#his va being queer?

[vampire-fanboy]

although for the most part i think its a tad silly to think a characters VA equals their identity in some sense (as they are voice Actors, they are providing a voice that Fits the character we are viewing and nothin more) i do think sometimes some VA's are hired for that very reason to at least imply a characters identity

not sure if that makes sense idk shrugs

essentially just because a characters VA is apart of a group/community doesn't mean the character they are voicing is apart of said group/community

HOWEVER

i strongly believe a lot of characters in media have VA's apart of a group/community because they want to code/imply the character as apart of the same group/community as the VA

if that makes sense? w/e idc im just rambling

[goldentigerfestival]

@camillabanilla tagged in a reblog:

#i have this essay brewing in my head about yuri's character design #and how i feel that he's queer coded based on his fits and how important that is to me #my other two brain cells are like “ooo pretty” #little shit yuri is king# especially when you know he's just messed up flynn's hair and stole his notes #like “chase me flynn teehee”

I wrote quite a bit so... putting it under a cut LOL.

LISTEN Yuri is very queer imo and I love it. One of my favorite things about him is that he uses male pronouns and a male manner of speaking, but physically and personality wise, a lot of aspects about him are feminine and he's a lot more lowkey masculine compared to other males in his game. Most of his official artwork, especially for gachas (Asteria in particular), lean toward standard feminine posing or hairstyles. I love that he encompasses feminine and masculine traits and isn't purely one or the other. I could just as easily say he's one of the guys as I could say he's one of the girls (don't even get me started on ideas I've had of him in Rays with all the other girls). He's just... Yuri.

(For physically feminine things, I consider the way he sleeps to be kinda feminine, and a good chunk of his official artwork is rather feminine as I've mentioned. The positioning of his hands/fingers and sometimes legs (both in game and in official artwork) is also comparatively feminine to the other men, and when compared to the women. Basically just like, you know how there are ways guys are often drawn, but with girls, they usually have their fingers together and they're like... positioned in less masculine ways? Same with legs and general posing? It's hard for me to explain without pulling up image examples to specify on the dot, but a lot of Yuri's official artwork is either in the middle or leaning feminine. And sometimes it's not! He's not ever very masculine, but he's not always feminine, either. For me he feels more centered, leaning feminine. Also, his character design notes mention they purposely made him slender.)

I'd love to hear your thoughts on his outfits, because while I see some of them as a little more on the feminine side, I see most of them as more neutral. For me it's largely his hairstyles and the framing of his hair with his face.

Also, there's even that Asteria alt outfit he has that I know you like with the mask, which is actually a hannya mask. There are a few very minorly different but similar ways I've seen it described overall as far as the lore behind it (likely because there are white, red and deep red versions, and some seem to describe them as used for "elegant" women while others don't use that exact term. Little stuff like that), but it basically boils down to a female demon who has become possessed because of her obsession or jealousy. It also represents being sorrowful and tormented, as well as demonic and dangerous (meant to represent complex emotions). Yuri's is a red mask, so it references being less refined (the darker red is true demons, while white is for a refined character). Which, I'd agree, yeah, Yuri's not very refined LOL! But the general idea of it is a jealous woman with demon lore (and he does have that demon outfit in Vesperia for that play, so both of those reference Yuri in a demon role, though the hannya mask is a female thing), and... idk, I didn't make the artwork, but I do know they made the conscious decision to include that in making an alt for Yuri lol.

That's not to say I know for definite that Bamco is trying to say he's feminine and queer (and god knows most official non-indie companies are too afraid to admit it even if they did), but they do draw him in standard female posing a lot (I'd even argue his second TF24 and his Dress Up Collection poses are the "go to female poses". My tier list doesn't have Yuri's legs on the TF24 one, but the hair, legs and fingers definitely give me that vibe). Like, I get it, it's Bamco; they're probably never going to purposely create or admit to purposely creating a male character who is intentionally feminine and overall queer. I would like to be proven wrong someday but they've had ample time to do that and have yet to lol.

But generally speaking? When I look at all other Tales men? Yuri is pointedly more "girly" overall, and they're aware enough of it to make jokes like "princess Yuri", and putting Yuri in a dress in a drama CD and having him play a female role in a play while having the whole audience being enamored by him (and Flynn finding him in the dress and Yuri hiding his face from Flynn and fleeing at the first opportunity lol). Like, they're ABSOLUTELY AWARE of it enough to make "he's girly looking" jokes.

Also like, this one's just a thing I think of, but isn't shopping a lot/loving to spend money/wanting to go on shopping sprees all at once... generally seen as more of a girl thing? Because... LOL. Yuri loves blowing money all at once because it feels good, and at least where I'm from, that's largely seen as a female quality. It's also very fun to have that as a quality for him, having grown up poor... so when he gets a bunch of money and has a ton piled up, he wants to spend it (insert Jareth wow they're brothers after all comment here).

There's even the fact that he's got like... feminine old-fashioned gender role qualities, like being really good with kids and knowing how to handle them, and being a really good cook. Like, idk, was it an accident that they made him look feminine and then gave him a bunch of feminine qualities, too? Idk, but they sure as hell 100% know he's easy to make look feminine (another example too, his eyelids/eyelashes on his model are... very pronounced, which is not usually done with men. Also, his eyelashes are very noticeable in his laughing skit portait, which was released in hella HD recently in the Fave Face voting. None of the guys/only the girls have those "feminine style" eyelashes).

I like to poke at his child and teen self as well, because he's extremely feminine as a teen imo (his official concept art even has him wearing a more, I'd say feminine-leaning, bracelet). I do have a joke though about his whooshy girly turn around when talking to Hanks in the manga as child femboy supreme. Born to be a femboy, not forced to be anything and became a femboy.

