#homophobia on fco not the most fun to think about EYE like thinking of fake dating hijinks��� ask me about fake dating hijinks…

[moonshynecybin]

in the fco au, how would they deal with homophobic comments from the media? i feel they would be especially more cruel towards marc

this is interesting because like yes. marc got the massive brunt of homophobic comments directed his way in the wake of sepang because he was younger and twinkier at the time and he was the one painted as both instigator and villian in many ways (esp in italy). but. it’s not like vale didn’t also get a lot of that same flavor of nasty pointed at him when he was younger for being somewhat androgynous and wearing his little earring and dying his hair and carting his boybestfriend uccio around with him everywhere. prejudice ironically does not discriminate. frankly there’s more value uccio gay rumors floating around from the late 2000s then marc throwing ass at the gay club ones from 2015. not that this is a motorcycle racers facing veiled homophobia competition lmao.

SOOO fco au. i actually think they both get blasted pretty hard here in ways that poke at their vulnerable little underbellies…. that same way childhood bullies always know which precise slur to call you before you yourself even know what you have goin on…. like oh they called me gay and they made fun of me for being gay and they were RIGHT. and i think it sucks! i think there’s a billion little shitty articles and fan edits (this would be 2016. for context on the global reality of cultural homophobia at the time every usamerican primetime television of a gay person had to have a full. gay is okay ! type monologue attached to them at some point…), that dig at a lot of their little neuroses… like it IS a sport with a traditionally masculine fanbase and i think they catch some strays !

but i also think they are both people who fundamentally don’t feel a lot of shame for being their weird little gay selves. vale never stopped wearing the earring or hanging with uccio, and marc is still doing homosexual pole dances to the public on national television basically biweekly at this point… they are people pleasers yes, but they also have a lot of integrity of self. they enjoy being liked, but on their own terms… and i also really truly do think it’s a LOT easier for them because they have a buddy in all this. someone to divert the tension… someone who ALSO has the insane goat credentials and can essentially silence any “can they perform on track” questions… so ultimately i think it’s another factor in the rosquez PR team up that dominates the fic where they’re being aggressively charming at the world writ large here… AND dorna would have incentive to help so i think it’s a lot of silly ass pr vids on the motogp instagram and stuff. rosquez plays the newlywed game and is alarmingly competitive about it. marc is trying to cheat. etc.