#also simon is not bi

[gay-at-ikea]

no but why is fuckboy simon becoming a thing in fics now, i can barely find a fic where that doesn't happen anymore and it's really driving me up the wall, like i know people can write whatever they want but this just feels like a completely different character. like sorry i want to read about simon and baz fucking each other, not other people, is that too much to ask for?

[artistofrandomstuff]

I LOVE THE. SO MUCH SJCJDHCJS vfemdfvmdvfs

*explodes of happyness*

they better get a happy end

[groovy-dxior]

i’m very normal abt them

[pb-dot]

Film Friday: Hot Fuzz

Time is a strange place, and we yet again write the day as that most important of days, Film Friday. Today we're having a look at Edgar Wright and Acting Duo Superstars Nick Frost and Simon Pegg's sophomore effort, the absolutely effervescent Hot Fuzz.

PC Nicholas Angel, played by Pegg, is a rare breed of supercop. His mastery of the practical skills of policing is second only to his unflinching dedication to the law, both in letter and in animating spirit. It's to the level that his actions can be traced in crime statistics, and such behavior can not go without reaction. As such, his superiors in the London Met see him "promoted" to a sergeant's position in Sanford Gloucestershire, a quiet little town with a sterling record of "village of the year"-awards and a crime rate at about 0%

While the initial joke about the highly professional Type A arch-exemplar Pegg being cooped up in an almost compulsively pleasant village is funny, it takes on a kind of heartwarming aspect when he is partnered by local inexperienced cop Danny Butterman, played by Frost. See, Danny knows very little about policing, and approaches it more like an excitable child than Angel's well trained German Shepherd, but BOY does Danny know a thing or two about action movies and having a good time when a good time is called for.

There are people who think I'm being facetious when I describe Hot Fuzz as an action comedy love story, but I am incredibly serious about it. Word has it that there once was a separate, female love interest for Angel in Sanford , but that this part was cut out and a non-insignificant part of her lines and general role in the story was bequeathed to Danny. I've been unable to confirm this from a primary source, but just looking at the lines I can believe it no trouble.

Danny and Nicholas have every bit the powerful bromance that Shaun and Ed had in Shaun of the Dead, except, I would argue, it's a much more even relationship than the one in Shaun. There's a similar dynamic, granted, but it's a give-some-take-some type of deal. Nicholas teaches Danny about the procedures and responsibilities of policework, that it's not just "proper action and shit," to quote him directly. Danny, on his side teaches the workaholic Nicholas that there's more to life than work, and that you need to spend time in the world and less time in your head. He also introduces Angel to his considerable collection of action movies, which seems insignificant until you get to the third act.

Now, by itself this would stand as a movie all by itself, but Nicholas and Danny's increasingly deep and homoromantic relationship does not stand alone. In fact, there's a whole-ass murder mystery conspiracy going on that honestly skews way harder towards horror than Shaun ever got.

Yes, it would seem that Sanford's 0% crime rate is a case of some judiciously biased bookkeeping. Petty theft happens, but there's never any charges filled. Similarly and more unnervingly, there's no murder in Sanford buy wow do people die in unlikely accidents or just go missing a lot. Ever the practical man, Angel goes about investigating these tragic and gory "accidents," and drags the only copper that'll give him the time of day, PC Butterman, along.

Now, tempted as I am to talk about what the two find as they go prodding at the seams of the idyllic village life, I will actually honor a kind of spoiler policy here. There are many jokes, as well as genuinely moving reveals that I'd like to talk about, but I think they'll hit better if you go in blind. For those of you who know what I'm talking about though, there are some banger reveals as to what exactly goes on here, and Edgar Wright's love for foreshadowing plot moments and reveals through dialog is probably expressed better in Hot Fuzz than any other of his films.

I will say, though, that I really enjoy the shift the film makes in the third act. After all the spooky scary conspiracy business comes to a head, our hero makes a decision on what means the most to him, proper procedure, or the spirit of the law (as well as letter I suppose, although he skirts quite a few of those) and decides that it's time to be a goddamn supercop. Just like Danny always saw him, a frighteningly precise instrument for more than the law, also a conduit for justice, and, lest we forget, incredible, incredible violence.

What follows is perhaps the craziest third act I've ever seen. Danny and Nicholas shoot guns, jump through the air while shooting guns, get in car chases while shooting guns, and forge new and unexpected alliances while... you get the idea. The violence is ludicrous, but decidedly slapstick-y, as Angel intends to bring every single perpetrator (and there are quite a few), in alive. This makes for disabling shots, warning shots, indirect shots leading to (presumably survivable) blunt force trauma, etc etc. It's not realistic, but it feels very in character, and it is fun. You can feel the electric energy of a bunch of action film nerds getting to do every cool stunt they've ever fanboyed over, all the while modifying them to somehow be non-lethal.

