#the iconic am I gay Google search (;

[evaapriless]

Hello loves <3

Surprise - I didn’t stop at making Charlie Spring’s room! As of earlier today, here is my miniature version of Nick Nelson’s room!!!

Had the perfect box (no space on the shelf yet) and with a few minor adjustments (namely the vaulted ceiling) I had convinced myself that I needed this in my life XD

About 5 hours, some cardboard and LOTS of fabric scraps later, I now have Nick’s room as a little nook to match my earlier one of Charlie’s room!

Also, check out this one of Tori’s room!!

There was a LOT of hand sewing in this one, but I got the beanbag right on my 2nd try (the first attempt was more a hackey sack lmao) and managed to match as much as I could to the illustrations AND Nick’s room in the tv show.

psst! look at the computer on the beanbag!!

Anyway I just figured I’d continue posting these on here since it’s where I originally put Charlie’s room on, so I hope y’all like it :D

really want @aliceoseman [ @chronicintrovert ] to see this 😭

Unrelated but check out this thing I made while reading The Reappearance of Rachel Price

[biromanticacemess]

Playing DA:I again in preperation for DA:Ve and remebering the disaster that was my first playthrough in terms of romance.

Because the moment I saw Cassandra and Leliana I wanted to romance them (this was my first Dragon age game so everyone and everything was new to me) but after a quick google search I found out one was straight and the other not romanceable.

So I just continued to flirt with every one of the characters and exept for Solas because I didn't know I could flirt with him and when I found out I could I was already in Skyhold and got the romance cutscene with Blackwall, who I promptly broke it off with due to me not really seeing him that way. (That's what I get for choosing the heart option on every dang dialouge tree.)

I am now at the point where I really fell for Solas but I also didn't know I could reload an old save file so I continued my pinning existens for that stupid bald elf and tried to be with someone else.

Who turns out to be Dorian. I SOMEHOW still haven't got the memo that he is gay even after the scene with his dad and I still tried to romance him and eventually googled it to find out why I couldn't. ( I can't even really blame the german translation on this his vibe says it all.)

At this point I'm running out of options as I missed both Sera and Bull and could no longer recruite them, so I'm now left with Cullen and Josephine. In the end I chose Josephine as I liked her more and didn't really vibe with Cullen.

HOWEVER I couldn't actually finish her romance as I could not find an item you need to buy from a merchant in Val Royeaux, which was literally just in a diffrent window all I had to do was click on the book icon in the shop.

So I finished the game with my single Inquisitor and her very unsuccsesful lovelife.

[front-facing-pokemon]

I LOVE SKELEDIRGE RAHHHHHHH 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 AT FIRST I WANTED TO BOX MY STARTER BUT THEN I FOUND IUT ABOUT THE JOYS OF SKELEDIRGE SO I DECIDED I WOULD KEEP MY STARTER AND THEN I GOT THE GAME AND ENJOYED HIM RAHHHH I LOVE HIM SM

YEAH HONESTLY. not particularly about skeledirge but this vibe. unfortunately even though i love meowscarada a lot i did end up boxing my starter anyway just because there are other pokémon i love more. there are too many pokémon out there to love and i always have trouble choosing just six…

speaking of loving meowscarada:

↑ THIS. ABSOLUTELY THIS. are you all listening to me. furry hate is just thinly-veiled homophobia and ableism because the vast majority of furries are either gay or autistic. do you understand me? are you listening to me. if you don't like furries i am judging you. fine whatever if you just want a big cat that's cool but let us have this you can have skeledirge. and the samurott that could've been

everyone says this and i'm not sure why. like haha it's making the face and its eyes are red and "weed cat" and i'm just. c'mon let the cat be. i like that face but not for that implication. and everyone calling sprigatito "weed cat" was just like. :/ c'mon man

okay well! i agree about hisuian decidueye. it's fine. enamorus… i. i can't. in good faith call that pretty. it's silly. i'll give it silly. but pretty… agh…

i mean! now i know. you just told me! nice png, too. wait and the lens icon too— did you just take a screenshot of a google image search result

and some nose ratings, with the screenshot UI still SOMEHOW in the screenshot itself

weed cat. there it is, everyone. the joke i just complained about. tsk tsk tsk. i would believe skeledirge solos the champion considering how much geeta sucked before her rework in the blueberry dlc whose name i forget. the treasure of area zero. the second part. where you can invite her as a coach and she's like. way better

[fandomanimatic-tournament]

Fandom song animatic tournament: Side A Round 2

Little Miss Perfect - Written by Joriah Kwamé

"Straight hair, straight A's Straight forward, straight girl Little Miss Perfect, that's me"

Good for you - Dear Evan Hansen Musical

"So you got what you always wanted So you got your dream come true Good for you Good for you, you, you Got a taste of a life so perfect So you did what you had to do Good for you Good for you"

Never Love an Anchor - The Crane Wives

"I am selfish, I am broken, I am cruel I am all the things they might have said to you Do you ever think of me and my two hands? And wonder why they never soothed your fevers? And wonder why they never tied your shoes? And wonder why they never held you gently? And wonder why they never had the chance to lose you?"

Remember that we're voting on how Iconic they are for ANIMATICS, not for the song itself. In order to make things fair, the tone and mood of the song should not affect how iconic it is (for example, a serious song should not be considered more iconic than a joke song just because it's serious)

Propaganda and animatic links of the songs under the cut:

Little Miss Perfect - Written by Joriah Kwamé

Propaganda:

The song that took The Owl House fandom by storm. Everyone took one listen and said YEP THAT'S AMITY. We stan our favorite spoiled yet emotionally neglected lesbian

Gay ppl 👍

The animatic for this song became so popular, the songwriter, Joriah Kwamé wrote another song from Luz Noceda’s perspective, then went on to make a full-blown musical with the concept of those two songs and the relationship extrapolated from the fanon, but using original characters! I don’t know what’s more cool than that :)

Animatics with the song:

(The original TOH Amity animatic was privated. Although there's a reupload, I've decided not to include it here. You can search for the video if you'd like)

Genshin Impact Xiaoven Animatic

Little Witch Academia Animatic

Fruits Basket Yuki and Kakeru Animatic

BNHA Momojirou Animatic

Ace Attorney

Good for you - Dear Evan Hansen Musical

Propaganda:

No Propaganda Submitted

Animatics with the song:

Naruto

Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja

EDDSWORLD

Lego Monkey Kid

Gravity Falls

Doki Doki Literature Club

Never Love an Anchor - The Crane Wives

Propaganda:

THE tragic gay ship song

I’ve seen so many animatics of this song. I googled “Never Love an Anchor animatic” to triple check that there were more than 10 and I found one from a fandom I am in that I didn’t even know about. Also it’s a great song.