There's also the fact that in the novel in the childhood portion, Flynn realizes it's entirely possible that the reason he's growing his hair out to be long (implying it's not what is basically "boy length"), is because he's trying to emulate his mother. Basically implying he's trying to emulate a feminine appearance on purpose because he was told his mother had long hair. And like, idk man, but one of the game writers did write that novel. So to me it's just like... yet another example where it seems to be a lot of stuff that makes me believe it's not an accident.

But I do love that he's not completely feminine and he's got boyish qualities mixed into that. He's just very non-stereotype conforming as a character, both in personality/traits and in appearance. Like... there are times I can look at him and be like... lol you're such a boy.

teehee little shit yuri changed my life and i still can't believe we got that. also, yuri didn't just take a paper from him, but he even pulled flynn's nametag over to himself, in the other artwork of them in these outfits, and crossed out flynn's role on his nametag and listed flynn as being in the same team as him LOL. flynn's nametag with the cross out and yuri writing his own team name on flynn's tag was also sold as official merch LOL.

teehee little shit yuri changed my life.

edit: oh right also corsets are usually a lady thing too quick add in after the fact LOL.

edit 2: oh yeah there's the talesfes 2009 skit with the maid outfit joke too. estelle gave yuri a maid outfit to wear so there would be more customers for karol's shop. the audience was. happy. LMAO.

[dr-demi-bee]

I'm a firm believer in unconditional positive regard and giving people the benefit of the doubt.

But I also believe in accepting when something is too much and too far. Just because you can accept someone enough to be kind to them, doesn't mean you have to turn the other cheek for their every misdeed or for boundary pushing.

I should have been done after the first couple strikes - using ai to replicate someone else's work, defending an abuser, toxic interpretations of objectively bad behavior in the name of religious ideology...

I overlooked some of these things because I wanted to believe in seeing the goodness underneath and giving back kindness that was given to me.

But I draw the line at cruelty.

I will not be complicit in, nor endorsing of, any form of cruelty.

We don't get to say what should and should not be a part of someone's identity. And not *personally* wanting to have the same kind of lifestyle as someone else is not justification for a) shaming, b) insulting, c) harming, or d) denying rights or voice to others.

And it is okay to deny someone access to your self or your works if it protects you from further harm. Blocking is not cruel.

Happy pride.

[sunshine-zenith]

Thinking about the “New Era” poster — why are all these knight-line kids grouped together with Ballister, instead of just Ballister alone? Why is Ambrosius of all people included?

Do you see it? None of these specific kids are white. And the fact that they’re included on an Actually This Controversial Thing Is Good poster tells us so much about the knights’ line

I saw a few POC in Gloreth’s village, but it’s likely that whoever chose the original knights (whether it was Gloreth herself or someone picking on her behalf since she was like seven) went with a largely white selection. Shoot, I wouldn’t be surprised if those knights were largely encouraged to marry among each other, given the obsession on bloodline. These kids might’ve been the results of controversial interclass(/interracial) relationships, having at least one commoner(/non-white) parent/grandparent

Ballister was tokenized, othered, rejected growing up, and he is scapegoated repeatedly for a crime he did not commit. Ambrosius’s VA specifically references the Model Minority myth when discussing his character. The entire movie is about how dangerous/deadly prejudice is. This poster alone confirms that the fact that Ballister being a man of color is just as relevant to the movie’s themes as him being queer

[trans-all-at-once-tournament]

Propaganda:

Nimona

-Shapeshifters are inherently trans.

-Started out as a whisp of red in the movie so no AGAB, so any gender is trans for them

-In the comic their parents accuse them of being a changling that replaced their "Real" Child, so there's some queer angst

-They spend the movie being told it would be "easier" if they were just a girl and pushing against that

-"And now you're a boy." “I am today”

-"But I'm not a girl. I'm a shark!"

-The creator is also trans and this story is partially about his feelings with that

-Any sympathetic monster story is gonna be heavy with the queerness, especially this one where the trans allegory is woven throughout every bit of the story

Team Rocket

-You could put any pride flag behind any of them and it works

-LGBT + all at once

-We've all seen their crossdressing. They're so trans about it.

-Meowth’s English VA is a trans woman that was inspired to trans her gender by Meowth’s story

[angelshizuka]

I noticed how anti-Vivziepop hatedom are is performative and meaningless activism. Knights in shinning armor fighting for the ethnics and protection of fictional characters, while harrassing and dehumanizing real people.

"Viv fetishizes gay men!" say antis ignoring the two queer men that also write the show, and also ignoring that all mlm couples are normal couples just like any other straight narrative

"Viv hates women!" say antis that proposely ignore everything good about her female characters, instead choose to excuse a character that is supposed to be an abuser and a villain (Stella), while hating Vivienne, a queer woman, and using sexist slurs like whore, bitch and others to insult her. Also Viv is a queer woman

"Viv doesn't care about SA victims!" say antis that unvalidate SA victims that related to Angel and Stolas

"Viv writes problematic characters and jokes!" say antis that praise everything Brandon Roggers do, despite it being the same type of joke

"Viv hates fat people!" Vivienne is literally chubby. Like, I know it sucks to talk about someone's body this way, but come on. Are they blind? Wishing there were more bodily diversity is one thing, this is completely different.

"Viv is excusing Stolas's actions! She's racist and classist!" no she isn't. Stolas is facing the consequences of his actions. He is flawed, but he is also a victim of many people and circunstamces. Also, he is a fictional character, the way Viv writes him doesn't define who she is.

"Viv treats her employees badly!" says the antis that harrass VA, make them sign prints of triggering videos unvalidating trauma, and harrass storyboard artists for writing canonical relationships that are in the show

"Viv is racist(?) for some reason idk" says the antis that ignore all her poc characters and her own identity as a Hispanic creator. HB constantly mocks US, specially LA, but because of one short representing another country (Mexico) in a funny steriotypical way like many other media do, then suddenly her whole culture and identity disappears

It's all about performative activism. Pretending to care when you actually don't, just for likes, attention and egocentrism. They fight for this sanitized space that queer people MUST fit in or else they're predators, creeps, evil, etc... this type of "activism" backfires and end up being extremely nasty.

