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What has this post become…

Tumblr sexyman competition Nancy Drew version and Big Island Mike wins over Henry

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Imagine if you will an island. Now imagine it's large. You could even say it's big. Picture a beach, full of soft sands and an abundance of shells. There is a dock leading to a large body of water, an ocean, where you can go fishing and catch fish. Behind you leads a path through the grasses and past a surf shack, all the way to a small gift shop and shave ice stand.

But behind all this beauty, behind the picturesque backdrop of an immersion excursion, lies a plot of capitalism and stolen land, and days of cleaning up bug feces. You now step into the sunlight and the truth, the ground shaking beneath you.

You've just crossed into... the Big Island Zone.

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@the-immersion-excursion how do you feel about Claracs (worshippers of Clara Thornton)

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You have such a way with words. Truly beautiful.

Imagine if you will an island. Now imagine it's large. You could even say it's big. Picture a beach, full of soft sands and an abundance of shells. There is a dock leading to a large body of water, an ocean, where you can go fishing and catch fish. Behind you leads a path through the grasses and past a surf shack, all the way to a small gift shop and shave ice stand.

But behind all this beauty, behind the picturesque backdrop of an immersion excursion, lies a plot of capitalism and stolen land, and days of cleaning up bug feces. You now step into the sunlight and the truth, the ground shaking beneath you.

You've just crossed into... the Big Island Zone.

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Number three in my collage series is George :D I tried to capture her tomboy essence as best as I could (Pinterest doesn’t seem to like women who aren’t stereotypically feminine), and I think I did pretty well, though I did take some creative liberties

The computer represents her internship at Technology of Tomorrow Today, the soccer ball because she canonically plays, well, soccer, and bottom middle could be seen as her and Nancy maybe?? Like Nancy is showing her the pictures she’s taken after her cases? Whether that’s platonic or romantic is for you to decide lol :p

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BRO WHAT ARE YOU DOING 😭

You’re digging yourself a bigger grave by using certain emojis that’s for sure

Tumblr sexyman competition Nancy Drew version and Big Island Mike wins over Henry

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Let's make it happen, folks.

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Does Big Island Mike love Big Island Autistics? It's Autism Awareness/Acceptance month and we're going through a ROUGH time. <3

Big Island Mike LOVES the Big Island Autistics. The systematic oppression of all disabled people is an act of HERESY. Autistic people, no matter their support needs or abilities, are ALL treasured and valued members of the world Big Island Mike has gifted us. In fact, autistic people tend to be the best Bimbos due to the amount of shell collecting (and rocks, if desired) that is encouraged in bimism. GO FORTH, AND BE AUTISTIC BIMBOS!

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Omg you know what they say about a broken clock…

Tumblr sexyman competition Nancy Drew version and Big Island Mike wins over Henry

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Bro broke character 😭

Tumblr sexyman competition Nancy Drew version and Big Island Mike wins over Henry

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Someone sounds a bit TOO eager 🤨

Tumblr sexyman competition Nancy Drew version and Big Island Mike wins over Henry

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She’s against incest fics, so I think it’s safe to assume that includes Bimcest

Tumblr sexyman competition Nancy Drew version and Big Island Mike wins over Henry

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Both BIM and Henry kind of meet the mark for Tumblr sexymen. I said this in the tags but I’m going to go more in depth with this reblog.

Spoilers for both Creature of Kapu Cave and Legend of the Crystal Skull ahead.

As you can see, what constitutes as a TSM (Tumblr sexyman/sexymen, I’m not going to keep writing it out for the whole post) varies depending on who you ask, so I feel like my conclusion that BIM and Mr. Bolet do count as TSM is fair.

Now let’s look at the general criteria.

Henry easily falls into this category. Literally no explanation needed. Though BIM is neither thin nor has there been any fan art of him being depicted as white and skinny (or any fan art, really), I feel like if the games were more popular there’d definitely be people whitewashing him and making him not fat. Unfortunate, yes, but it’s a good thing that hasn’t happened, right?

I have seen some people who have said they had a crush on Henry when they were younger and now don’t find him to be attractive anymore, though I feel like that because it’s such a small amount of people who have vocalized this, it doesn’t really count all that much. To my knowledge, there hasn’t been someone who has confessed genuine attraction to BIM, so he also doesn’t fit this criteria.

