#but i have difficulty expressing tone in real life let alone thru text

[shaunashipman]

https://www.tumblr.com/saltandspite/725306661244403712/still-thinking-about-the-whole-its-cringe-he?source=share

Feeling the bisexual 🤝 acearo solidarity here, 'cause people always assume that if you're not straight you're gay-aligned. And if you don't want to identify with the gay label then you're treated like you're straight-lite. Like sorry, but we don't have to fit into the gay vs straight binary, we're our own fully fleshed out identities. And if that makes you feel insecure/threatened in your own sexualities maybe unpack your internalised heteronormativity instead of making it our problem!

oh truly. there's that saying, about how when you're gay you basically never stop coming out, and yeah it sucks, I'm not saying it doesn't (it happens to me too), but it can also be accomplished in simple ways, like mentioning pronouns or holding hands with your partner. They don't have to defend explain their sexuality every time, even when standing next to their partner. And be disbelieved, because they can't prove the full scope of their sexuality (unless they're polyamorous, in which case they're a stereotype used to invalidate the rest of their community 😤). It can get exhausting, to the point that some do give up and just let people refer to them a gay/lesbian, so to see a character refuse to let others do that to him was so validating

and as someone who's probably a-spec of some sort (let me just shake my own hand there), I really loved isaac telling the others off for only taking interest when it seemed like he'd found a partner of his own. that horrible feeling of being alone, finally thinking you've found what everyone else has, only to realize that you haven't and most likely never will, and it's because there's something wrong with you. james' well-meaning "you just haven't found the right person yet" was like a shot to the chest. i'm really looking forward to season 3, where isaac, and the people around him, can learn more about a-spec identities, and he can feel more comfortable