Animatics with the song:

Double Life

The Owl House Eda and Raine

Witch's Tale

The Owl House Huntlow

Our Flag Means Death

Lego Monkey Kid

[cksmart-world]

SMART BOMB

The Completely Unnecessary News Analysis

By Christopher Smart

May 23, 2023

PEARLY GATES: CLARENCE THOMAS MEETS ST. PETER

Our new series, “A Peek Into the Hereafter,” looks beyond this life with the help of our clairvoyant, Isadora Luna, to give insights into the fate awaiting well known former Earthlings. This week we see Clarence Thomas on Judgement Day.

  St. Peter: Well, well, Clarence Thomas, what do you have to say for yourself.

Thomas: I showed 'em.

  St. Peter: Who did you show, Clarence.

  Thomas: Those stinkin' liberals, that's who. Those “woke” folk.

   St. Peter: Do you mean the white liberals or the black liberals.

  Thomas: The white ones, of course. The ones who raked me over the coals with Anita Hill and her sexual harassment lies. It was a high-tech lynching.

  St. Peter: But isn't Anita Hill black?

  Thomas: Don't confuse the issue. I showed 'em that affirmative action sucks. It robs black people of their dignity. I wrote about it in the Washington Post. Those people at Yale Law thought I was there because of affirmative action — I wasn't, damn it.

  St. Peter: Ronald Reagan really like that, especially coming from a black man. He even selected you to head up the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).

  Thomas: I know how to play the game. The Republicans needed a black guy who bought into welfare their zero-sum crap and I delivered. Then I worked those white conservatives so that even though I didn't have much experience in court, I had friends in high places.

  St. Peter: When you were little, black kids made fun of you because your skin is so dark. Later in Catholic seminary the young white men drove you out. Then at Yale Law School, all the white students, especially the girls, looked at you like you like you were the janitor.

  Thomas: Yeah, but I showed 'em. I married a white woman and got appointed to the Supreme Court by George H.W. Bush. And I made those liberals pay with rulings that drove them up the wall.

  St. Peter: You replaced civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall who fought against segregation his entire life. Some say you didn't measure up.

  Thomas: Oh yeah, well I sat on the high court for 40 years and wrote more opinions than anyone, including Thurgood Marshall. And I told better jokes than he did, too. So they can stick that in their civil rights pipe and shove it.

  St. Peter: You voted against abortion and affirmative action and made gun restrictions more difficult. These days you hang out with rich, white folks. You fly around on a rich guy's jet and take vacations on his giant yacht.

  Thomas: What good is power if you don't wield it and cash in. And besides, real conservatives like jets and yachts. I'm a real conservative.

  St. Peter: But aren't you afraid that the public will lose confidence in the Supreme Court if conservative justices keep ruling that corporations are people, money is speech and women don't have a right to reproductive care.

  Thomas: That's their problem. Now can we stop with these silly questions so I can get my angel wings.

Post script — That's a wrap for another beautiful spring week here in Zion, where we keep track of AI (artificial intelligence) so you don't have to. Not to worry, but we may be heading for “Dr. Strangelove” territory where AI could start a nuclear war, according to Tom Shanker, co-author of "Age Of Danger." In the 1964 dark comedy, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” the crazy Gen. Jack D. Ripper launches an attack on the Soviet Union, which has invented a doomsday machine that will automatically respond with a full-scale nuclear counter attack. Whoa. Closer to home, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, told the Senate Judiciary Committee it should regulate AI: “I think if this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong...” But don't worry. Flipping to our “Who Dat”-file: A British paper, The Daily Mail reports that Utah is the “most closeted” state based on most Google searches for terms, such as, “Am I gay?”, “Am I a lesbian?” and “Am I trans?” Coincidentally, Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor to the LDS Church presidency, reaffirmed the church’s position on same-sex relationships last week, saying that single adults should persist in their efforts to marry (the opposite sex) and start families. Well, maybe it's not so coincidental after all.

OK Wilson, we need a little theme music for poor Clarence Thomas. He's been victimized by black men, white men, black women, white women, liberals and woke people. But he played the Washington game like a pro con man. Now he's got power, white, rich friends and a life right out Shakespeare. Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

I've got a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go Said it's a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go But I can't turn back, my heart is fixed My mind's made up, I'll never stop My faith will see, see me through Let me tell you I'm all alone, this lonesome road I roam I've got no love to call my very own Oh the river gets deeper, the hills get steeper And the pain gets deeper every day, yeah I've got a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go Said it's a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go But I can't turn back, my heart is fixed My mind's made up, I'll never stop My faith will see, see me through Aah, oh oh Aah, oh oh - one more thing I dream of a home far beyond the sea Where there is love and peace and joy for me Oh, in my eyes I see troubles and dangers for me But destiny where it leads me I must go, hey I've got a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go Said it's a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go But I can't turn back, my heart is fixed My mind's made up, I'll never stop My faith will see, see me through Aah, oh oh - no, help me somebody Aah, oh oh - somebody please, help me right now

(Hard Road to Travel — Jimmy Cliff)

[checkers-dance]

hello tumblr user checkers-dance. i had a very interesting night on kpop twt tonight. it all started bc ppl were sharing a picture of eunwoo wearing a shirt that said "would you be my boyfriend? girlfriend? queerfriend?" and usually ppl could say it was just something his stylists made him wear but he was wearing it in his free time. im not super familiar with how fluent eunwoo's english is, but i saw someone say he can speak it pretty decently so he MIGHT know what the shirt says. i didnt think too much of this, i just thought it was a sweet gesture of him. so im reading the comments and they're talking about other cool supportive things some astro members have done like when MJ played a gay person in a play he was in (hes such a legend, i love him) and i find out moonbin ALSO played a gay chara in like 2019? didnt know about that but iconic, astro loves gay people, whats new. i keep reading what ppl are saying and then i see someone say "didn't he literally say he was open to dating men and women one time?" this obviously gets my attention so i go on a journey to find what this person is talking about. while im at it i find a clip of eunwoo and moonbin kissing that i hadn't seen before. love is winning, but i can't be distracted, so i keep going. FINALLY i find the clip but it's only a few seconds long and i have no idea what the rest of the conversation was about. anyway, in the video he says a word that gets translated as PMN and after that he says something about "both men and women." i google the word. all the results are about blood cells??? clearly not what he was talking about... so i need to know what that word means but i also want the full context, so i keep searching until i find a longer version of the video. FINALLY i do and he's initially talking about a girl he used to have a crush on which is KEY to me, because it means the conversation was specifically about romance. but i need to keep looking for what that fucking word means. i find the way it's written in korean and i google it and most of the results i'm getting are discussing the word in a romantic context. BASICALLY the simplest way i can describe it is that it means you're not interested in "artificial" meetings like blind dates and instead would rather meet a partner naturally. MOST of the results i get for the term seem to imply the term is romantic in nature. at this point i'm losing my mind.

there IS a possibility he meant it in a platonic sense??? idk how much the term is used outside of romantic encounters bc literally every definition i could find was about dating, but maybe he just worded it strangely? i'd find it bizarre for a kpop idol and actor to casually mention he's into men in national tv and for no one to bat eye.