Big Island Mike is a prime example of this, seeing as he is the culprit, as well as his daughter Pua, but we’re here to talk about her father. Though you could definitely sympathize with him because of why he did what he did, in-game it isn’t really framed in such a way and he is seen as the bad guy. While Henry isn’t an evil or bad person, he is described to be a cunning individual by Renée, most likely because she suspects that he is selling off his great uncle’s belongings when he was not supposed to, which she did assume correctly. Despite this, the reasoning as to why he did so is quite understandable, seeing as mentioned before, he is stuck in an abusive relationship with his girlfriend, Summer. He is also a bit rude towards Nancy when she arrives, though understandably so. To me, these traits and actions of Henry’s are close enough that they fit into this point.

Henry kind of fits into this category. He is dressed in a button up shirt and dress pants, but he does have elements in his outfit that might otherwise contradict it. With combat boots and a mesh glove on his left hand, he manages to dress down the outfit a bit to fit into a more alternative style. Whether his makeup could be considered formal or not is up to you. BIM gets a pass for this one, as mentioned in the last sentence. He is dressed in a Hawaiian shirt, cargo shorts, and sandals. Not dapper.

Absolutely not. Next point.

Miss Immersion Excursion has written up a couple AUs for Big Island Mike, all of which are reader inserts. We currently have a CEO AU and a biker AU. On Ao3, there have been a few AUs that include Henry, including an unfortunate Harry Potter AU, an unfinished traveling companion fic where he goes to Ireland with Nancy, fics where he ends up breaking up with Summer, sometimes where he ends up with Nancy, and even an A/B/O Ned/Henry fic. Again, no -cest stuff. Thank fuck.

Both of them are popular characters within the fandom, with Mr. Mapu having a resurgence of popularity as of late. However, they’re popular for completely different reasons. Henry is quite popular for his androgynous and goth appearance, as well as his very tragic backstory. With his parents dying when he was merely eight years old, Bruno practically neglecting him when he needed someone the most, and Summer’s financial and emotional abuse, he is easily loved by the fandom. Something about a very broken man, a pathetic little meow meow, if you will, makes for an instantly beloved character. Mike, however, is loved for being a bit of a more unserious character. I know that some people might assume that he is “popular” because of his weight, as it’s not uncommon for fat people to be treated less than or as a joke, but I have faith that the majority of people who do like BIM don’t focus on him being overweight and turn him into a joke for that. To me, it seems like whoever likes Big Island Mike’s character finds that he has Nancy do menial tasks for him, his “Big Island Bucks” system, and his seemingly capitalist ideals enjoyable and humorous parts of his character. Though these two men are quite different—in appearance and in attitude—they are both popular amongst the Nancy Drew games fandom on Tumblr.

Believe it or not, both men have been the subjects (or victims, depending on your point of view) of ask blogs, with the-immersion-excursion being a prime example. Though she does not typically roleplay as Big Island Mike, I feel like her blog should still count. She speaks through Him (aka Bim) via Bimism, a religion dedicated to worshipping the small business owner himself. She is a devout orator of Bimism, so I trust that she is honest about Bim and Bis teachings. Through all my scrolling and stalking on Tumblr, I can confidently say that there are at least two Henry Bolet ask blogs a la 2016 style, though now abandoned. I’m not sure of the blogs’ names, but they are still up despite no longer being active. You’ll just have to take my word for it or try looking for them yourself.

This concludes my analysis of how Mike Mapu and Henry Bolet Jr. both fit into the Tumblr sexyman criteria. Though not completely so, they are qualified enough to be considered such. Thank you for reading. My head hurts now.

Tumblr sexyman competition Nancy Drew version and Big Island Mike wins over Henry

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Tumblr sexyman competition Nancy Drew version and Big Island Mike wins over Henry

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Who voted for someone else.

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Guys you don’t realize how many fucking JD Vance posts Rae sends me on ig and now she’s brought him to tumblr… it’s not safe for me here anymore.

We fucking beat the pope

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Omg Iggy…

We fucking beat the pope