All of this is without even getting into how many great supporting characters there is in this film. Jim Broadbent is great as Inspector Butterman, Danny's father and local police chief. Paddy Considine and Rafe Spall play a great comedy duo of PCs named Andy. Perhaps the greatest of them, though, is Timothy Dalton, playing the supremely smarmy supermarket owner Simon Skinner. I could watch that guy be friendly in a way that makes me want to punch him for days on end. Among Wright's many talents, getting the funniest people in Britain to play in his movies is surely one of the greater ones.

[boobi-boy]

Gary Prince and Marshall Lee Abadeer are t4t. Because I said so!

Simon Petrikov is bisexual!!! Because I said so!!!

[mclarenyaoi]

for my pfp should the car have a bisexual or transgender overlay

[darkworkcourier]

hey! could i request a very specific ghost x reader fic with an enemies to lovers trope where the reader gets seriously injured during one of the missions and ghost, who swears to hate her and sees her as untrustworthy, deep down having a secret crush on her (but because of his work he refuses to get close to anybody), loses his mind and is heartbroken over the fact that she might die and all that?

I KNOW IT'S A LOT and it's totally okay if you either don't wanna write it or want to change it drastically but i LIVE for your writing and would love to see how you execute it <3

thank you!!!

whoops! i slipped, fell, and made a VERY BIG FIC out of this.

[porcupine-girl]

Trope that will never get old either in fanfic or original: The bisexual urge to obsess over minute details of a person of your gender’s appearance, paired with the bisexual complete and utter lack of self-awareness that this is attraction you’re feeling,

[shaunoftheautism]

Trans pride flag color picked from this official post of scotty.

[oh2e]

Happy pride specifically to Stephen and Bunny, because they deserve it

[p2iimon]

drawing more furry fnaf art. yknow just to keep you posted. i love posting in the tags sorry these ones got away from me

[spoonmoment87]

they just watched good omens season 2...

[froggybowtie]

Interesting that I will hear people complain about straight women writing m/m in a condescending way, and how they should stop because it's fetishized. Then you will look up the author and it's either a queer woman or a trans person.

[blinketyblank]

Ghosts gender/sexuality headcanons!

Alison and Mike: bi4bi

they are both bi

Julian: bi, polyamorous

need I explain further?

Pat: bi, trans

huge keychain

showtunes

that photo with bi lighting

in love with the Captain

was in love with Carol

he is trans because I say so

The Captain: gay

gay gay homosexual gay

not exactly a headcanon

I know some people see him as ace but I don't because of how he has reacted to naked men

Fanny: straight??

I guess she's the token straight??

Thomas: aroace, pan, cupioromantic, genderqueer

a drama queen

obsessed with the idea of being in love but has no idea what it's actually like so resorts to cliches and plagiarism

thinks he's allo/amato

just has the most genderqueer pan vibes

could be a lesbian if they so desired

Kitty: nonbinary girl, ???

nonbinary. but also girl

a child

loves romance novels, especially steamy ones?

maybe cupiosexual?

no idea of her romantic orientation (but definitely not straight)

likes shirtless men and also appreciates pretty bridesmaids

Mary: lesbian/sapphic

actual cottagecore witch

Annie

had a husband and Did Not Care about him

I know there was that whole thing with Robin and also the spying on Mike but too bad

Humphrey: bi

he just has the vibes

I don't know what else I can say

Robin: unlabelled (something multispec), polyamorous

'if you like someone and they like you, you do it' (can't remember actual wording sorry )

does not see the need to have labels

cannot comprehend monogamy

Bonus:

Plague ghosts:

all queer

Mick is gay

Lolly's plague ghost is nonbinary

Simon's (Geoff I think) is bi and poly

Annie: lesbian/sapphic, obviously

yes she is

[myst1xx]

i love having multiple different headcanon fanons in my brain that directly contradict each other so it just looks insane to anyone on the outside. but to me it makes sense

[diari0deglierrori]

Thinking. Just realized that I truly didn’t come to terms with something until I was at least 18/19. Before that I kind of knew but repressed it. Interesting (not really)

Because I was looking at old posts I made and remembered something. I think I had a crush on someone here that I used to talk to (I can say it now as she apparently deactivated a few months ago). Those things I felt make sense to me now but didn’t necessarily do back then like if I remember well I once dropped a “I’m not gay but […]” at her :/ like, girl

if she somehow is still around no you didn’t see a thing ok haha forget about this

Or! Maybe I mixed platonic love and romantic love at the time who knows, wouldn’t be the first nor the last time I guess… but also no I’m pretty sure that’s what it was