ON THE OTHER HAND. he WAS talking about dating throughout the conversation. and he used a term that as far as i can find is heavily associated with romance. i also find it odd for him to be having a conversation about crushes and dating and then just suddenly bring up men UNLESS that was what he meant. i wouldn't be surprised if the people in the show didn't catch the implication, that happens.

SO BASICALLY. it's hard to say what he meant LOL, any guess is as good as any. i'm SKEPTICAL, but it sure as hell is interesting lore that will keep me up. idk, gayer things have happened in kpop history that people wrote off as straight even though that's clearly Not what was going on so yknow, i would not be surprised. i didn't expect a shirt to send me into this rabbithole but here i am 💀 MY personal conspiracy theory is that he did mean it that way but he let it slip accidentally and somehow no one thought twice about it. like that would be funny to me. good for him if true.

HELP THE "love is winning but I can't get distracted" PART... But ghskfkskfks I love how u went on an entire hunt for this. Yeah, good for him if true, and if not u've gained more knowledge of astro lore

[enby-peep]

ok so. i have finished volume three and, therefore, based off my google search, technically finished off the main story.

do the volume four extras give any extra background to who shen yuan was before he transmigrated??? or am i just supposed to accept that hes Like That for no good reason. at least i KNOW whats wrong with luo binghe to make him Like That, but like. can i please know more about shen yuan. please. please.

overall consensus is. hm. the romance between SQQ and LBH is incredibly fucked up, but like. that one AITA post that went something like "there is something deeply wrong with both of you. never get anyone else involved and youll be fine." FREAK4FREAK behavior.

that horrid sex scene was so iconic actually. was the whole purpose of the Small Scenario Pusher Luxury Edition to make SQQ realize he was gay or was having sex always a part of the plan. this man had the worst first time of his entire life and then just Didnt Address how that made him feel. just zoomed past it. my guy what the hell.

even after acknowledging that hes surrounded by real people and not just novel characters hes still so detached from himself that im still not sure he actually loves LBH. like i know their the main pairing but hes so. blasé about it. perhaps this shall be fixed by reading the extras. SQQ please get better 🙏

i just finished volume 1 and Shen Qingqiu makes me so insane like. the level of detachment he has to his surroundings and to HIMSELF... my guy you are in MOURNING. you FEEL BAD and are GRIEVING YOUR FRIEND. yes you already knew it was going to happen, but rationalizing your actions and dismissing your emotions doesnt make them LESS REAL. like. idk maybe if Every Other Person keeps treating you like you're a mourner. maybe its because. you are in mourning? just a thought.

[queer-lemons]

Anyone want to hear the story of how I almost found out I was gay? You do!

So I'd already had a lot of close calls, but I still didn't realize that how I felt about women wasn't... straight. Well, I was about 12-13, and I was at a relative's house staying the night.

I found a sports illustrated swimsuit issue (I would like to state that the adults didn't have this out for a kid to find, I was methodically sorting through every nook and cranny), and being a very straight little girl, I hid in the bathroom with the magazine.

Now, at this point I've developed, you know, taste and preferences, but at the time I just could NOT look away from these women. And I had no idea why. The next few times I went to that relative's house, I would find the magazines and page through them over and over and over again.

Then one day I went and they were gone. You might think the relative found out I had found them. Trust me, they hadn't. I always put them back in the exact position they had been in.

I remember thinking "I don't know why these are so interesting" and I think some thoughts just barely thought of bubbling up, and either I wasn't ready or I didn't want to be ready, so I shoved them down. And then the magazines were gone, and I could truly forget.

Now for the part where I ACTUALLY find out I'm gay.

So it's about a year later and I've discovered the internet for the first time. My first ever internet search was, iconically, "funny memes".

I scrolled through the images on google, I even found a website devoted to memes. I often saw these ones with text in a certain format. Using my newfound googling skills, I discovered tumblr, around 13. Got an account (not this one lol). Very depressed.

At this point, I'm embarrassed to admit, I'm still a pretty conservative kid. To be fair, I had almost zero knowledge beyond a very tight community. Well I also got on reddit (barely on there anymore lol).

I was curious (lol) and decided to follow some queer subreddits-- lesbian, lgbt, etc. Because I was fascinated by the weirdness.

Well I was increasingly obsessed with the lgbt subreddits. I would read the lesbian posts especially, and often scorn them. After all, everyone feels like that about women. You're not special lol.

Ahahahahhhhhh. Finally I don't know how, but I remember my first clear thought "Am I bi?"

I denied it. I slept on it for a few days. I decided my attraction would just be shoved down. Then I decided I would only acknowledge my attraction on the internet. I would like you all to know that it took me exactly three days to realize I was irredeemably bisexual.

[dinosaurtsukki]

haikyuu!! characters and their fave musicals

pretty much an hc’s for funsies type of thing. which characters are absolute nerds for musicals and which ones couldn’t care less? i know not everyone likes musicals but if this is your thing, feel free to read! 

Hinata: he’s one of those people who watched Shrek the Musical unironically and ended up getting really hooked on it but no way is he going to tell anyone

Kageyama: thinks that the Shrek trilogy are counted as movie musicals because ‘the characters sing and everything’. will fall asleep in a theatre so don’t bring him you’ll be disappointed

Tsukishima: loves Avenue Q and The Producers because the humor is right up his alley. also has tASTE and his fave is probs something like Hadestown because it is the best musical. loves to break down the lyrics and listens to an album non-stop when he’s obsessed

Yamaguchi: he tried to watch Grease but ended up throwing popcorn at the tv-screen because of the blatant sexism. yams is not About That. gets his recommendations from Tsukki and has never looked back

Tanaka: likes anything with awesome choreography and really cool special-effects like Hamilton or Be More Chill. when you ask him about the story though he’s like ???

