#anyway charles/edwin happening is not an attack on platonic male friendships but would in fact be the greatest love story of the 2020s so | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

hephanna · 5 months ago

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can't believe i'm still seeing anti-Charles/Edwin arguments in the form of "but there isn't enough representations of male friendship in media not everything has to be romantic (i.e., gay)." in what universe is there suddenly an influx of mainstream gay romances? Fanfic & Ao3 is not, in fact, a good indication of what is actually mainstream - fanfic specifically fills in the GAP left behind in mainstream - there is a reason a lot of popular ships are just, in fact, canonically male best friends (or female best friends).

it's fine not to be keen on Charles/Edwin but honestly I thought the whole "we need more male x male besties :(( otherwise we're gonna have a surplus of gay romances" was considered outdated last decade.

#dead boy detectives #payneland #edwin x charles #edwin payne #edwin paine #charles rowland #no but seriously i understand platonic relationships are important #but there are literally hundreds of platonic male friendships in the most popular forms of media today #like 'oh no if Charles realizes he's in love with Edwin it's going to make it seem as if platonic friendships aren't important'#when in fact I think it'll actually draw attention to a more important and less discussed issue #such as the fact that sometimes people don't realize they are bisexual/experience same sex attraction until much later in their life b/c of #you guessed it - comp het #anyway charles/edwin happening is not an attack on platonic male friendships but would in fact be the greatest love story of the 2020s so

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