Honestly, I have nothing more to add, you worded it perfectly!

[barblaz-arts]

Hi! 👋 What do you think of a Hazbin Hotel live action? I personally think that Jenna Ortega could make a great Vaggie.

Sorry, but no thank you. The thought of Hazbin Hotel as a live action adaptation is just so unappealing to me. The biggest charm of this show imo is the very fact that it's animated, doing things that western animated shows don't usually get to be on mainstream. The fact that it gets to be loudly queer and unapologetically raunchy and purposely targeted towards adults all while being animated is the best thing about it. That's like asking me if I'd wanna watch an adaptation of Wicked that isn't a musical. A live action version isn't something I want even in a hypothetical discussion bcuz I want more animated shows that dont have to be restricted by censorship just because people think animation always has to be for kids.

Also. What would characters like Angel even look like in live action 😭

As for Jenna... Idk. For some reason I dont like the thought of her playing Vaggie. What about having Jenna voice a character in Hazbin tho? That's something I'd love. Like make it a super cheeky reference to Wednesday Addams. Or maybe like how they had Vaggie's original VA voice a minor character that's so different from Vaggie's personality. You could have Jenna voice a character that's a lot more like Enid for some hilarious irony

[ladyloveandjustice]

So, in Zenshu continuing to be great news, episode 7 goes through all the people who have fallen in love with Natsuko over the years without her realizing, and the first one is a girl, and she's so adorable.

I also love that this girl is the only one of the people who fell in love with Natsuko that Natsuko actually liked back (platonically), the only one that feels like it had a chance of being something more? The other two were guys, and Natsuko didn't even remember the first guy's name which made him realize she did not at all return his feelings, and she didn't probably didn't care second guy even existed, he was so off her radar.

But with this girl, she clearly felt a real bond with her, and even gives her a farewell gift when she moves and blushes and smiles at the girl's reaction to it. She puts the girl next to her anime fave, the highest honor! Basically, Natsuko has good taste.

Also Natsuko's drawing being actually photorealistic and showing what the girl actually looks like in "real" life cracks me up and is also kinda cool. She's so cute!

Anyway Zenshu good. There's also this dragon person who's played by a non-binary va in the dub and female va in the sub, who I think is meant to be either ambiguously gendered/agender/non-binary or a woman, one of those, and Natsuko expresses physical attraction to them and they flirt back. It's a really queer-positive show so far, basically, and definitely encourages you to read Natsuko as queer.

[meanbossart]

I appreciate how you write Astarion so, SO much. I feel like way too many fic writers infantilize him to a point where I honestly start wondering if I'm the one who misinterpreted him so badly.

I'd love to know more about what you think of his character and his arc. Personally I saw him and immediately went "oh god this guy is gonna be the irritating tumblr sexyman of the year🙄" and it took me until Araj basically to warm up to him. What were your initial thoughts and did they change much while playing the game?

OH thank you so much!!! That's a shame if it's the case, and a little surprising to me, to be honest! While he's definitely written be an aloof jerk a lot of the time, I always found him to be surprisingly mature and introspective whenever he's not dishing out witty remarks. He comes off to me as the kind of person who learned to benefit from seeming dumber than he actually is, overall.

HAHA I had a VERY similar experience, not just towards Astarion but all the characters, really (I really disliked Shadowheart at the beginning, too). I had only seen pictures of him and pretty much expected a vapid character that was being carried to stardom because of a talented VA - and because people go nuts for anne rice style vampires lol.

While I was definitely enjoying his voice lines from the start (Again kudos to Neil) I definitely wasn't expecting much else. He piqued my interest after so devastatingly turning my character down at the tiefling party without me even having inquired, and that's when I, the gamer, was like "well, alright, I GOTTA fuck this guy now" (this is also where DU drow's personality began to come out as you can probably guess)

Obviously, if you have two neurons to rub together you can gather pretty quickly that he's not trying to woo you because you're so interesting and wonderful, so I started getting curious! With that dynamic being so different from what you usually expect of romances in these types of games, plus the charming way in which he is written, I started being won over.

I think what really did it was how gradually his attitude changed when responding to new, mostly trivial dialogue options and doing his greetings as you earned his trust, and ESPECIALLY with how he responds to your tav when you express any kind of fear or insecurity during his romance - which was with a lot of sincerity and confidence in his resolve to support you, and in you as a person, a complete 180 from his usual front - Which, again, makes me all the more surprised to hear that he's often painted with such an immature brush.

And obviously he has a DEEPLY ugly side to him (if you've read ANE, hopefully it's clear that I know this, and that I like to explore it just as much as anything else lmao) but it's very interesting to me how it seem to always come in the form of outbursts, rather than a constant evil-streak, usually followed by a glimpse of self-awareness. It feels very much in line with someone who's actually making a great deal of effort to manage their RAMPANT emotions and going through a lot of internal conflict in the process.

GAH. Yeah if you can't tell by this friggin' thesis I just wrote, I love the way they wrote this character a lot and I was definitely proven PROFOUNDLY wrong in my first impression of him - which, if that's not irony at it's finest I don't know what is.

And as an aside! I also very much appreciate that he's a "queer" coded character who's effeminate (in the Old Homo kind of way, but I digress) and flamboyant, but taken Dead Fucking Seriously. With as much progress as we've made in LGBT rep in media, I still often feel like gay men will only get that kind of treatment for as long as they "Aren't That Gay" (I know Astarion doesn't have a set sexuality - But lets not mince words: stereotypes exist, and he fits into most of them) and as a thin-wristed gay guy who's a little too found of linen shirts, I can honestly say that experiencing a character like that helped me with my own confidence.