Noya: doesn’t get the concept of musicals. ‘she’s singing about the guy but he’s right there??? doesn’t he hear everything????’ ‘WHY ARE THEY SINGING JUST FIGHT ALREADY’

Ennoshita: also has Taste. watches pretty much anything and loves to keep track of new productions and new casting. if you ask him about his favorite musical he’ll probably specifically mention the cast and where it was performed

Asahi: y’all are gonna hate me y’all are gonna hate me but JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR haha jk. one hundred percent a Dear Evan Hansen kinda guy because he relates to the main guy’s personality. has waving through a window on repeat

Sugawara: LOVES the classics: Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon. knows every song and movement by heart. sings them everywhere. would not listen to anything else. also Moulin Rouge because he’s one Classy Bitch

Daichi: appreciates any good musical recommended to him but the kind of person who presses ‘shuffle’ when listening to the recording and all the fans around him die inside. does this more than once just for that reaction

Kiyoko: loves anything with awesome female roles, particularly Legally Blonde and Six the Musical. raises an eyebrow at you if you say you like Grease and you land on her list of people she would barely talk to

 Yachi: practically raised on disney movie musicals. loves to watch and re-watch videos from Broadway Princess Party a lot. is basically a disney princess herself and loves to put some songs on when she cleans the house. 

Kuroo: one of those people who got really into Hamilton back in the day. would sing the vocals, the back-up vocals, the chorus parts, and hum the intros. says he’s a musical fan but that’s the only one he’s watched/listened to.

Kenma: someone recommended Be More Chill to him (probably tsukki) and he ended up actually liking it. once in a while you’ll hear him humming ‘christiiiiIIiine’ under his breath. likes to listen to michael in the bathroom at 2 am

Yaku:  hates musicals ever since Nekoma had a movie night and then decided to watch Lion King and lev dead-ass lifted him up over his head like what rafiki did to simba in That Scene. 

Lev: another one who likes disney musicals but like, the basic ones (frozen, tangled, beauty and the beast). mostly because they’re his sister’s favorites tho. has more than once did the whole ‘do you want to build a snowman’ thing with alisa and probably his teammates

Oikawa: thinks that liking Heathers makes him edgy it doesn’t. practically paid hanamaki and matsukawa to sing Candy Store with him and using iwa as veronica. absolutely vibes to the Mean Girls musical

Iwaizumi: a hard High School Musical stan, now and forever. thinks that Ryan and Chad are definitely gay. one time oikawa was giving them a pep talk and said ‘what team?’ and iwa yelled ‘WILDCATS’ and then everybody looked at him because they KNEW they KNEW HE NEVER GOT OVER THAT PHASE-- 

Matsukawa: Cats. The Movie.* wrote a long-ass thread on twitter about why the female cats should be given six boob and tagged Tom Hooper. was blocked.

Hanamaki: *see above. probably had his sexual awakening when he saw Idris Elba as a sexy cat. there’s nothing gendered about a sexy cat

Kyoutani: likes the leather jacket aesthetic in Grease. looked up the lyrics to ‘Greased Lightning’ once and shut off his laptop when he saw the innuendos. may have tried to replicate the choreography at one point but fell off a table

Yahaba: a romantic at heart. has a copy of the West Side Story DvD and loves to sing ‘Maria’ and ‘One Hand, One Heart.’ he and Oikawa love to duet ‘I Feel Pretty.’ also tried to copy the choreography and sUCCEEDED

Ushijima: you’ve taken him to see an array of musicals, from the much-loved classics to the inventive modern musicals. every time, you glance at him hoping for any reaction. he always leaves the theater saying ‘it was good.’ only one musical has managed to make him crack a smile: The Muppets (the movie ver.)

Tendou: another boy with Quality Taste. is a hardcore stan of any musical by Team Starkid (also loves that they’re all on Youtube). makes so many references to them but nobody else understands. will yell ‘TIGERFUCKER TIGERFUCKER’ out of the blue

Shirabu: thinks that La La Land is Peak Taste. got angry when tendou showed him a video of ryan gosling scenes in the movie but it’s all replaced by barry, the bee from Bee Movie. now La La Land is ruined because he keeps on remembering ‘you like jazz?’ in barry’s voice 

Semi: tells you that he just doesn’t watch musicals but he secretly had such a Les Miz phase. writes enjolras x reader fanfics and his longest one was 200k words. if he hears anything that vaguely sounds like ‘do you hear the people sing’, a tear will fall out of the corner of his eye

Goshiki: was looking for slime tutorials one and stumbled on ‘not hamilton just a 2 hr slime tutorial’ y’all kno what i’m talking about and watched the whole thing. was disappointed that there weren’t any slimes but is now into hamilton

Akaashi: knows and understands the peak performance quality and biblical philosophy of Jesus Christ Superstar. doesn’t tell anyone about it though because they all assume its all church music. ‘it’s not’, he sobs. ‘it’s more.’

Bokuto: akaashi recommended Jesus Christ Superstar to him and he watched it, thinking that he’d see jesus playing an electric guitar. he was very disappointed and sulked about it for a week. LOVES disney musicals though

Atsumu: was one of those kids who would look up the Harry Potter Puppet Pals videos on youtube and stumbled in to A Very Potter Musical. ever since jk rowling’s snake side came out he began accepting that fan musical as canon. likes to piss rowling off by posting screenshots of the musical and saying its from the movie

Osamu: the Disney fan but with Quality Taste. loves Hunchback of Notre Dame, Princess and the Frog, Prince of Egypt, and Anastasia (the last two aren’t disney but animated musicals). cries at the sound of Phil Collins’ sultry voice. 

Kita: is in love with Phantom of the Opera because his grandmother loves listening to it. he’d sing THE ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK pretty much every day until his teammates catch him singing in the locker rooms while they were changing AND NAILING ALL OF CHRISTINE’S HIGH NOTES LIKE ITS NOTHING

Terushima: doesn’t like musicals so his friend recommended that he watch The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals by Team Starkid because of the crackhead humor. watched Robert Manion perform and ending up going on google and searching ‘does watching men move their hips real nice make me bi?’

