#this is my obligatory monthly bttf post lmao

[rovermcfly]

have I ever talked about on here (probably) about how regardless of my own queer headcanons for marty, he almost definitely left 1955 with about everyone believing he was?

think about it.

truly weird kid comes into your small town looking for his "uncle" (who's at this point not so much considered mad scientist but just weird recluse, suspiciously unmarried... people talk) to live with him. he dresses and talks strange. then the most popular and beautiful girl in school falls for him and what does he do? flees from her and instead follows george mcfly around the same way she's pursuing him. kissing him felt "wrong" and he clearly was not into it, after giving a whole speech about having to act the way people expect. he hangs around school but isn't actually enrolled. he's obviously using a fake name. he disappears as suddenly as he arrived.

as soon as information and observations spread after his disappearance people piece together what they think is true: marty is a gay kid who got kicked out of their home when their parents found out and came here to temporarily live with this presumably also gay weirdo because maybe they're distantly related somehow until he found another living situation (or, as the 50s went, until he gave in and went back to his home pretending to be "normal"). it is honestly hard to come up with a more plausible explanation for marty's behavior and appearance in the 50s from the perspective of the characters.