#hypocritical as fuck - which like that can be realistic! as a kneejerk reaction! - but like at least have the other character call him OUT | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

bigskydreaming · 2 years ago

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That trope where one guy didn’t realize the other guy was gay or bi and thus even an option, and gets UPSET over not knowing the other was gay/bi before, but then at the same time....has never said or done anything to make the other guy know that he too was gay or bi and thus an option, so....what right does he have to be...upset? Exactly?

I will never understand this trope, I hate it so much, like, is this just a thing where my experiences are not universal and maybe this is actually an experience many mlm have faced in real life, b/c in my experience not knowing another guy was interested in men before might be cause for like, being MUTUALLY frustrated over missed opportunities/wasted time, but not ONE of them getting MAD at the other like this is THEIR fault, but idk maybe that IS more common than I realize?

Or is this actually just a really dumb trope that’s just drama for the sake of drama and doesn’t actually put much thought or attention into the idea of the closet as like, an actual bad thing vs just an opportunity for miscommunication shenanigans and drama.

#i mean i realize this is a 'you can just say 911 fandom' kinda thing but at the same time its not even what I was thinking of until #i got to these tags lol but just putting this in there before someone says 'you can just say 911 fandom' lmao bc this definitely IS one #of the tropes that were too prevalent in that fandom for me to ever wade into it longterm and it remains a 'peripheral'#but like. ive actually seen this trope applied to waaaay too many pairings in way too many source medias and their fandoms #and i just. i dont get it. why is there not more like.....acknowledgment paid that you're centering the drama on one character being #hypocritical as fuck - which like that can be realistic! as a kneejerk reaction! - but like at least have the other character call him OUT #on it and be like umm you do not get to be MAD at me about this. all things considered. since hello pot I'm kettle #and seeing readers like....validate this as a source of drama in comments on fics like sends my head spinning off into another dimension #its like....what am I missing here? why are people interacting with this like its a REASONABLE response for one character to have to the #reveal the other character is attracted to men when they have done nothing to advertise or communicate that themselves either?

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