut

I hope you enjoy!✨

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjzLycxDMpD52Ct85KBpEuffKYmiuaSQQ&si=d0pdKTNikg2Um5C3

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Ay can we talk about Bad Universe Evan and Jammer still ending up in the same place? Like even in a world where nobody went to Gowpenny and Evan grew up normal they end up at Purdue together.

Best friends finding each other in every universe

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thought about crabster

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Has anyone else pointed out that almost all the flashbacks we get in episode 61 of dndads revolve around water in some capacity? Like the two that don't are tower of terry and the one with the principal. The first we get is swimming. It's obvious where water comes in there. Then the cooking. Anthony specifically says that young Ron spilled water everywhere when he slipped. It's cleaned up and the fires put out but when we see what really happened Willy used the sink faucet and sprayed the fire. Water again. And it's said that Ron remembers a lot of yelling. Then when it's the one where young Ron is forced to say goodbye to Rogue its raining. That's one of the first things they pointed out. Then obviously with his anchor. Something something the Stamplers being unable to escape drowning

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Dood gets the childhood they never had (Christmas gift for @penguinwithafancytophat )

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Sam and Evan have a gift exchange

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A movie night for the misfits

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the fucking poetry of the only place Jammer being able to put down his “hats” being Evan’s apartment is making me insane

Evan being the only person he can be HIMSELF around and not the person other people need him to be………

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something something Evan greeting Miskoro like Sam greets everyone and Sam becoming one with her shadow like Evan when talking down Bombini I’m ok I’m ok

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big fan of characters with abandonment + attachment issues so profound that they leave claw marks in everything they touch but would sooner gnaw off their own leg than admit they just want someone to stay for once. in a totally normal well adjusted and not at all projecting way of course.

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Hey friends the Christmas fic will be up tomorrow instead of today hopefully due to some personal issues thank you for your understanding and patience

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Lincoln plays animal crossing like it's a daily requirement

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They are magic!

They have always been magic!

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