#but i saw the queer latino and i am a fan of that specifically with no context

[bitter-blogger]

Unironically I wanna say if you're hate watching the prequel just stop. Stop it. If you're enjoying it, congrats, but there are so many bitter people in the tags. You don't have to watch it. Go do literally anything that makes you happy instead, ok?

[herefortarlos]

Hello!

I love seeing your excitement around the fandom and a special thanks for all the support you give me in the tags! I was what made you start watching lone star? What made you keep watching lone star? What’s your favorite part of fandom?

Awwww, hello, Jen!! Haha, I am very happy to know that you enjoy my fangirling and hopefully don't find it annoying 😆.

So what clued me into 911 Lone Star, was seeing random clips from the show when I would be bored and scroll through FB and Instragram's videos section. The scenes that I remember the best are of course the racist neighbor and "Sure ma'am but I am a homosexual." And Paul's, "but I am trans, though." And then the corn silo scene and Marjan popping up and having lost her hijab, and everyone gathering around to protect her modesty. I loved knowing there was a show out there that had, from the brief bits I saw, canon gay, trans and Muslim characters!! Then I bought Hulu in late 2022, specifically to watch the movie Julie and Julia, then I watched all of Modern Family. And then I was like, well, I still have this service for the end of the month, and I saw Lone Star was on it and I have not looked back 😂 I wish Hulu kept track of it, because I don't know how I consumed 3 seasons of Lone Star so quickly while also working.

Tarlos and TK, then later Carlos, when we finally got more of him in season 2, were big reasons I kept watching. I also genuinely like all of the characters! I did not think I would love Judd as much as I did, big, stereotypical Texas man, but is not like you thought at all! Owen and TK's relationship is one of my favorite things too, such a loving father-son relationship, without the toxic masculinity is so refreshing! Getting Tommy in season 2 was such a big improvement too!!

I could go on and on about the characters, but another huge reason I fell in love with the show was because it actually had a trans black man, played by a trans male actor, a gay Latino man, played by a gay actor, and of course the fandom didn't find out about Ronen until 2021, but I learned watching in 2022, was a gay man, played by a bisexual actor!! Representation matters and as a queer person, I was so happy to see a show actually put in the effort to try and cast accordingly!! Even now, when I try to get friends to watch the show, I always start by gushing about tarlos, of course, and then secondly talk about the casting!

Finally, my FAVORITE part of the fandom has to be all of our amazingly talented writers and the stories they provide to keep Tarlos alive, interesting and relevant, especially during longer than expected hiatuses. I have been reading fanfic for various fandoms since 2012? And I appreciate all the work and effort writers put in to provide us fans with more content, without expecting anything in return, so the least I can do is comment on fics and reblog works here with my unhinged tags 😂

Also, I really appreciate how active the fandom is on Tumblr and I loveee saving and liking posts, specifically based on different people's tags 😆 As my name suggests, I made a new Tumblr for Tarlos in January 2023 I believe, so very recent. The last time I was on Tumblr was 2019, after it quickly declined in popularity, and all the previous artists and writers I followed left for Twitter. The fact that I fell in love with a show and couple enough to seek out a community for it definitely says a lot about it! When I fall in love with characters or a couple, I will hyper fixate on them for a minimum of 2 years, and hopefully this obsession lasts longer because of this active fandom and the fact that Lone Star is still ongoing and providing new material, as soon as these dumb companies decide to actually pay their workers a decent living wage anyway.

Phew, time to go find some lunch 😂 Thank you for the ask, Jen, and if you ever need a beta I'm your girl ❤️ But regardless, you can definitely expect me to reblog and express my love for the next fic you tease! I am not going to survive when Meet you After Dark drops!

[bookdragonlibrary]

Young Justice couples

I read a lot of fans are disapointed because there aren’t explicit gay couples or LGBT+ character in Season 3a (And I am too). But I would like to remind you how diverse the straight couples are compared to other universe (which mostly have a strong male and love interest female) (I still hope there will be LGBT+ representation in season 3b though):

Spitfire (Wally x Artemis): where the woman is stronger (without Wally’s superpowers) than the man + an interracial couple (Caucasian x biracial Caucasian/Asian)

Supermartian (Conner/Kon-el x M’gann/Megan): interalien couple (Martian x Kryptonian/Human) where they are both strong) (HC: M’gann is gender fluid or in the 3rd gender)

Chalant (Dick x Zatanna): they seem to be a chill couple with equal repartee.

Wonderbird (Cassie x Tim): where the woman is taller and stonger than the man.

GuardianBee (Mal x Karen): a Black couple where the woman is a nice scientist and the man a caring and supportive boyfriend (both away of the Black cliches I saw)

Tye x Asami: an interracial couple (Native American x Asian) without a white counterpart.

Angelfish (M’gann/Megan x Lagann): interalien couple (Martian x Human (Atlantean)) where they both struggle with discrimination and racism. 

Red Cheshire (Will x Jade): interracial couple (Caucasian x biracial Asian/Caucasian) where the two of them are equally strong (I may see Jade better at martial arts though).

DickBabs (Dick x Barbara): a couple with a disabled person who still put the non disabled person on the floor.

Blue13 (Jaime x Traci): an interracial couple without a white counterpart (Latino x Asian (Traci is still Chinese in YJ? Or she is biracial?)) but I’m not okay with Traci punches Jaime

Emerald Crown (Queen Perdita x Garfield): interracial couple (Qurac for Gar in Africa and Vlatava in Europe for Perdita) with different status (queen x citizen) and where one of them isn’t related to the superhero game, supportive and protective of each other.

Haloforce (Violet x Brion): an interracial couple (Caucasian x Arabic) but also merge two people of different religions (Brion is definitely not Muslim) and status (Prince x refugee) and one of them is non-binary and the other totally supportive without question it.

Jefferson x Jace (Black Lightning and the weird Doctor): an interracial couple (Black x Caucasian) where one of them is a divorced man but still in good terms with his ex wife.

Psimon x Devastation: a couple where the woman is stronger than the man (I see them as a reverse supermartian xD But I don’t know if they are an interracial couple as well. Psimon seems pretty white to me but no idea for Devastation...)

Canon Same sex interactions:

Disonance Harp (Violet x Harper): interracial couple (Arabic x Caucasian), bi girl and a questioning queer (could be bi/pan too). I really need to tell something about this one?

Kaldur x Wyynde: interacial Atlanteans (Black skin x Native American skin) where one is a hero and the other one works at the royal palace (councelor?), they could be a polysexual/gay couple (we don’t know Wyynde’s sexuality yet).

About same sex couples (which we could expect/hope will become canon):

GoldenFlash/DoradoFlash (Bart x Ed): interracial couple (Latino x Caucasian) but also with two nationalities (Argentinean x US), both meta but one of them isn’t in the hero game.

Mistwire (Livewire x Mist): interracial couple (there’s comics where Livewire is black before turning to blue skin and Mist has dark skin but I don’t know if she black specifically, maybe Indian?), both rescued meta, one seems pretty protective and the other the cute/innocent kind.

Did I forget anyone? What do you think guys?