[worstqueerbaittournament]

Submission message: howdy, would like to submit keith and lance from voltron (lmao)

Submission message: BBC Sherlock and Moriarty / BBC Sherlock and John Watson

Additional propaganda: Now Keith and Lance on the other hand was a whole fucking mess that they then shoehorned in an hetero romance to try and "fix it" but by lord it was bad, everything about voltron is so fucking bad

Anyway this is my Klance propaganda : They were actually bait

Klance's queer baiting by the team was the worst!! We had to deal with NETFLIX ALSO GETTING IN ON THE QUEER BAITING!! If you searched up Kkance during the times for season 6-8, the SHOW WOULD POP UP. The directors would make jokes about it being canon, even Lance's VA got in the joke!

Their queer baiting was the worst for anyone who was even looking for an ounce of queer rep in that show. The only queer rep we got was a man who died after not even 5 minutes on screen, and shoehorned in the credit scene of a gay wedding of a character that was neither Keith nor Lance.

I do not know Agatha and Sophie, so I can't argue that klance was bigger bait or not, I just know voltron was mean lmao. the creators said stuff like "lance will be someone's first choice!" (meaning NOT ending up in a relationship with allura bc she very much chose another guy over him) and heavily implying he would be Keith's 1st choice (or a guy in general bc of point number 2). point number 2: they also released official art showing how super cool and diverse the main cast was! race! gender! LGBT - they had shiro (who was......canon gay but that's a whole other can of worms) and lance hold the sign with LGBT on it and then did absolutely nothing with that w lance at all (he hit on allura, so obvi he's not gay, but at least bi or smt) (UNLESS you count the scenes where he's flirty with keith). I just remember going into the last few seasons being like "klance probably won't be happen be honest with yourself there's like no queer kids shows!! but damn like it so could tho!!! because of how much it's been teased both in the show and by showrunners like I can't have no hope with the way the producers talk about it!" lmao I should have had no hope, but i genuinkey believed there was a possibility it could happen. and actually I discovered after the fact that i think one of the writers for the show who was the main advocate for klance (they had a lot of diff writers for eps, which led to lots of character butchering but ANYWAY) left not terribly long into the show I believe bc he didn't like the direction it was moving in and didn't want to be tied to the show anymore. so it's not like fans just made klance up either - it was written into earlier episodes with the hope and plan to continue developing later, and then just nothing ever happened with it besides INTENSE teasing it to keep queer fans around. esp after shiro's relationship was literally only a flashback and then his fiance thing or whatever got blown up before we even got to watch him interact w shiro as we knew him in present time in s7, so I think they kept being like hmmm klance and the stuff about lance being a first choice before s8 to keep ppl around. also esp bc klancers made up such a big portion of the fan base. then they made a horrible szn and ended it w a flashforward to shiro marrying some random background character who maybe had 1 line? I just remember hitting the flashforward and being like uhhhh who is this dude??? but they did that to hit those diversity points wow first gay marriage in a cartoon or smt idk it doesn't count to me really. so anyway voltron in general is queerbait lol but klance is because it started out as a legit possibility and then they said sike! but only maybe sike bc u guys are mad at us burying our guys in s7 so maybe klance could still happen haha okay now we're serious no it's not happening. anyway I think klance is p bad queerbait and a vote for them is a valid vote, not just u liking the ship.

#im sorry but johnlock is a household name in ther queerbait trenches

I don't know much about blaze runner, but this website made me endure Johnlock FOR YEARS, that ship makes me so fucking angry, and it's so much bait, the whole fucking show is just 4 kinds of bait in a trenchcoat trying to pass as something good, and Tumblr(and the rest of the goddamn world) ate it up like a five course meal. So anyway that's why I'm voting Johnlock

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

i don't get why Perfuma is considered good trans representation or just.. trans representation at all.

even if we put aside the fact that she's not a very interesting or well-written character, it doesn't even seem like she was written to be trans. the only reason she is considered a trans woman is because her character designer said that they intended her to be trans. and i think Nate said somewhere that he supports the headcanon. that's it.

it's basically the same as Catra being Latina (or any kind of POC, for that matter). it's not ever mentioned in canon, it just looks like it was added as an afterthought. you would only know that Perfuma was designed to be a trans woman if you were deep enough into the fandom to discover what her designer said about her.

and i get it. i want casual queer rep too, where not everything has to be verbally confirmed. a lot of trans people pass as their gender anyway, and it's not always easy to tell. it's not great to label certain features or body types as strictly feminine or masculine either.

but if that's the motive, they could have at least made Perfuma a more interesting character, so that her being trans wouldn't be one of the only notable aspects of her character.

OR they could have made any of the other characters trans - Entrapta, Scorpia, Glimmer, or Adora herself would have been good candidates. you know why? because they were actually interesting characters and not 2D vegan horoscope girl stereotypes.

a good example of a canonical trans character is Terry from TDP. he's not a main character, he is introduced as Claudia's boyfriend. he doesn't play a huge role in the narrative but despite this, he is still an interesting and fleshed out character.

for one, him being transmasc is actually canon. he talks about it to Viren, how the other elves treated him like a woman at first and how he chose his own name. and this was done in a natural way without coming off as too sudden or expository.

this serves a purpose other than informing us that he's trans. it also helps to build a connection between him and Viren, who was initially disapproving of Terry but responds to this situation with actual empathy and understanding.

Terry also has some notable moments dedicated to him despite being a side character, like when he had to kill an elf in order to protect Claudia and was plagued with guilt because of it. his relationship with Claudia is also pretty well-written and actually healthy, despite the fact that Claudia is a villain. Terry is also a decently powerful character who is actually useful to the plot.

he is also voiced by a transmasc VA, which definitely helps the case. i'm pretty sure Perfuma's VA is cis.

in short, Terry being trans doesn't seem like an afterthought or fanservice, because it was seamlessly integrated into the story and he was already an interesting character in his own right. he was only introduced in the fourth season and he's already a much better character than Perfuma, who was introduced in the first season (if i recall correctly).

