#QaF

[submissiveness]

[brian-kinney-apologist]

thinking about this sluty photoshoot of his AGAIN

[miriam-heddy]

A Brief Lesson In TV Fandom History: If you’re <25 or you just haven’t been paying attention…

You might not realize just how incredibly rare it is for ANY tv character to come out on a show that’s been on tv long enough for the character to be “long thought queer.”

Queer representation on TV is JUST. THAT. NEW.

In most cases, queer characters have been identified that way from the start (see Josh on 911). And for a looong time, they were like Will and Jack, in that they were almost always single.

There were no onscreen queer kisses. There were no bisexuals. No transgender characters. And those few that made it to TV were very often victims of #BuryYourGays. (See Xena, Supernatural). And most were on what we once called CableTV (see 2/33 of @supercupcakecollector-love’s examples).

And that’s where fanfiction came in.

You’re welcome.

what is the term for when a long thought tv character is confirmed as queer but they are paired with a charcter that isn't the big ship, so a big section of the fandom still isn't happy, examples include: Jaskier, Rhaenyra, and Buck from 911

[queerasfolkgifs]

[hayaomiyazaki]

QUEER AS FOLK — 1.12

[bizarre-transmission]

FOX: spends six seasons gaslighting and queerbaiting fans

ABC four episodes in:

[pentosesuga]

the song they used in this scene is so unreal like. grand pianos crash together when my boy walks down the street. oh okay, and im supposed to feel normal about that. and then, blue eyes blazing AND HE'S GOING TO BE MY WIFE. WHAT. i feel like debbie novotny i need to lay down

[livethrushit]

justin "check fucking mate" taylor getting brian right where he wants him. he *knew* brian would deny any sort of relationship & thus have no grounds for objecting to his working at vanguard. brian fell face first into the trap and oh he loves justin for it. the only person who can psychosexually go to war with him and win.

[seed-rom]

Everyone say thank you Russell T Davies for introducing the wider television watching British public to rimming in 1999 and then heavily implying bisexuality is a natural evolution of current human sexuality in 2005 and then making a show where the entire main cast kisses someone of the same gender in 2006. Doing it like no other

[cowgirljunky]

thinking about michael saying brian should have left justin on the floor to die in mad dog kinney. why did they never bring that up again. he should’ve been ran over by the jeep.

[submissiveness]

[brian-kinney-apologist]

[kinnenvy]

more male contact than hockey, football, and wrestling.

[queerasfolkgifs]

[hayaomiyazaki]

QUEER AS FOLK — 1.06

[jacnaylor]