#yeah jonathan is the best

[meraki-yao]

This is something I thought of suddenly: So when the Actors-on-Actors roster came out, I didn’t have that much of a problem with Taylor being paired up with Joey King. It was kinda odd to have two close friends who are now doing very different projects put together, but they were happy and watching Joey King fangirl over RWRB was fun.

But now that I think of it, it was such a missed opportunity not to put Taylor with Jonathan Bailey. 

(Gonna preface this by saying I know far less about Mr Bailey than Tay, I skimmed through Fellow Travelers, Bridgerton S2 is on my to-watch list, and as a fan of Wicked the Musical I have complicated feelings about the movie adaptation)

The thing that is so often brought up with RWRB is that it’s a queer rom-com, it’s a queer love story with a happy ending. The relationship itself does not need to be sacrificed. In fact the whole Kensington confrontation is proving exactly that: they are in a position and point in time where they don’t have to give up on their love and relationship for the sake of other aspects of their lives, they can “find a way to love each other on our own terms, no one else’s”. Many people, including the core four of the movie (Matthew, Casey, Taylor, Nick) have said that this is something that made this movie stand out from other queer productions, something that the world needs. 

Fellow Travellers is almost the exact opposite: it is exactly about the periodic queer struggles. It is about the lavender scare when any queer members of the US government were deemed national security risks, and were subsequently dismissed from their stations. It is about the AIDS epidemic that led to the devastation and discrimination of queer communities. It is about a closeted man who chooses to submit himself to a lavender marriage, but who also can’t let go of his one true love. If RWRB is the idealistic future that we’re trying to build, then fellow travellers depict the dirty, gritting, tragic reality of the past. 

And here’s the thing, as Matthew said, both types of queer stories are important, both kinds of queer stories need to be told. We need to acknowledge the bad parts of the past, as a reflection of society, as a reminder of history and the progress made, but we also need to imagine the wonders of a better future, as a target for society, as a vision for the progress to make. 

And it would have been so interesting to hear the conversation on this contrast between the main leads of two very different queer projects. 

Additionally, another thing they can compare is queer intimacy on screen, because again, the intimacy of the two projects are vastly different: RWRB made a deliberate point in creating a more gentle, vulnerable, and quiet intimacy in the Paris scene, with the focus being on the characters’ face; Fellow Travellers’ intimacy is far more explicit and wild, much sexier if you will. Again, both have their place in media and the queer community: sex can be wild and fun, but sex can also be sacred and soft. It would be really interesting to hear the similarities and differences between the two experiences, especially since Taylor has done more explicit stuff in Minx (in a heterosexual on-screen couple) and Jonathan has done more vulnerable intimacy in Bridgerton (also in a heterosexual on-screen couple)

There are just so many parallels and points that the two could have talked about! So although I’m still fairly okay satisfied with the Taylor Actors on Actors we got, this is such a missed opportunity to talk about the importance of different types of stories in the queer community.

[harbingermotel]

Hey yeah so I haven't watched an episode of Doctor Who in ten years and when y'all were talking about the gay kiss with Jonathan Groff I thought it was gonna be like oh, he flirts with the Doctor all episode and gives him a quick peck at the end

I watched Rogue last night. What the fuck. How could they do this to me

[ice-sculptures]

FAVORITE BYERS BROTHERS SCENES: 3/?

[remorner]

scriddler save me ... save me scriddler

[renirae]

the thought wouldn't leave my mind, so here's my headcanon for the season 1 archival crew's halloween costumes... turned into a comic!!

yes I'm two days late now but shh halloween is a state of mind <3

[batcavescolony]

Batman #189

Ah yes magnificent scientific equipment! A....What his that? IBM 360 Model 75 computer? Oh how the time changes, my phone has more computing power then that.