[andicalico]

things about the latest dndads episode that caused me permanent brain damage

the premise itself. Like from the very start

the episode title literally being "PWP"

hearing the words "coffee shop au" and immediately understanding the direction of the episode. being VERY scared about the direction of the episode

the slowly dawning dread about the fact that neil fucking newborn is gonna be here and witness all this

"this fiction is opaque and unreadable"

ron/erin being a thing that exists now i guess

THE RIVAL HOCKEY TEAM BEING CALLED THE SUPERWHOLOCKS?

the way anthony described them. the three followed up gunshots that were "two brothers with weird homoerotic tension", "two detectives with homoerotic tension", "a twink with a brown coat"

anthony mentioning homestuck

explaining wincest to will. the implication that everyone else knew that ship existed and has encountered before in some way. including neil newborn

"oh henry you could turn into a bear!"

the second hand embarrassment of having to hear amanda play astarion in front of his actual VA and him playing into it very painfully (amanda girl im SO SORRY)

only being beaten by the second hand embarrassing of hearing neil newborn having to do an intentionally bad astarion impression

holding space for the lyrics of defying gravity

the fact that we literally are in queer media

darryl/astarion

glenn apparently being into darryl/astarion

DARRYL MOANING INTO THE MIC IF I HEARD RIGHT???

mpreg

the way anthony described their pregnant bellies

glennry and whatever ron/glenn is called canon moment????

[arcaneconfessions]

Acting like Reed and Linke's situations are even slightly similar is extremely disingenuous and people who try to push this narrative make me sick.

The only thing Reed has done that caused him to be harassed is say he likes a fictional, unproblematic, popular ship. He wasn't attacking or hating anyone; he was just being positive. If you summarize all his tweets, he hasn't even said more than 30 words. It was somehow enough for meljays to harass him.

Meanwhile, almost the entire fandom dislikes Linke for many things. Jayvik fans obviously don't like him because, when asked about the ship, he went on a several-minute-long homophobic rant (a friendly reminder that Reed said less than 30 words) about how male friendships are supposedly not in media but gay couples are everywhere—not true. Male friendship is everywhere, while gay romances not written as comic relief are almost nowhere to be found. Certainly not in League, where the only gay couple that can be somehow considered canon—tfgraves—was for years presented as friends calling each other "brother" and has almost no romantic content. Riot has a history of homophobia.

Furthermore, Linke went out of his way to present jayvik fans as delusional freaks with an agenda, aligning himself this way with harmful narratives in a political climate that is already dangerous for queer people. He did that despite many people on his team loving this ship, effectively attacking his own colleagues, and despite the fact that, as a co-creator, he should have known both Netflix and League used the jayvik tag and ship to promote his show in different countries. He could have said, "I don't ship it personally, but fans are free to do whatever they want," but he instead decided to villainize people (including his own colleagues) for falling for how the show was promoted or having a different opinion.

In case it's still not obvious, I will write it once again: Reed didn't villainize anyone; he was only positive and didn't hate on anyone (including meljays), but Linke was the one who attacked the fandom first.

And that's not even all. Linke: tried to hide behind asexuality and spread lies about it, which pissed asexual people off; was bragging about using antisemitic caricatures for Silco and all people in Zaun; called Vi (his main character) boring; was extremely disrespectful to a fan asking why Vi wasn't developed ('alright coo', 'my sweet'); wanted to erase Vi's "cupcake" line because he only wanted things to be "implied"; denied that Silco and Jinx cared about each other; spoke in a degrading way about oppressed people in Zaun, saying they're "thieves, smugglers, and svengalis," and that it's the oppressor who has a "moral code," which is the narrative that people there deserve to be oppressed; and openly used homophobic language ("this business is not for sissy bitches") and some others things. Jayvik fans dislike him, Vi fans dislike him, Silco fans and Zaundads fans dislike him, Jinx fans dislike him, even viktormains dislike him for saying their champion wasn't good before.

And finally, the biggest difference is that people who dislike Linke criticize him on their own platforms, blogs, and accounts. meljays went to Reed's account to send him tons of hateful messages and slurs and to try to harass him for no reason.

Besides since when is calling somebody who openly uses homophobic language ("this business is not for sissy bitches") a homophobe an insult? It's the truth.

These situations are not the same. Only toxic bullies from #that fandom (the same people who refuse to acknowledge that their harassment of VAs is wrong) are trying to equate them to hide their awful behaviour.

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[calciumcryptid]

I completely agree that real people can't queerbait but correct me if I'm wrong but if I remember correctly on dream's first stream he did the day after he made the tweet he talked about the situation with the VA for gumball and says "[Nick (VA)] called me gay, which I'm not" and now when tubbo asks if he's queer he says yes?

I will say, if he isn't gay but another queer identity it is a very queer thing to say "I'm not gay" as a response to the other sexualities getting erased (especially bisexuality); however, I don't believe that was what Dream was going for in his original three hour stream as he was lashing out at everyone and being queerphobic in general.

Like I said, if Dream is sincerely queer but prefers to remain unlabeled that is valid, but you can't convince me him saying yes to being a part of the queer community in a livestream where he constantly lied, made baseless accusations he insisted he had sources for but couldn't show because trust him, and passed blame around was said with one hundred percent honesty.

The reason he said yes in this stream is because he wants to keep profiting off his pride merch and his queer fans. That's it. Tubbo reminded him of it. It's the reason he has hid behind "unlabeled" like a shield for years and when pressed on queerbaiting he passed blame to George who the public already doesn't like (for valid reasons). Also, he wants to have the "You can't attack me, I'm queer" card in his back pocket the same way he uses his neurodivergence as a defense.

[gay-lien]

RE HC's: Attachment Style, Love Languages

(Keep in mind these are literally all HC's and if you disagree, it's not cannon so don't get your dick in a twist. This is literally just how I see the characters. Most are bisexual because… it just feels fitting to me. Idk. If you don't see a character here that you'd like me to do, please let me know.)

