#the subtextual gays

[sgt-mark-smith]

Bugger them all!

[emillungs]

devotion

[hooved]

[iwriteasfotini]

The day has arrived! The Heir and The Spare (first three chapters because the first two barely count) are live on Ao3.

I've been looking forward to sharing this story for months. For anyone finding it for the first time, check out my pinned post for tons of information. This is the first installment of a multi-work Marauders era long fic series. I'll be posting daily until this installment concludes (I think it's 22 days of posting).

Along the way, please share with me if you are enjoying the story. :) I'd love comments on Ao3, shares or reblogs on tumblr, messages, etc. I'll do my best to respond in a timely fashion.

[lala-blahblah]

I will never make this because it would be for an audience of one (me) but ever since reading "If we Were Villains" (story about serious drama kids in college who perform shakespeare and deal with a murder) I have been entertaining the thought of a crack fic crossover with High School Musical The Musical The Series where the staff decides they will no longer put on shakespeare after the tragic accident that happened at Thanksgiving, because Shakespeare plays would only increase the tension and drama. So they hire Ms. Jen who decides their spring play will actually be High School Musical (which exists in the 90s in this universe) and it ruins the vibe so much that everyone gives up on being dark and mysterious because they're universally pissed at Ms Jen for making them learn choreoraphed basketball dancing.

[dykealloy]

final verdict for deadpool and wolverine wade should have sucked dick on the big screen 6/10. extra point because logan looked very breedable and ran on all fours

[neixins]

[ID: official “yona of the dawn” art, cropped to focus on jaeha and gija. they’re sitting shoulder to shoulder inside a whale fall, and a shoal of yellow and blue fish is swimming around them. gija’s right hand and jaeha’s left aren’t visible but there’s very little space between them, leading to the conclusion that they’re holding hands. text written in all-caps white impact font has been added to the top and bottom of the image; it reads: “what if we held hands in the whale fall”. end ID.]

date night in the whale fall!! <3

[rowanthestrange]

Presumably not going to happen for six different reasons, but Rogue!Master as a full companion, treated like one, and them both being scared of his death, because unspoken they both know the second he regenerates their game will be over. No other shoe ever drops, even by the end when there’s been no true reveal but the audience all know, and we’ve played with the tension of exactly when he’s going to break, but he makes it all the way to the end, choosing the in-character decision to die a hero mirroring the scene with Ruby from the beginning but this time it’s real, and we have to go on with zero acknowledgment of what actually just happened between them.

[owari-no-suffering]

truly i did not appreciate the fruitiness of futari wa (and max heart) when i was younger. because it's like. you and i couldn't be more different, but i want to know you anyway. loneliness was my best company before i met you. if i were a guy, you'd definitely be my type. this handmade charm you gave me may as well be jewels. i doodle you in my notebook. it's okay if you need to hold my hand too tightly sometimes. no i can't act, but these are the words of romeo to juliet and i'll say them to you like they're from my own soul. the thought of you in danger has me scared out of my mind, but the need to save you pushes me past all my limits. i know you'll come for me. please never scare me like that again--what would i do with myself if something happened to you? always we get stronger when we grow closer. no this isn't going to be easy. i can't protect you from pain but i'll go through it with you. you're my greatest strength and my one insurmountable weakness. i would rather you kill me than raise a hand to you. you're the most important person in the world to me. i love you i love you i love you.

[o-wild-west-wind]

tumblr algorithm stop feeding me takes that this show is just a silly goofy comedy that shouldn’t include death or that Izzy is the token disabled elder queer on the show where an actual disabled elder queer is literally the romantic lead or that Lucius and Pete being called “mateys” is diluting their gayness because it’s not “husbands” or that it’s sexist that Zheng lost her fleet and later prioritized her love for a man or that Ed is Izzy’s abuser because we conveniently forgot all of season 1 or that trauma is never followed through with because sometimes actions are used instead of words or that Ed learned nothing because the inn was apparently a whim as if he hasn’t been obsessing over retirement from day 1 I swear did we even watch the same show?? I literally feel like I’m in backwards land?

I have a really novel concept for y’all complaining about character’s arcs not being fully resolved or healed and that’s called there is supposed to be another season of this show

I also have another really novel concept as to why every single character did not have a one on one trauma apology session and so much time was spent on Ed and Stede and that is because this is literally the Ed and Stede show and also sometimes parallels are meant to be inferred and extrapolated because that is what efficient storytelling does instead of spoonfeeding you

And my most novel concept of all as to why some beloved characters had less screen time is because Max is a massive jerk and cut the budget

Y’all this wasn’t personal and maybe this show was never about Izzy maybe the show called our flag means death is actually about death maybe sad does not equal homophobic letdown maybe the brown gay character introduced as the love interest from day 1 gets to outlive the angry white guy that had a redemption arc after actively bullying and trying to break up every gay couple for a season I don’t know what to tell you just can you please let non-white people have this arc for once without assuming it’s an attack on you I’m BEGGING y’all

[catholicsapphic]

It’s not enough to me for queer people to be inside the Vatican teaching the pope gay slang. I need us to become the majority inside the cults of traditionally ‘conservative’ saints. Keep them on their toes