[fiendishartist2]

web jon is so sillay

[nerdy-hyperfixations]

It's hard being someone who does genuinely get infuriated with Ford's actions and acknowledges a lot of his flaws and the people he hurt, while also liking (and relating) to his character enough that I would like him to have nice things sometimes and don't believe he's satan

[monsterhunting]

this might be a hot take but everyone always talks about how nancy should end up single or steve should end up single but who does no one ever talk about how jonathan should end up single….

like don’t get me wrong. stoncy kissing holding hands s5 endgame etc etc… but also??? maybe the character who has always been responsible for other people and doesn’t have a storyline outside of supporting other characters should be the one to “figure out who they are without a partner” or whatever… just an idea………

[transrevolutions]

absolutely unfair that when this happens to jonathan jarchivist sims he also gets eldritch eye powers but when MY brain does this all I get is an autism diagnosis

[mutalieju]

Really Alan Grant consistently wrote jon really well. Also Doug Moench, he wrote jon with lot of empathy too and those stories are always a trip. James Tynion has his moments... the worst is Gregg Hurwitz (i have a grudge against him)

[shippy-from-apocalypse]

Ok im Very sleepy rn it's 2 am bare with me

What do we think Jon would think of How The fandom sees him? And I don't mean this in a pedantic "oh fandom bad because dumbed down and Insert Petty Headcanon Disagreement"

I mean this entirely in a "How would Jon, The man who believes himself to be an Irredeemable monster who is to blame for everything that ever went wrong, react to Just so so many people listening to his shortcommings and ultimately seeing his side"

Like yeah everyone agrees he's kind of an asshole sometimes but he is so beloved by The fans?

I'm sure some people did but I've never seen anyone doubting his humanity or blaming him for the horrors™ he Just clearly understood as his fault? Like yeah Martin tried telling him it wasn't but what I'm getting at is

I love to think about what Jon would do If he saw just the ocean of people who listened to (what he considers to be)

the most unsympathetic person in the world becoming a monster and making choices that brought the literal apocalypse upon humanity

and pretty much everyone saying "he did the best anyone could reasonably expect and he is not a bad person for being caught in the crossfire of an impossible situation with no good solutions"

remember that time in mag 187 a lady grabbed jon in fear and he shouted and presumably pushed her away? and everyone and their mother defended jon's humanity because that was a textbook trauma response i think he would break down crying if he saw that

[just-another-misfit-lunatic]

These kinds of interpretation absolutely baffle me. Why do we, as a fandom, see an abused, hurting, struggling, vulnerable man, who clings to his humanity and tries to protect everyone around him in a world that doesn't make sense and is trying to actively KILL him, and immediately jump to a conclusion this man is... weak and pathetic?

Why? Because he was abused?

Because his bodily and psychological autonomy were violated in every sense, and he could do nothing to stop it?

Because he got addicted and dependent on something he didn't choose or want, had no control over, and had no choice?

Because he got addicted to statements and trauma and the Eye against his will and was actively starving himself? Because starving himself made him physically weak, tired and prone to collapsing?

Because his health was failing?

Because he was hurting every minute of his life?

Because he tried his best to resist the powers and it made his pain WORSE?

Because, despite his fear of vulnerability, his highly independent nature and exterior aloofness, he was deep down a deeply vulnerable, hurt man?

Because he's a victim of abuse, and he couldn't do anything against his abuser?

Why, can you explain to me, WHY do you call Jonathan Sims pathetic? Do you really think people who are victims of abuse and violation, people who are suicidal and depressed, people who are chronically ill, people who struggle with physical and mental health problems are?

[maraleestuff]

Rewatching Vortex (S2, Episode 1) and they go into a “wholesome” moment of Clark going “I’m glad you didn’t kill Nixon” (the journalist) and Jonathan goes into Kent Family Values and everything they’re teaching Clark etc etc but right after the scene where Lex saved your life??

Like woohoo your life and Clark’s was saved and you still have the *Moral* high ground because someone else did it

[ghostly-bastard-artchive]

Ceaseless Watchers special little guy gets my half assed WIP for "Dangerous" today

[earthbovndmisfit]

Erina: "Me, my husband, and my husband's boyfriend."

Modern AU Jonaeri+Jonawagon ✨ And yup, the studded bracelet and the scrunchie on Jonathan's wrist he got them from his beloveds!

Last pic from 2023 but also first of 2024? (was made over that last/first week 😅) [pic ref]