Characters in this Post: Rebecca Chambers, Billy Coen, Albert Wesker, Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Leon Kennedy, Claire Redfield, Ada Wong, and Carlos Oliveira. (if you'd like a character not mentioned here done, feel free to ask <3)

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Rebecca Chambers-

Sexuality: Bi/Demi-sexual

Zodiac: Virgo

Love Language: Becca definitely expresses her love through acts of service. She may not be all that great at expressing herself through words, and being busy with work allows her little time to be close to you in person. She will do little things like fold your clothes if they're still in the dryer, make your bed, do those chores you aren't looking forward to, and so much more. She loves the idea of helping make your life a little more easier. When it comes to being shown love however, Rebecca loves words of affirmation. She thrives best when you give her hella love and reassurance. Not being good with words, she admires how freely you can talk about your feelings for her. It literally lights up her soul.

Attachment Style: Despite a lot of the struggles Rebecca has been through, she's pretty secure in herself and the relationships she gets in. Even though she struggles with her words, she's super effective at communicating her feelings when it comes to issues. Rebecca is also really good at self-reflection and will work on herself in all the places she falters, to ensure you two have the most healthy dynamic. She's super trusting of you, and does not hesitate to give out reassurance if you ask.

Billy Coen-

Sexuality: Bisexual

Zodiac: Taurus

Love Language: Billy expresses his love through physical touch. Whether it be through gentle caresses or playful pokes and punches, he lovesss touching you in any way. He can't seem to keep his hands off of you. You go out, he will kick you playfully under the table, and in the morning he's the one to cling to you and not want you to get out of bed. Morning sex is a given with him. He loves to make you feel good, and he feels best when he's touching you. When it comes to being shown love, Billy is a big fan of quality time. He doesn't care what it is you're doing, he wants to be close. You have to go to the grocery store to do some mundane task, nothing makes him more excited than you inviting him to go. He especially loves when you take time off of work or other things to be with him. Knowing you took time out of your day and your life to make room for him makes his day.

Attachment Style: Billy hasn't had the best of luck in the relationship department, especially with his past, and it makes him weary of who to trust. He's got an anxious attachment style, and while he craves love he's also terrified it isn't genuine. Billy can be super clingy at points, and sometimes struggles when you don't seem to have time for him. He needs constant reassurance, that you're for him and only him. He realizes this about himself, and always makes sure to tell you before you start dating. When given reassurance, he is the happiest boy, and he will never tire of you showing him just how much you love him.

Albert Wesker-

Sexuality: Pansexual (this is actually not a stretch as his VA played him as a queer man Link

Zodiac: Aries

Love Language: Albert expresses his love through giving gifts. Bro is not good with words and not a fan of being touched. But if he's sees something that reminds him of you, he will absolutely get it. He will shower you in gifts. You mention needing a new set of pens to take notes, he's already half-way to the store, buying the specific ball-point or gel pens you require. Working late, he's stopping by your workplace with food from your favorite place. Have a favorite show or little obession, he will buy anything for you that relates to said thing. When it comes to being given love, Albert loves acts of service. When you do things for him, it makes his life a lot easier. Especially if it's something he's not looking forward to. Nothing impresses him more than you doing something for him, when he didn't even have to ask for it.

Attachment Style: Albert 1,000% has disorganized attachment. One minute you think he's absolutely into you, and the next he is running for the hills. He's terrified of rejection, but also craves acceptance. Albert sometimes completely shuts down and doesn't talk to you about his concerns with the relationship. A lot of the time, even he doesn't know why he's being distant. It doesn't seem to matter how good you treat him, he always has anxiety about your relationship, but if you're super patient with him he can be the most tender and loving soul you can have. Often the relationship may be confusing, and Albert doesn't really talk about his feelings. Sometimes, he can even be a little aggressive and lash out, but he always apologizes and begs for you to stay.

Chris Redfield-

Sexuality: Bisexual/Demiromantic (takes bro a lot to be romantically into you)

Zodiac: Scorpio

Love Language: Chris expresses his love through acts of service, man struggles with words like Wesker and physical touch can be too much for him sometimes. But occupying himself with things to do that'll make you happy is how he loves showing you his love. He can get physical every once in awhile, but he kinda does that with a lot of people, so it isn't exactly how he expresses his love. Doing things for you also allows him to express his love for you in a way that makes him feel comfortable. Like your coffee a certain way? Chris is working his ass off to make sure you get it. When it comes to being shown love Chris surprisingly likes words of affirmation. He can't speak for himself, so when you talk about how you feel it makes him weak. He wants more than anything to be able to speak the way you do, and that's why he appreciates when you do it so well. Using your words sometimes can be a bit much for him, and makes him want to pull away, but in the long run he does find comfort in them.

Attachment Style: Chris has an avoidant attachment style. He feels like he has to go through everything on his own, and if he isn't strong enough to do it by himself then it makes him feel weak. He can seem extremely emotionally closed off at points, which makes it difficult to communicate effectively with him. He has a bit of a negative mentality, that relationships aren't necessary and he does best on his own. Good luck getting him to talk about his feelings, because this man is closed up tighter than a shell. Most of his relationships have been in the casual/one-night stand area. Chris is the first to walk off during an argument, and can definitely hold a grudge. Being patient with him is pretty rewarding however, as he apologizes after awhile. This is very hard for him, but when he cares about you, he will try to better himself.

Jill Valentine-

Sexuality: Bi/Greysexual

Zodiac: Libra

Love Language: When it comes to expressing her love, Jill loves spending time with you. She will take breaks from work, and when she works from home she will seek you out in the house. Even if it's sitting in silence, she wants to be by your side. She's very dedicated to her job, so she can't think of a better way to show you how much she cares than to distance herself from work. She loves physical touch, and nothing makes her feel more appreciated than when you touch her. Especially on the thighs or arms. It drives her wild. Underneath that badass exterior, she's a cuddly bunny. When walking around in public, and you throw your arm around her shoulders, she never feels more loved and secure. Even if she knows she can take care of herself, having you around makes her feel secure and comfortable.

