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“Nico Di Angelo is a token gay! His coming out scene sucked!” babes I’m BEGGING you to remember 2013 gay characters were not allowed in children’s media.

Lemme say that again: In 2013, it was expected that gay characters would be censored in children’s mass media.

Remember Korra? How she and Asami had to settle for ambiguous handholding rather than a kiss? That was fully a year after House of Hades came out. Nickelodeon said No Gays, the Children™ can’t handle that. Too risky. And people said man that stinks, but that’s how these things go in 2014 America.

Gay marriage was literally still illegal in the vast majority of US states. As of October 8th, 2013 (House of Hades release date) Gay Marriage was only a thing in thirteen fucking states. California had only legalized it that year.

Gay people were still very much on the fringes of society. It was an acceptable political position on both sides of the aisle to be against the existence and equal rights of gay people.

Nico was legitimately a landmark character in queer representation. To my knowledge, there wasn’t before an openly gay main character in a bestselling ya/middle grade fantasy fiction series. It simply was not a thing. They didn’t exist. They weren’t allowed to exist.

I remember people crying. Finally. It was a watershed moment. Kids all across the world finally got someone who represented them. It was such a big fucking deal. And it was controversial!!! Not for the reasons it is today, but because people thought gay kids having representation was inappropriate.

Is Nico’s coming out a great scene? No, these days it leaves a lot to be desired. It’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination and I’m sure Rick wishes he could change it. But the fact that’s the case is a wonderful reflection of how far we’ve come.

All of your gay heroes in children’s media have Nico Di Angelo to thank. It was important, and good. It deserves to be celebrated, even if we’ve progressed past it since.

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those ads for ai integration on phones are so funny bc it seems like they cant. come up with that many use cases that arent already on a phone? "ask gemini to give you recipes when youre cooking!" "use our AI assistant to find the perfect gift for your girlfriend" yeah or i could just like. google it. you've spent millions on a slightly fancier version of an alexa. good job man.

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just saw a love eyes lester and heart eyes howell compilation. giggling kicking my feet and feeling 13 again (i’m 21 and have a wife)

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it’s friday👅🐶happy friday 🐶👅 goodmorning jean🐶👅welcome to friday👅👅🐶🐶👅🐶👅🐶

laila and cat both know the oppression olympics fight from ginny & georgia btw

laila specifically can quote the whole thing word for word, and they will act it out in an ikea just to embarrass jean

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jeremy will walk to open his door late one night after a tense evening only to find jean already there with his hand raised, about to knock. nora take all of my money. it will happen. i am manifesting. this needs to happen.

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i’ve been thinking about how out of touch jean is from popular culture. i need to know what they’re showing him. what does jean think of tumblr? is he an avid member of reddit boards dedicated to exy stats?

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andrew: *sees jeremy and jean*

andrew: RENEE YOU WILL NOT BELEIVE THIS

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that picture on the wall you’re scared of looks just like you

"You don't look like a Nathan."

"I'm not. I'm Nathaniel."

Is the hardest quote of all aftg and I'm tired of pretending that IT ISN'T.

The power that it holds is honestly astounding. Shivers every time that I read it.

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i’m crying screaming and throwing up. nora needs to write a book of pure fluff to make up for what she’s put me through. mind you, i started this series AT 15 YEARS OLD!!!

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aftg questions

please help guys! i read the original 3 in maybe 2018 and discovered last week that the sunshine court and the fielder raven existed. i then of course read all 5 books in as many days… i have a couple of questions. is there another book coming? does nora have a social media? i remember her tumblr with extra content but i’m not sure if that’s still around? any and all information would be greatly appreciated i have just jumped back in to this fandom…. the last time i was a newly out 15 year old reading shitposts on ig…

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jean…. kissing cat…. before they’re first game…. i’m unwell i am so unwell

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please go support people in need!

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just read the sunshine court… when is nora sacavik going to let me be HAPPY

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on the bus listening to nettles on loop and going on tumblr as god intended. if i told 8th grade me that this was the future she would not want to kill herself anymore

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tumblr when i post about a mysterious straight man with shadow powers who’s a little ethnically ambiguous: 💕🫶🏻❤️🙌🏻👏🏻😻

tumblr when i post lesbian shit: ……

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“Then the day came and you were up and gone” (House in Nebraska)

And

“A piece of shrapnel flew and slowed that part of you The doctors gave you until the end of the night But not 'til daylight (Not 'til daylight), not 'til daylight (Not 'til daylight)” (Nettles)

Not necessarily related but this broke my heart