Koganegawa:  y’all are gonna be surprised but this one’s a hardcore Wicked fan. has watched all of the different castings of it. he loves to imitate Elphaba’s iconic ‘FIEEEEROOOOOOO’ line in the showers and records it, just to see if he’s close to how it sounds onstage. has Idina Menzel’s autograph

Futakuchi: bitch does nothing but roast everyone else’s musical tastes. hamilton? ‘wow, mainstream much?’ dear evan hansen? ‘psshh, basic.’ be more chill? ‘think you’re edgy or something?’ the greatest show? ‘what are you? five?’ his favorite musical is actually Cats

[its-bound-to-get-loud]

Ashton Irwin is not straight: a masterpost

It’s been a while since I’ve written a masterpost, but I’ve been meaning to get back into it for a while now. Giving a voice to some of my personal ideas is the main reason to start this blog in the first place. I’ve made a similar post about Michael several months ago. I can highly recommend checking that one out as well. This one will probably be a bit shorter than that one, since Michael has been banging on that closet door a ton, while Ashton is a little more subtle.

Before you continue reading, a quick disclaimer. If the idea that Ashton may not be straight makes you uncomfortable. Please do not continue reading. However, if you have an open mind and are willing to entertain other ideas than your own or if you share my ideas (based on the title) you are more than welcome to continue.

Finally, I’m asking you. Please, under no circumstance ever show my posts to any of the guys or people close to them. The posts that I make are meant for fandom discussion only. You can share them with friends, you can talk about them, just do not share them with the guys or the people around them. Also, I will not be publicly speculating about what label (sexuality) the guys may identify as. This is something very personal and it’s up to them to decide how they want to or don’t want to identify as. However, I do believe that at least Ashton, Luke and Michael are not straight. I haven’t completely made up my mind about Calum, but I think there are definitely certain signs that he may not be straight. I’m aware that a lot of people believe in Cashton as a couple. Personally at the moment I’m posting this I do not believe they are (or were) a couple. I understand why people think they are dating, I have seen plenty of Cashton evidence, but nothing has absolutely convinced me so far. They are super cute and I absolutely ship them though, I would love nothing more than to be wrong about this. Now that we have gotten all of that out of the way, let’s get to the reasons I think Ashton is not straight,

I do not have as many reasons for Ashton not being straight as I do for Michael, who has been incredibly vocal about not being straight. Ashton however has thrown a few hints out there and I am receiving them loud and clear. For me the first thing that pointed me towards Ashton not being straight sounds a bit vague. It was his demeanor, the way he acts, the way he carries himself. Ashton is very flamboyant in the way he acts. You know how you see someone you don’t know, but instantly know they’re not straight because of the way they behave? That’s exactly what I see when I look at Ashton. It’s hard to put into words, but if you don’t know what I mean I highly suggest googling the definition of flamboyant, I’d say it fits quite well with Ashton. Now I know this is very much a stereotype and not everyone who is flamboyant is gay* and vice versa, so this doesn’t make what I say a fact (unless Ashton comes out and says he’s not straight, this whole post is speculation). But those stereotypes do exist for a reason, they may not apply to everyone, but they do exist for some.

* I’m using gay as an umbrella term here, I don’t mean to imply he is only into guys. Simply that he is not straight.

“Girl and/or boy”

The following moment of the guys explaining what Don’t Stop is about can be interpreted in many ways. It starts with Luke saying the song is about a girl at a party, that everyone wants to take home to “hang out” with. Then after some further talk at 0:53 Ashton says “It’s just about a girl who everyone wants at a party basically. And/or boy”. Now this can be interpreted as a girl seeing a boy at a party who she likes. It could be a general statement that some boys aren’t (just) interested in girls, but (also) in boys and he’s trying to be inclusive. Which is not out of character for Ashton I’d say. It could also be a little more personal. Maybe meaning that he might not (just) be interested in girls. Personally I think it might be a combination, it’s a blanket statement that leaves plenty of room for plausible deniability, should there ever be a need for further explanation.

“I don’t wanna tug any of ya”

The fact that nobody is talking about this at all is at least surprising. I get that the interview is a few years old, but even in the comments I don’t see anything about it. At 2:19 the interviewer asks them who would win in a tug of war competition between 1D and 5SOS. After some back and forth talk, their answer nears an ending, but not before Ashton jokes “I don’t wanna tug any of ya” at 2:36 and letting out an adorable giggle. Michael doesn’t seem to take notice of what Ashton is saying. However Luke and Calum definitely get it. Now if there was any doubt about what Ashton would mean by tug. Just take a look at the Urban Dictionary. So Ashton jokes he doesn’t want to tug any of his bandmates. Does that mean he would like to tug someone else perhaps? This may have been a simple teenage joke and nothing else, but I think it’s important to at least take notice of.

“It’s not a guy”

This moment is honestly iconic, I don’t know what else to say. In this video they get asked some random stuff such as “first band you saw live” and in this case “favorite hometown spot”. 20 seconds into this video and Ashton does a shout out to Frankie’s in Sydney. Which is all fine, but what follows is where it really gets interesting. He says “spent way too much time in you”. This could just be a bit of unfortunate phrasing, sometimes our brain to mouth filter works in weird ways. Then Luke feels the need to add “it’s a rock bar”. This smells like damage control to me. They could have just laughed it off and made it into a joke. I mean, Ashton says a lot of ridiculous stuff at times, so this wouldn’t even be that much out of character. Ashton however must’ve felt defiant that day, because he decides to add fuel to the fire by saying “it’s not a guy”. Then he smirks while looking off camera. He is well aware of what he’s saying and I 100% believe he saw an opportunity and took it. Also a special shout out to Calum’s face after Ashton said “it’s not a guy”. Also, the fact that he says guy and not girl is something to take notice of. Now in all truthfulness, if he’d said girl it would have sounded rather gross and I probably would have to scold him myself. But I’d say Frankie is an androgynous name that doesn’t stereotypically belong to any specific gender.

“Boys, boys, boys”

5SOS reads thirst tweets is iconic as a whole, but one of my favorite moments is “boys, boys, boys”. It starts with Ashton reading the tweet, followed by Luke going “you can’t say boys like that”. Ashton being Ashton doesn’t like being told what to do, so he decided to be extra and repeat himself a couple of times. Now this may just be Ashton being defiant. But there is an extra added layer to what he says and how he says it. The way he says it is just so flamboyant, the way he stares into the camera he knows what he’s saying.

“If Walls Could Talk”

There is a reason I called my blog its-bound-to-get-loud and the reason is obviously this song. The moment I realized what the lyrics to this song were I had to look them up, cause it sounded a lot like a closeting song to me. After reading the lyrics that thought was solidified in my brain. I have written an extensive analysis of the whole song together with R. If you want to know more about our interpretation of the song, read our analysis here.