Attachment Style: Despite being a bit obsessive with Umbrella, Jill has a bit more of a secure attachment style. The most issues you may have is maybe not getting her full attention at times, but she will quickly rectify it if you point it out. She's effective at communicating her wants and needs and really appreciates when her partner does the same thing. Like Rebecca, she is also kind of patient, but she won't tolerate certain behavior past a point. If she's making a big effort, she expects you to do the same. She's super understanding of your traumas and past however, and will do her best to help you. She also encourages you not to be codependent and overall just wants you both to grow as people.

Leon Kennedy-

Sexuality: Bisexual (bro fucks a ton after RE2)

Zodiac: Leo

Love Language: Leon expresses his love through physical touch. Bro is so touch starved, he gets his cuddles in any time he can. Practically clinging to you like a koala. He loves running his hands through your hair and being big spoon to you. He covers you in kisses to, if the skin is exposed, he's going for it. Big fan of hickeys to, and loves marking you in easy to see spots. He also loves recieving love this way. When you hold his hand in public, he still gets little butterflies. Pressing yourself a little more into him, when you guys are sleeping, is the hottest thing you can do for him. Practically melts from it. He loves rougher touches to. Like you running your nails down his back or biting his lips when you kiss.

Attachment Style: Leon has an anxious attachment style, and is terrified of getting close to people. Like most of the RE men it seems. 😭 Probably cause he's seen so much death. When he does start getting close, he struggles to let go. He can be suffocating at points, with how much he wants to be around you. He wants to take every second in, because he's so paranoid about it being your last together. While Leon doesn't communicate his feelings verbally, you can easily read when things are off and after a bit of work he may reluctantly open a little. He's very hard to crack. Leon is very efficient at asking about your feelings however, and will gladly hear all of your problems. Somehow, despite not knowing how to fix his only problems, he always seems to have solutions for yours.

Claire Redfield-

Sexuality: Lesbian (cry about it)

Zodiac: Aquarius

Love Language: Claire is surprisingly great with words, and loves to show it. She expresses how she loves you through words of affirmation. She will tell you she loves you every single day, and she means it with all her heart. Claire is the type of partner to send you loving paragraphs before bed, and makes sure you get a goodmorning text every morning. She leaves sticky notes everywhere to when she thinks about it, with little things she loves about you. When it comes to being shown love however, Claire really enjoys quality time. Expressing that you want to actually spend time with her whenever you can means the world to her. Growing up with Chris, who's been very busy since she was a kid, she's always valued the little time she gets to spend with her loved ones.

Attachment Style: Claire learned a lot from Chris, which made her have the exact opposite attachment style as him. Being practically raised by him and having a good relationship with him, she's pretty secure in her attachments. Even when things get rough, she's always understanding and holds out hope. Claire has always been good at being self-sufficient, so she doesn't need to be around you 24/7 or hear from you constantly. Doubts don't really get a hold of her in your relationship, and she's super easy to connect and be vulnerable with. She'll even talk about her own personal experiences just to make you feel more comfortable.

Ada Wong-

Sexuality: Bisexual

Zodiac: Gemini

Love Language: Ada never explicitly states what or how she's feeling, she's very much a woman of action. This is why she expresses her love through physical touch. Though she's not entirely clingy with it. If you're around, it could be as simple as her feet across your lap, while you watch tv. When it comes to physical touch for her, it's not the soft little gently caresses you're used to. She likes to be rough, and she will not hesitate to pounce on you. When it comes to being shown love, Ada enjoys receiving gifts. Not being given things too frequently, it means the world to her when her partners comes to her with something they bought specifically because it reminded them of her. Hell, even if it's not something she quite understands or likes, she will try to play it cool while freaking out on the inside. Despite Ada's distant exterior, she's definitely an absolute softie.

Attachment Style: Girl has got disorganized attachment style, one hundo percent. She's hot and cold with anyone she's with, and you always second guess just how she feels about you. You convince yourself that it's part of the fun, and the second you start to distance yourself as well, she's showing right back up. Ada feels undeserving of a healthy relationship, so when she gets a good thing her first instinct is to flee. Being that she isn't entirely true to herself and is always putting up a mask, it's hard for her to make genuine connections. Ada is sick of the mask however, and is so desperately ready to let it drop and be loved. Once you have her, even if it feels like you don't, you're stuck with her. She will harass you for the rest of your life, and play it off as anything but an interest in you.

Carlos Oliveira-

Sexuality: Bisexual (he came out to me in character ai, so practically cannon)

Zodiac: Saggittarius

Love Language: Carlos loves spending time with his partner. When it comes to his work, he doesn't get a lot of free time, so the best way he expresses his love by using what little he does have with you. Hell, he'd take time off just to be with you. Despite being a massive flirt, when things get serious he isn't the best at expressing himself in a way that isn't lighthearted or teasing. So instead he shows it, by dropping everything just to be around you, if you so please. During his breaks, he stops by your workplace whether it be to give you a little kiss or something more. He checks up on you with facetime calls frequently, when he's away and can't stand when work pulls him away from you. When it comes to being shown love however, Carlos very much likes things to be physical. Anyone can say words, he knows this more than anyone being the huge flirty whore (affectionately) he is, but to actually act on these things sends his heart soaring. And not just sex, though Carlos is very fond of that aspect to, he's more into the careful and intimate touches. Being hugged from behind, soft kisses along his neck, you playing with his hair, he practically folds over it.