[bthump]

so, i’m new to berserk. and i’m just shook at how blatant the homoerotic subtext is? like why did no one tell me about this? I would've read it a lot sooner. I have this very clear memory of me having just read a fanfiction where a guy had just given another guy a blowjob. then I switched off to reading the beginning of the golden age arc, and their duel made me think “this was the gayest shit I’ve ever seen” (much gayer than the literal sex scene that I had just read!!) (1/2)

(2/2) And then it somehow got even queerer as time went on? HOW. The romantic subtext is so obvious that I don’t understand how others can miss it. Pretending these two aren’t down bad for each other is like denying that the sky is blue. No wonder this fandom has such trash takes and bad reading comprehension, they refuse to see the obvious and it’s maddening

lmao yeah if you look at most sites people get information about a canon, like the wiki or tv tropes, you'd never know how gay it is. Even I was totally blindsided by the homoeroticism when I read the manga in 2017, and that was technically a re-read - it's just that the sites where I'd read up on it before diving back in downplayed griffguts so much that I assumed it wasn't nearly as gay as I remembered. And yeah no, turns out it's much gayer.

Glad you checked it out eventually anyway!

[jakowskis]

what’s all this then

[iwriteasfotini]

Regulus ‘I am out of everyone’s league’ Black

In which Evan tries to tell Regulus everyone has a crush on him and Regulus doesn’t care or believe him (hmmm... wonder why that might be?). Subtextual Rosekiller in that Regulus is trying to help Evan and Barty become a thing.

Regulus POV, Regulus is in year three, as is Barty. Evan is in year five. 

…

As he rode the train back to Hogwarts, he and Evan talked about the speech they had heard the Dark Lord give. They had a compartment to themselves, the train being significantly emptier than it was at the beginning and end of the year. Then Regulus came clean with Evan regarding everything he was undertaking in the month of January. 

“I don’t want you to think I am being flakey or half-arsing things, but -”

Evan held up his hand, “I trust you. As long as you turn up for the Ravenclaw match and play your arse off, we are good.”

“And if you want me to hang out with you and Barty, it’s going to have to wait.”

Evan nodded, “I understand. Let me see what I feel comfortable with on my own. Maybe I won’t need you.” Evan gave him a playful nudge. 

“Rosier, you are a catch, own it. You really don’t need a wingman.”

Laughing heartily now, Evan said, “if Regulus ‘I am out of everyone’s league’ Black thinks I am a catch, it has to be a good sign.”

Regulus scoffed, “what! I do not think I am out of everyone else’s league. I just haven’t found anyone I feel that way about yet.”

“Hence, you are way, way out of our league mate.”

“Ok, but in fairness, this ‘league’ has three people in it I am aware of, one of them being myself.”

“You can deny it until your last breath Regulus, you are fucking fit. Your brother owns it. You should too.”

“My demeanor is more subtle.”

“Obviously, but you want some sway in the house, turn up the sex appeal. Even the straight kids will be drooling over you. I bet they secretly already are.”

Regulus’ eyebrows shot up into his long fringe. 

“Don’t look so surprised, you’ve had me and Barty both crushing on you, and we made out with each other in the meantime.”

“What! Barty doesn’t, he hasn’t had a crush on me. He hated me.”

“I thought we went over this already,” sighed Evan. “And don’t worry, neither of us are going to make a move again, at least I won’t. And Barty knows you are untouchable, pureblood royalty. Just another reason he never queued you in on his mess of feelings in the past.”

“No wonder he’s so surly all the time.” 

“That and about fifty other reasons. I’m glad you encouraged me to get to know him. We don’t really understand each other until we see things from another’s point of view. But back to you, Regulus, I’m not kidding. Bring the goods and you will have everyone eating out of your hand.”

“Evan, I’m not… That’s not…”

“Hmmmm, I wasn’t under the impression you had a confidence problem.”

“I don’t! I mean,” Regulus ran his hands over his face in exasperation. “Merlin Evan, I’m not great at this stuff.”

“Well, I won’t pretend to be an expert, but if you ever want some advice, my door is always open.”

Regulus rolled his eyes and turned towards the window where the snowy countryside was speeding past. 

…

This excerpt was taken from The Heir and The Spare, which is part of the Our Love is Written in the Stars series which will FINALLY begin posting on Oct 31!

[markantonys]

hi! have you seen gewoon vrienden? is it just me or does the other guy have a tiny hint of a mat vibe 👀

i haven't seen it but i've been meaning to watch it for like 2 years now haha so maybe i will finally get around to it one of these days! and i know exactly what you mean, i remember i once saw a gifset from this movie that instantly made me shout MODERN AU CAUTHOR, right down to the fact that josha's character was wearing some emo black jacket and was being very serious and the other guy had on like a wild floral shirt and was kissing him to make him laugh, but for the life of me i can't find that gifset again and i'm very sad!

but i did find a picture of i think the same outfits from the gifset, at least, so instead, may i present:

[transgayhawkeyepierce]

I think the next Batman retelling should really lean into the "unsettling gay kinkster" angle