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the children's hour fanart (also the winner of the drawing poll I did at my main)

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Girl help I'm violating the Hays Code

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I hope I'm not just a blog to you guys but also a gateway to acquire secondhand knowledge of medias you'll never get into

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gaybaiting is ok but only when i like it

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The Children’s Hour (1961) dir. William Wyler

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reverse kinning by projecting all my personality traits onto my favorite characters until they’re me whether they like it or not

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sorry i didnt “complete my obligations” i was busy having gay little thoughts and ideas

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im a sucker for those tragic loves

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like, the most compelling ships for me always stem out of one thing: the characters have a profound, ongoing effect on each other’s senses of selves. when they are apart, the characters’ actions are still affected by each other. the way they approach the world changes because of the other. 

which is this deeply Austenian view of ideal romantic relationships as mechanisms by which we come to know ourselves better and become better versions of ourselves. good romance, for me, is always tied in with a sense of self-actualization, and the way in which a beloved partner allows a person to know themselves better.

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⭐ YOU CAN KILL YOUR OLD SELF ⭐

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personally i’m going to miss being baited like this. the end of an era. media nowadays simply makes one boring gay side character and wipes their hands clean but where’s the FLAVOR that comes from ages long homoerotic homophobic tension? where’s the spice? homophobia makes things sexy and that’s just facts

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feeling gay gonna populate this blog with some gay content from main

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Paris When It Sizzles (1964) dir. Richard Quine

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Audrey Hepburn on the terrace of the Restaurant Hammetschwand at the summit of Bürgenstock, Switzerland, circa 1955.

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“We don’t love each other… We’ve been close to each other, of course… I’ve loved you like a friend. The way thousands of women feel about other women. You are a dear friend who is loved, that’s all. Certainly there can be nothing wrong with that. It’s perfectly natural that I should be fond of you.”

The Children’s Hour (1961) dir. William Wyler

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Audrey Hepburn in Rome, 1954. Photos by Philippe Halsman