Attachment Style: Weirdly enough, Carlos is pretty secure in his attachments, though I think he's cautious about entering a committed relationship with someone. He doesn't just feel that kind of love with anyone, and when things do go beyond flirting and hook ups, you know you've got something special with him. Carlos might not be the best with words, but he's an amazing listener and will gladly listen to whatever possible issues that may arise between you two. Even if he struggles with how to put things into words, he tries his best to open up with you as well. Carlos's work has always kept him pretty occupied, so he's never really felt too wound up about being away from his partner or having to put some healthy distance between you to. If you can work with his pretty hectic schedule, he will gladly work with you. Carlos is also a super gentle lover when no one is looking. All his rough talk and flirts are definitely for show, and the second you start getting a little bit serious with him, he gets flustered.

[killcodesashes]

[QUICK RANT ABOUT QUEER REPRESENTATION IN TSAMS/TSBS SHOWS]

[As a genderfluid aroace person myself.]

TSAMS

Uh. I don't like it. Aroace Moon? Cool. Absolutely valid, we love him for that. Wasn't adressed much except in a few episodes which are pretty good, I liked the one where he rejects Foxy a lot!

But recently- g e e z. I understand wanting to bait people in with ships people want! Specifically KidsCove. Same in tmgafs! But the problem is that they do it not just to tease/mess around with the viewers in good fun, they genuinely seem to hate the shippers and actually want to make fun of them? Not just with kidscove but with any other ship that isn't canon. They don't even want to confirm Sun's sexuality, just constantly making it a gag that he has a bisexual flag in his room. Which as a queer person? It's just annoying. Just really annoying ? Please all we want is a confirmation or something? We want queer characters we can actually relate to. And we don't really get that :( Then New Moon came along and said it was possible he wasn't aroace. . . And then they never mentioned it again. So why mention it in the first place ? I don't think I would've minded it if he had just changed how much attraction he felt but was STILL aroace/on the aroace spectrum. As long as it was actually clarified. But they seemed eager to rush to his evil era so they didn't bother to close to any lose ends before hand, though I guess being aroace might've just not been as relevant.

On a bit of a side note- Ruin feels very gay coded. Very gay. There is no way he's straight T.T he's a villain but he's a zesty man and we absolutely adore him for that!!

That was probably an accident, though. Every theatre kid seems gay! /lhj

Just overall upsets me that the VAs seem to act offended by the mere idea of shipping characters? As if that's not a common/vital part of every fandom.

[OTHER SHOWS UNDER THE CUT]

TMGAFS

Upsets me that they can't clarify Puppets identity or pronouns? [Or maybe they have recently but I genuinely doubt it]

Because who are they meant to actually represent ?? It's probably just me but I wish it was more clear or something. I appreciate the VA for trying I do though, absolutely love that guy[Foxy’s VA, genuinely seems to just be a chill guy. And I think it's really cool that he actually does roles that could come off very cringe, voicing most of the cringe dimension characters +struggling with Puppets voice for the longest time.] I just wanna know if Puppet is a trans fem queen or trans masc slay or just trans ? But nothing seems to be clarified.

Again with KidsCove? Genuinely just annoying how they blatantly just do it to make fun of the people who ship them and get views from them.

Foxy seemed to have been gay before his memory loss. Or was at the very least interested in men to an extent. But since he began to be the main character of a show he suddenly only likes women?? S u s. They really keep insisting he's extremely straight and genuinely just annoys me that they erased him being interested in men [Proved he liked men in the episode he asked Moon out.]

. . .now. . . M o n t y. As a genderfluid person? I hate them and literally feel more represented and seen by cis characters from other shows. For the longest time Monty being genderfluid wasn't even adressed and was usually just brought up for plot reasons or something? And it pissed me of that every time they correct a character on Monty's pronouns.. they immediately go back to using he/him pronouns. I think the new fem body is pretty neat! Though I think it would've been more interesting for Monty to stay masc but ACTUALLY get their right pronouns used and their identity getting genuinely respected DESPITE of their appearance. But the body? It's genuinely completely fine! /gen I used to hate my body too and understand that the writers might've thought it might be easier for people if they just used a different body completely! But it annoys me that my gender representation comes in the form of M o n t y. The annoying character known for constantly hating on others and partially destroying their lives. Anyone can be genderfluid, yes. But when the representation is so little? I just wish it was at least a bit better or with a less hateable character.

TLAES

Lunar! Uh. Again can we just get clarification on his sexuality? Is he polyamorous? Bisexual? Omnisexual? Just any clarification please?

Gemini! I wish they were canon nonbinary. They're literally stars. Why did they have to be gendereddd. Also curious about their 'sexuality'? Will also likely never get clarification on it :/

OTHER SHOWS/SIDE NOTES

Roxanne is canon lesbian and so is Glamrock Chica! I'm so sorry but I forgot his name T~T I think it was Tiger Rock[??] Is also canonically gay! Glam Chica has a girlfriend! And I do think their relationship is pretty cute [from what I've seen] and overall wish I would finally get to watching the show a bit more! Funtime Foxy feels very queer to me? Not just because his design is pink but his overall characterization! He does have a girlfriend! But he seems to be comfortable in his own identity and presentation from what I've seen? At least, it seems to be more comfortable than some o t h e r characters. I feel more represented by Funtime Foxy and Lolbit than I ever felt represented by Monty. But that is a personal opinion!

I overall have just lost interest in all of the shows. I'm tired of being constantly disappointed and lead on. But I do wish I could watch more of the other shows since they seem to show more love and care towards their characters :)

CLOSING THOUGHTS!

It's just shows. Does any of this really matter? I think it matters when the shows are claiming to have good representation when they really don't. And they're allowing people who aren't queer/a part of the LGBTQIA+ community to feel like they have the right to shut real queer people down. I've seen so much acephobia and overall homophobia even in this community. A l o t in this community. I wish the writers would listen to ACTUAL QUEER PEOPLE!! I wish the VIEWERS listened to ACTUAL QUEER PEOPLE.

That's what I really want. I just want to be heard and represented.

I don't claim this community. I CAN'T claim a community who is constantly against us.

LISTEN TO QUEER VOICES.