This has been my masterpost about Ashton not being straight. As always, this post is speculation based on my personal opinions. I hope it brought some new ideas to people who maybe didn’t think of this before. I’d love to hear your reaction if you have read this. You don’t have to agree with me, as long as we can have a friendly conversation about our differences I’d say we’re good. If you liked this post, please reblog it so other can read it as well. Tumblr absolutely sucks in getting my posts to show up in the search results and I don’t have a ton of followers either. So any reblogs are very welcome. A big thank you @full-of-lonely-people​ and @ashtons-ass for proofreading this for me. Your effort is very much appreciated!

[gravehags]

no one tagged me but i’m in a talkative mood so

Nickname: Ranchel (an iconic misspelling of my name I once got in a work email years ago) but I am open to more

Sign: Gemini sun, Gemini moon, Cancer rising

Height: 5’2.5”

Last google search: a challenge tomb walkthrough for shadow of the tomb raider

Song stuck in your head: Alien Superstar - Beyoncé

Sleep: if i don’t get exactly 8 hours my body acts like it’s going to shrivel up and die

Dream job: curator of a European painting collection

Wearing: Ghost shirt (The Crowning one that just came out) and black leggings

Favorite songs: too many to list but I’ve been having a moment about Cassandra by Florence and the Machine lately

Favorite instrument: violin

Aesthetic: gay aunt on vacation/hobbit goes to trader joe’s

Favorite author: Jane Austen

Favorite color: cerulean blue and oxblood red

Favorite animal sounds: my late dog Cooper sighing

Last song: Cinnamon Girl - Lana del Rey

Last series: Andor (so good please watch it)

Random: uhhhhhhh realized I was claustrophobic when I was halfway down a shaft in a pyramid in Egypt, I have 31 tattoos and 9 piercings, and I ripped out a chunk of my own hair in the womb while waiting to be birthed

Not tagging because I don’t want to bug anyone but by all means!!!

🐍About Me🐍

Got tagged by @n-brio, so let the fun begin~

Nickname: I've had several, but the most prominent are S_D (which I've used since I was twelve) and Snek. I like snakes. There's also the name people call me when they forget my name. Somehow it's always the same, so it must really suit me. XD

Sign:

Call Me Little Sunsign

Height: 5'5"

Last Google Search: I've been looking for a certain sausage cheese ball recipe, since I've lost the one I used last time.

Song Stuck In Your Head: Granite (Pendulum), since it's what's currently playing.

Followers: 2

Lucky Number: Killing Defiled Amygdala in only two tries was pretty lucky. That's gotta be my greatest Soulsborne moment.

Sleep:

Dream Job: I'm trying to write a story/book, so if I finished that and people enjoyed it, that'd be swell.

Wearing: Jack-o-lantern/bat/rat/ivy print leggings, socks, flip-flops house shoes, my middle school orchestra shirt, and a big, cozy jacket. And to think I just ragged on Fred for wearing flip-flops with socks.

Favorite Songs: So many. I'll pick some from a variety of styles: Legion (VNV Nation) Im Guten Im Bösen (Eisbrecher) Theremin [Club Edit] (Covenant) Respite on the Spitalfields (Ghost) Planet Hell (Nightwish) Honeythief (Halou) Das Neue Fleisch (Sielwolf) Resurrection (Christopher Young)

Favorite Instrument: Harpsichord. I love the sound.

Aesthetic: Does goth count? I've been into goth shit since, like, middle school. Otherwise, it's a hodgepodge. Feel free to peruse my Aesthetic tag.

Favorite Author: Lovecraft. I feel the burn of the torches and the sting of the pitchforks already. Honorable mention goes to my two favorite books: A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin and The Hot Zone by Richard Preston.

Favorite Color: I like blues and greens a lot. And black.

Favorite Animal Sounds: My grandma has this saying: Whistling girls and crowing hens always come to no good ends. So you know what? Shout out to all the crowing hens.

Last Song: Benzin (Rammstein) just finished playing.

Last Series: I've been watching The Last of Us with someone who's super into the games. I never played them. The last shows I was really into were Resident Alien and Snowpiercer.

Random:

I don't have many people to tag, so... @the-hole-in-terzos-shoe, I tag you. Have fun~ :3 It'd be funny to tag @n-brio again and make it recursive. And anyone else who sees this, Kos has planted a tag inside your brain. Hail Mother Kos! Grant us tags!

[shhhhyoursister]

do you think matteo knows he’s a twink? is he a self aware twink or did david have to tell him lol can this be a prompt of some sorts?

nothing has brought me more joy during this quarantine than this ask.....like i saw it and actually yelled out loud because its THAT iconic and im going to try to write something for this because....legendary 

(also i googled ‘twink’ and went to images to see what would come up so i could write it and this is what came up for me and im losing my mind about it so im putting it in im sorry this is becoming long and dumb)

***

- matteo knew that he still had a lot to learn about being gay, and while he appreciated having people around to explain things to him, he did not appreciate being laughed at by those people

- he and david and hans had been sitting around the kitchen, matteo and david mostly just bothering hans as he tried to cook, and they had gotten into a conversation about something that had happened the last time hans had gone out

- “yeah, and then that fucking twink tried to throw his drink at me but he missed, and threw it on his boyfriend so i really won in the end” hans finished with a dramatic spin back to the stove. david snorted, and matteo looked between the two

- “what exactly is....a twink?” he asked hesitantly, feeling dumb, but david and hans turned to each other and seemed to both be seriously thinking of an explanation

- “well” hans said slowly, his eyes shifting to david and then back to matteo, “you are”

- “im a twink?” matteo asked, and he sounded so shocked and confused that david and hans both started laughing. david at least tried to cover his mouth and hide it but hans was loudly giggling as he turned back to the stove, shaking his head, with a quiet, “oh, butterfly”

- matteo glared at the two, kicking david’s leg under the table, and david went, “okay, okay, let me google it, lets get a definition”

- after a few seconds of typing and tapping, david sucked in a breath and quickly locked his phone, placing it on the table as his cheeks turned pink, and he let that breath out and said, “well, that was porn”

- “porn?” matteo and hans asked at the same time, and david laughed and said, “yeah, apparently thats what comes up if you do a google image search for ‘twink’. there were some good examples though”

- matteo grabbed davids phone and unlocked it, and yeah, it was porn. most of the boys though, matteo noticed as a feeling of understanding came over him, were skinny and pale, with pretty faces and kinda shaggy hair. some even had undercuts, and matteo said “fuck” under his breath and glared when david and hans started laughing again

- “well what the fuck are you guys then?” matteo said, angry at how much he could tell he was blushing

- “well im a twink too, and proud of it darling! you should be too!” hans said, and turned around and pointed at david with a whisk, “and david is a twunk”

- david grinned and said, “am i? cool” as matteo let his head thunk to the table with a groan

- “i hate being gay” he said, and david kicked his foot under the table and ruffled his hair and said, “too bad boys are so cute”

- matteo snorted at the “amen!” that came from hans

[shookethbrooketh]

nightly chats

today’s Big Smile Energy: being able to be openly gay in the classroom setting? yes please (see below)

today’s Laff Tracc: my friend and i spent twenty minutes after class today on the google meet with our teacher and some of our classmates searching a screen shared wikipedia tab to settle bets on which of the suffragettes we were talking about were lesbians while our teacher protested that “if this were anyone else, i would be livid” and we celebrated jane addams as a lesbian icon

today’s Sad Boi Hour: i had to work pretty much all day on one assignment and now i am, as usual, pressed for time :)))

sweet dreams <3

-brook

[takaraphoenix]

Did you watch batwoman? If so, what are your thoughts?

