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Seeing a few "those MEDIA ILLITERATE CHILDREN still INSIST that the finale was BURY YOUR GAYS" floating around.

I'm happy to break down my reasoning:

David Jenkin's post-finale interviews all make clear that Izzy's death was decided upon - even if only by David himself - at a very early stage.

Having established that Izzy would die, the writing team then chose to give him an explicitly queer narrative arc of self-discovery and joy, one they knew was going to end in a painful death.

They gave no other characters that strikingly queer arc of self-acceptance and expression - just the one they'd already decided to bury by the end. There were other queer characters, in queer relationships, but they didn't get queer arcs. (A character arc is the transformation or inner journey of a character over the course of a story. Being queer is not itself an arc; for example, Lucius's arc was about overcoming trauma. A character can be queer without a queer arc.)

The only character who did get a queer arc also got a grave.

You should be concerned by this choice from a writing team, especially if you are queer.

You should not be belittling the people who are voicing their concern.

As a side note, I was born in the 1980s. I grew up in the UK under Section 28. For what it's worth, I also have a first in English Literature. I've been suffering terrible media representation of gay people my whole life, and when I see it in a show which made a point of encouraging gay fans to feel safe and seen and respected, I'm going to point at it and scream very loudly.

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"And after that?"

"Do it five more times, I guess."

I like the idea of revenge not really fixing things when it comes to trauma when it comes to Jim's story. Wanted to sketch a scene showing the let-down after killing Alfeo.

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Lineart of a enemies to lovers kinda deal ;)

[Full work in colour on my patreon]

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Miss In-Toe from my SMAU (on twitter)

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Check out my Inprint for this

Buttons and Karl  🪦

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I drew Buttons instead of Ed because he can be gentle and gorgeous and glow like the moon 

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Broken Hearts Beat Together

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Izzy from the cowboy AU I will one day write

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The all encompassing kiss of @pinacoladassmau  🧡 @faeeebaeee

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OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

blackbeard and izzy + touches

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I need them to slowly fall in love and maybe stab each other a lil...

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I’m finally gonna cross post more to tumblr, lets see how long it lasts tho, I wanna share my goodies with everyone (but its mostly smut oops)

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Lets see what happens to sensitivity here….

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I simply had to draw Blackbeard in a dress, and each became more revealing the longer it took to draw haha

Keep reading

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Maybe just one more :3c

Of course Izzy has a mare

from @devindivineart cowboy AU

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Stede and Arthur, from @devindivineart cowboy AU <3

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Pirate Brain rot has infected everyone, but best of all @devindivineart made a cowboy AU <3

Now I get to draw pirates as western legends on horses ಥ_ಥ