#tommy joe ratliff

[release-the-mccracken]

[x-v4mp3y3lin3r-x]

[brettdoesdiscourse]

"Pronouns are too confusing! Gender is too confusing!"

No, you know what's confusing? These two are transphobic and Christians. Like, you're telling me these are the men who want to reenforce gender roles and Christianity???

[hannabec2]

I joined Tumblr 13 years ago to keep up with this little boyband I heard about from fans of X Factor UK on Twitter. Actually, those fans were using lyrics from the song "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction to describe another music artist I was following--"the way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed" about Tommy Joe Ratliff, Adam Lambert's bassist. Watching all the vids and gifs on Tumblr, I first noticed Louis' cute energetic demeanor, then Harry's adorable dimples, then noticed the name "Larry Stylinson". And the rest is history! Lucky 13, sometimes.

[user-needs-new-hyperfixation]

Thanks for the tag @seeingteacupsindragons!

Rare writer ask game: name three pieces of media that are not novels/short stories or movies/TV that were formative for you, and tag three people.

Oh damn, this is tricky and I love that. I don't know how much any of these are connected to my writing specifically, but they were formative to who I am and obviously that's always gonna tie into my writing somehow.

1. Ocarina of Time. It always will be one of my favourite video games, and the kind of games I like now are still often reflective of what I liked about it. Also, I said recently in another ask that Sparrabeth was my first ship, and it was definitely the first one I went all in on, but Link/Sheik was probably actually where I started (that Bolero of Fire bit, am I right?) Sheik was also probably technically my first queer fictional crush.

2. This feels cringe to admit 😅, but Adam Lambert's Glam Nation tour. I was 19 and juuuuust starting to internally acknowledge and accept myself as queer, and I would watch all the videos from the concerts and dance along in my room and sigh dreamily over Tommy Joe Ratliff's knees buckling while he got snogged within an inch of his life. It was the first time I remember being excited about being queer, because it seemed so damn cool. ("Fun" side note; writing this made me go "the heck ever happened to Tommy Joe anyway?" and apparently now he's a far-right Christian Trumpster, so that's a thing that happened. Somewhat disorienting that he was a little part of my journey away from that and then he went into it. Booooo.)

2. This song. One of my earliest memories is of my dad holding me and singing this song to me. I still can't listen to it without tearing up. And really just a lot of music I associate with being a kid in the 90s. There's so many songs that take me back to my mom hitting record on the tape deck when they came on the radio, to the way my dad whistled along to classic rock. But this one is right down at the foundation.

Tagging (as always no pressure!) @hergan416 @shreddedleopard @soapy-soartp

[gladiolidiaries]

okay fujos i have a dark question... if one of you were into them you're automatically my best friend btw. this ship was like my gateway drug into really bad fujoshism.

were any of you into the adam lambert x tommy joe ratliff ship 😭

[brett-is-afraid]

Nah I'm glad you said this ^^^^ Words cannot explain the way seeing Adam Lambert being so openly queer on stage was for me as a queer kid growing up in a rural town. Adam Lambert and Tommy Joe Ratliff helped me realize who I was. Much like they did for a lot of other kids. And Gerard kissing Frank in protest of homophobia was also insanely impactful.

And now Tommy is dick riding conservatives like we're all just gonna forget this was him???

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I miss when bands would just be gay and slutty on stage

[duckyreads]

So I’m probably going to regret digging into this particular mess, but has Tommy Joe Ratliff completely metamophosized into a not-so-funhouse mirror version of himself? I haven’t really been keeping up with various musical people whose work I liked forever ago, but a glance at twitter and things looked... weird? Is he just a conservative Christian republican now? When did that happen? Don’t some of his views kind of spit on the entire community he used to be a part of? Morbid curiosity compelled me to ask the internet at large, who may have been paying more attention.

[mechanicalemotions]

The Glam Nation Adam and Tommy kisses are everything. Sucks that Tommy is a right wing homophobic and transphobic trumpist. How do you go from making out with Adam Lambert to supporting a bigot and spewing hate? It's beyond me.

[bebe-benzenheimer]

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[release-the-mccracken]

"Oh, baby. Light's on, but your mom's not home. I'm sick of laying down alone with this fever."

[x-v4mp3y3lin3r-x]

nothing on this planet brings me as much joys as imagining how angry tommy joe ratliff must be about the fact that— no matter much "I'm a god fearing christian" rebranding he tries to do— he will always and forever be the twink who let adam lambert hump him on stage and in front of multiple cameras on many occasions

[adamlambert-tjr]

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[theglambertfan]

Tommys new favorite. Is against LGBT rights, thinks homosexuality is wrong and disgusting and thinks trans people need to be locked in a mental asylum. Oh, and look at his shirt! Isn’t it nice!? :/ 

[endless-falling]

More glamnation gifs 🖤♥️🖤

Fever kiss in Sydney 10/20/10

[ylove-bandaesthetics]

Bands & Holidays! ✨

Adam Lambert, Tommy Joe Ratliff & Monte Pittman + Christmas! ⛄️🎄

“The magic of Christmas never ends and its greatest of gifts are family and friends.”