Yes, I just did. Now, I do have to preface this with: I’m a huge lesbian.

And that preface is important, because I watch different properties with different levels of leeway. Say, a show with a female lead already gets away with more things, but if you give me a show with a lesbian lead character, and not just “one of the group of main characters is a lesbian”, but “the titular only main character is a lesbian”, then you’re just... getting all the bonus points and you already have me about 150% more enthusiastic than your usual Straight White Male lead does.

So, that had to be said because I look at this with very rosy-tinted happy gay glasses.

Now, that being said: I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT. *vibrates at high frequency*

Ruby Rose is amazing and I love her and when she puts on the Bat-suit that’s like that’s my sexuality. Seriously! The action, the acting, the look, it’s perfect, I love it. *fans self*

And I love her sister! Uh, the stepsister, not the blood-sister. I thought she was just going to be an airheaded rich girl character, or at the very least take A While to develop like Thea Queen did, but nope, she’s a doctor and she runs her own secret underground clinic to help the poor. What a damn badass. Can’t wait for her to be in on the secret and to join the team, which she inevitably will.

Now about that blood-sister. Urgh, I love Alice in Wonderland so to have an Alice themed villain is great. And, sure, I’m aware she’s comic-canon, but she’s not been in any recent major adaptations - those just circle through the Joker, the Riddler, the Penguin. Which I all do not like. In fact, I don’t like the majority of Bat’s rogues gallery - and I know I’m the exception there because most people overhype Bat’s villains so so much. But the fact that The Iconic Batman lays in the past in this show means that his most major villains do too, the fact that they fully remove Bruce from the show makes me hopeful I will not have to see anything Joker related at all seriously I am very much over that creep. That seems like something incredibly refreshing to me that I, personally, am very much looking forward. Not to mention that the sibling dynamic is going to make this incredibly interesting!

And oh! Oh that Kate figured it out by the end of the first episode?? Wow! I thought the “Who the fuck is Alice?” plot would at the very least stretch out until say half-time on the first season to keep the ““suspense”“... because that’s kind of what the Arrowverse does. Even way past being reasonable, they still pretend that the good guys can’t figure out the villain’s identity, even when it is painfully obvious at times and I am very happy to know that this won’t be the case here! That Kate is a clever cookie who indeed can put one and one together in record time! That has me highly optimistic about where this show is going to go.

Now, there is one thing that... kind of... bums me out a little and that’s the costume and design choices made on Luke Fox? Because, uh, Luke Fox is a strong, athletic guy who can kick butt. That’s how I first met him in Bad Blood and that’s what Google image search tells me about his comic-counter part too.

So this inane compulsion to make The Tech Guy wear tacky sweaters over button-up shirts (a style that literally only nerds wear on TV??) and of course wear glasses... and also be really squeaky and jumpy... just why. You didn’t have to go this hard to make sure he is The Nerd Guy. You really didn’t, because source material shows you he actually isn’t that type. That’s the weird part for me? Like, this character specifically wasn’t the nerd stereotype, so I don’t quite know why they felt the need to change him into one??

I’m wary of Sophie and Kate’s relationship. I need someone with inside knowledge to tell me that Sophie is bisexual, or pansexual, but just... not a lesbian. Because if this is going to be “out and proud lesbian chases after closeted lesbian who is about to marry her beard” I may have to head-desk a lot. I genuinely hope that where they’re going on that front is a friendship and that Sophie is going to join the team. I really truly want Sophie and Kate to overcome the past and to become friends and not to be a Straight Rom-Com Trope of Sophie choosing Kate just when she’s about to walk down the aisle or some shit because that’s just the most cringey thing possible.

From all I gather, Kate’s endgame is Maggie Sawyer anyway, right? Like, in the context of Kate and romance, there are only two names I have ever really heard and those were Maggie Sawyer and Renee Montoya (who I expect to see on this show sooner or later too).

Really hoping they move Supergirl’s Maggie Sawyer over here, doesn’t have to be the exact character since she’s from an alternate Earth but I mean this Earth’s counterpart would do just fine.

I also hope to see Nyssa al Ghul moved to Batwoman considering Batman’s ties to Ra’s al Ghul and the fact that Nyssa is gonna be homeless once Arrow ends and that another strong badass lesbian character would be amazing in it? After all, last we heard from Nyssa, she was destroying Lazarus pits with Thea and Roy... and you can’t tell me that this quest wouldn’t lead her to Gotham too...

Seriously, I want a lot of gay women on this show. And! Not even just as love interests, but because straight-written gay stories often are “The Gay met The Only Other Gay and they immediately started a relationship with each other because Being Gay is the only thing they need in common to work” and it’s kind of tiresome so I would love for this show, with a lesbian lead character, to actually introduce a variety of wlw characters to actually represent the fact that even we gays do need more than a shared sexuality to work out! That you can have gay friends without dating them and that sometimes, you don’t click, even if you both are gay.

What else aside from the gays, the potential future team (Kate, Luke, Mary, Sophie) and the villain? Ah. Yeah, the parents.

I don’t like Kate’s dad very much yet? Which feels odd because usually in these Arrowverse shows the Cop Dad is always awesome. Granted, he’s not really a cop. But let’s see where he goes.

And stepmom is totally shady? That shot of her reading the newspaper with concerned eyes? Worst case: She was behind the car-accident fifteen years ago. I just... do think that she’s shady somehow.

I’m eager to see what other Bat-elements will make their way into the show, what other characters can translate onto it, considering the “timejump” - the whole Batman having vanished three years ago and being already apparently... older, to say it mildly (he was already working at Wayne Enterprise and a very fully fledged Batman 15 years ago when the accident happened so he’s at the very least in his 50s now).

