#ash perez

[youtubesweirduncles]

Ok, why did Kwesi of all people made me cry today

[adhdisgay]

the Try Guys have a new series where Ash Perez, a trans man, takes the viewer on his journey of being a man. in this first episode he learns about men’s style, including barbershops and suit fittings.

even if you are not familiar with the Try Guys, I highly recommend watching. my heart is so full for kids who get to grow up with representation like this :)

[salvia-plathitudes]

Earlier today I started crying because Ash, who millennials might remember from the heyday of Buzzfeed YouTube, was buying his first suit as a man. And in this video he kept talking about wanting to be a “pogi boy”.

The fact that it came up more than once stood out to me, and I’m sure the video editor as well.

Ash had what can only be described as the cutest smile on his face right before he checked himself out in the mirror for the first time since donning the suit reiterating, once more, that pogi means “handsome, in Tagalog”.

And then his mom goes and says it, and she tells him it means handsome, as if he doesn’t know, as if he hasn’t been telling everyone, as if it wasn’t exactly what he needed to hear.

I wanted to post 2 minutes and 46 seconds of this video so badly. Tumblr wouldn’t accept the file size. It doesn’t allow more than one video per post.

[air--so--sweet]

I never thought I'd find something made by The Try Guys genuinely healing but here we are

(For anyone wondering, this is from the series New Guy Tries, the first episode is currently free on their youtube, the full series is on their streaming platform)

[graysongoal]

If you've ever wondered how trans guys feel, this is a great primer video.

While it's specifically Ash's experience, there is a lot of relatable information here — especially struggling to adjust to different social norms.

[vizthedatum]

I got full body chills seeing Ash Perez’s TRANS JOY IN THEIR EYES on their Instagram this morning. I used to follow the guy a long time ago when they were in Buzzfeed and really always enjoyed his content… but fuck, he looks even more actualized now. And it’s not just physicality. You can just feel it.

[bluejeanbaby]

open to: anyone!

connection: post one night stand. maybe a friend’s sibling? whatever you see fit. i just want messy.

“....you like me?” Ash asked with a scoff. “I blow your back out once and what? Now you think I’m boyfriend material or something? You are absolutely pathetic.” 

[tina-snow]

watching ash’s new guy tries video crying my eyes out 🥹

[the-burt-macklin-fbi]

💙💚💛💜🩵🩷🧡

I love that the 2nd Try cast is full of familiar, friendly faces!!! I am so excited to see more of them and watch them thrive!!!

the new try guys

[ashintheairlikesnow]

Okay so here, I think, is why I think Red, White and Royal Blue succeeds spectacularly as a romcom, and actually to me is a better-than-average take on the genre.

First, the leads have absolutely scorching chemistry. They are incredibly believable as two men absolutely infatuated with each other. They each kiss like drowning men shown water, right down to how each grabs at the other, at hair or back or neck and face.

They each have developed their character having a specific characteristic even when flirting or kissing. Henry grabs Alex's hair, for example, every single time, in a way that makes it clear he spends serious time thinking about that hair.

Fair enough, Henry.

They also do something even goddamn better.

They are friends. They are believable as two people who could actually get along long enough to fall in love.

They are allowed to become FRIENDS.

They are given time to get to know each other before they get physical. You can feel their interest in each other growing. And, to my opinion, you can tell that Henry is feeling Alex out through texts to see if the interest might be reciprocated even though he thinks it can't possibly be.

One thing that kills me about romcoms is how the leads will have witty "sexy" banter but don't seem to actually like each other. They are enemies who fall into bed but aren't really believable as lovers.

Henry and Alex are believable, because they... Well. They're impossibly silly even when tearing at each other's clothes. They have awkward moments.

They laugh.

Alex laughs in bed. He holds Henry in a way that is romantic, openly so. Henry is overcoming the conditioned hesitation and avoidance he has, his smiles and warmth and laughter come with rare vulnerability - Alex is a man who throws himself head first into life and has no such compunctions in the moment. He laughs because this is awesome and Jesus Christ, Prince Henry is too hot to be real.

They like each other, they stumble, they laugh.

But also, another reason this works so well?

The sex scene isn't scorching.

Watching the sex scene felt realistically intimate. It felt like I had walked in one real people and needed to leave. It was intense in a way that felt like something I maybe wasn't meant to see.

It was filmed so well. So much romanticism and deeply felt adoration in a simple grasping of a hand, the look in soft eyes, a hand pressed against a back. The edge of a knee just in frame. Looking up and looking down.

It felt like we walked into their room during and saw them both laid utterly bare.

Henry's look of vulnerability and nerves and pleasure, Alex looking slowly over his face to take it all in. Moving slowly, then, when everything they do before this is hurried or hidden.

It works as a romcom because you believe 100% these two men could get to like each other, fall in love, and stay that way.

You believe Henry's very real terror of rejection from the public because he already knows his family, beyond his sister, will reject him. You believe that Alex is a headstrong idealist who is sure that you can bulldoze through any wall too tall to climb.

And you believe that between the two of them, they can find a way around the wall entirely.

This movie is a master class on how a movie can get you to suspend so much disbelief if the leads sell their characters. The importance of believable chemistry.

And also... Isn't it nice to see a queer love story in a world that is, in some ways, just a few shades better than our own?

P.S. you cannot tell me Stephen Fry did not chew the goddamn scenery in circles all around everyone during his single scene. That man was having a ball.

[acecroft]

THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS (1996) dir. Tim Pope

[youtubesweirduncles]

Omgggg suit guy from tiktok is on Ash's video 😭😭

He's so handsome lol

[blue-bird1967]

First of all I didn't know that the dress uniform of the US Marines looked so beautiful

And second: always in pursuit of an elusive sense of how to draw them Т_Т It feels like I'm a millimeter away from the right result and still something

is

wrong

😞

[kay-claire]

Damn the Try Guys creating their own streaming platform announcement video vs the Watcher announcement video are night and day.

Like, the Try Guys have actual footage of the content to expect from the new platform. They're still going to be posting the stuff we already love on YouTube. With the announcement they actually show just what kind of production value you can actually achieve instead of just vague promises to do higher production value while sitting on a couch. They made their point in 8 minutes instead of 14. And the Watcher video was hyped up for a week leading to it, making everyone expect something fun and exciting, and then they used a click bait title that just made everyone so mad.

Also we already know the Try Guys struggle with censorship on YouTube so this actually feels like a good move for them, and something that they have probably been working on for ages, whereas the Watcher one came completely out of left field and felt extremely rushed. They wanted you to pay $6 for a product that was still in beta mode with no proof of concept yet, while I am fully convinced the Try Guys will have very few growing pains with this, AND it's cheaper!

[misstwisted]

I’m so proud of myself for making this. Might be some controversial opinions but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. 😅

[90ssuperheroes]