But! I am absolutely enjoying this show. Even had to put my laptop down to pay full attention to it. I don’t pay full attention to things, I always write fics while watching TV because I like the background noise. I only have/had a small selection of shows that I watch with my full attention on them and I’d be very pleased if Batwoman becomes one of them.

[thehollowprince]

I've been debating on whether or not to make this post for a couple of weeks now, but thankfully, earlier this morning, someone ctosstagging finally pushed me over the edge and I'll address the issue.

That crosstagging demon is none other than @gay-buchanan-barnes. This little hobgoblin came into the anti tony tag for no other reason than to start drama, because by their own admission, they "enjoy being a troll", which works out for the best because they're the one that gave me the motivation to do this. So here's to you, you obnoxious little shit, I couldn’t have done it without you!

Well, I could have, but it’s more fun this way.

Recently, I’ve seen a big trend sweeping through Tumblr about how T*ny St*rk is bisexual, or, as our friend above said, pansexual.  I’m here to discuss said issue, and explain how T*ny being either of those things is offensive, and why so many of us are against it.  In this essay I will...

...

Yes, there is an actual essay.

For starters, I would like to point out something that isn’t talked about much on this website, particularly in the whole pro t*ny/anti t*ny debates, and that is that MCU T*ny is different than comic T*ny, of which there are many, many versions.  For this, I’ll be discussing MCU T*ny and 616 (mainstream marvel) T*ny.  Keep in mind, before we delve too deeply in this, that I don’t read the Iron Man comics, so when I discuss that, it’ll be based off of his appearances in other comics that I’ve read and the quick Google Search I just did.

Now let’s just get into the meat of this.

T*ny St*rk is not, in any way, any kind of good representation for bisexual/pansexual persons.  Now, I am a gay man, so please take what I’m about to say with a grain of salt, but I stand by that opinion.  One of the biggest issues that bisexual and pansexual persons face, aside from justifying their own sexualities (that’s a separate post in and of itself) is the harmful stereotype that they’re just greedy and that they’re playing both sides, which is where my distaste for people claiming T*ny is good bi rep comes in.

Anyone who knows me or has been on my blog, know that I try to promote bisexuality and asexuality awareness.  In regards to LGBT issues, that’s the hill I’ll chose to die on, if I have to.

Apparently, in a recent comic, T*ny takes himself off the market and announces that he’s no longer single, deleting his dating profile with a “sorry ladies and gents” so that he can date.... I believe it’s Janet van Dyne, but I could be wrong.

Well, that right there, the “ladies and gents” thing is just a giant spotlight in the sky signalling that T*ny is bixesual and blah blah blah.

Very quickly, as I said above, I don’t read the Iron Man comics, but I know that he’s been around for 55 years, and I understand that he’s just now getting a new series after he died originally (it’s so hard to keep up with Marvel’s timelines anymore), but one thing I do know is that T*ny never had a “permanent” love interest the way the other heroes did.  Like, I don’t read much outside of the X-Men comics, but I know that Betty Ross was Bruce Banner’s girl, and that Sharon Carter was in a relationship with Steve Rogers, Thor and Jane, etc.  Those are all iconic relationships from the comics that transitioned over to the MCU, but I don’t recall one for T*ny.  If it is Pepper like in the movies, that’s a whole “yikes” situation for me, but it’s not something I recall.

He is, as he referred to himself in The Avengers (2012), a playboy.  He sleeps around.  His promiscuity is one of his defining character traits, so much so that when I think of T*ny, one of the first things that pops into my head is “manslut”, which, no slut shaming because I believe in sexual liberation, but in regards to him being bisexual, it’s harmful.  Bisexual persons fight over and over, with both heterosexuals, and those in the Lesbian and Gay communities, trying to validate their sexuality and make it abundantly clear that they’re not trying to date/fuck more than one person at a time.  That’s not what bisexual means.

By claiming T*ny as positive bisexual representation, you’re just reinforcing that stereotype, and more often than not, it’s so that you can claim your headcanons and fanfictions regarding T*ny fucking half of the male Avengers as canon, because it gets your rocks off.

And when called out on this bullshit, I’ve seen plenty of people pull out the “representation” card.  I’m here to tell you all that there are actual, canonically bisexual characters in the Marvel Comics.  If you’d like to inspect them, or know who they are so that you can look them up, here is a list of them.  Here is a list of the few pansexual characters, too.

As you can see, there are actual characters that identify as bisexual and pansexual in the Marvel universe without you having to cram your headcanons down, usually for no other reason that (aside from it turns you on) than to claim that he’s oppressed in some way, or that he represents an oppressed minority in some way.  I ranted about this the other day.

All of this brings me to MCU T*ny, who, as I said before but will repeat again, is not comic T*ny.  One may be based on the other, but they are two separate entities.  Even if - if - T*ny St*rk was canonically bisexual (which he’s not) in the comics, that doesn’t mean he would be in the MCU.  We’ve had several things about characters from the comics either erased or altered altogether for the movies, because what is good in comic form doesn’t always translate well to film. That being said, T*ny still refers to himself as a playboy, even after he’s in a relationship with Pepper, which is really telling about him as a character. Keep in mind, that I’m just putting this in here as a What If scenario, because unless Marvel confirms or denies that T*ny is bisexual, he’s strictly a straight.  

Before anyone jumps down my throat about how “straight isn’t the default” keep in mind, that T*ny has only been shown in relationships (sexual or otherwise) with women, and while it isn’t nice to assume that he couldn’t be anything other than straight, keep in mind that there aren’t a lot of bisexual characters in comics.  They don’t need to rely on innuendo and subtle references, they need direct statements.  

To quote one Eleanor Shellstrop, “It’s 2018.  It’s like, get over yourselves already.”

At the end of the day, T*ny St*rk is not bisexual, or pansexual, and if you don’t understand how promoting him as such is harmful to the actual bisexual and pansexual communities and if you don’t understand that, than I can’t help you.

Granted, there is nothing to stop you from promoting this, which you’re fully entitled to do, even if it is a bit disturbing, but maybe, don’t be like the person that caused this entire rant and don’t crosstag because you wanna start trouble.

[consultingreaders]

@ Google search results: when I’m searching for gay pop songs, I am *not* looking for songs where... the singer has denied it’s gay, the straight singer plays gay in the music video, someone has decided the straight singer is a Gay Icon™, or it’s easy to make the subtext queer. I am especially not looking for “lists” where these “gay” songs take up half the space. I’m looking for flat out, explicit, I’m a girl and you’re a girl and I’d like to kiss you in a gay way.