#Diego Vega

[donfadrique]

Suddenly I've found an article about sublimated homoerotic message in 'The Mark of Zorro (1940)'.

As we know, Tyrone Power was a bisexual (e.g. http://gayinfluence.blogspot.com/2011/09/tyrone-power-hollywood-bisexual.html?m=1) and Guy Williams said about Power's Zorro, "Power played Don Diego as a slut, a real gay caballero. It was OK for him to do that once in a movie, but I knew that it wouldn't work every week on TV. It would get tiresome, not to mention this was the '50s and a show with an audience including kids. So, I had to play Don Diego 'neutral,' which was difficult because it means nothing. How do I make 'nothing' interesting? Don Diego became acceptable, not peculiar, an OK guy."

So

[simswcarebear]

Dr. King is at your service! Avani's first day at the clinic went great! Diego stopped by with Fish, Shadow and Minnie's kitten, and Devon stopped by with Axel.

[foxsocunningandfree]

Come send Zorro asks, I’ve been marathoning the shows and movies this past week.

[whumpslist]

Zorro’s whumps’ list

(referred to main character Zorro / Diego de la Vega, portrayed by Miguel Bernardeau; *bonus: Enrique Monasterio, portrayed by Emiliano Zurita.]

Season 1

.01: brief scuffle and under swordpoint during a training session, received upsetting news about his father's death and tears in his eyes, grief, shot at and unpleasant confrontation, nightmare and rough awakening, upsetting news and conflicted, fought against multiple armed soldiers twice, rough sword fight, zorroed himself on his chest.

.02: red fresh Z sign on his chest from previous episode, into a hostage situation during a robbery and under gunpoint, pistol-whipped at his neck, under gunpoint, scuffle and almost shot, worried and defeated, conflicted, brief scuffles and sword fight.

.03: harsh confrontation and sort of shot at, various scuffles, gun pointed at his head, disappointed, lured into a trap and under gunpoint, under gunfire and captured, hands tied above his head and identity exposed, upsetting news and almost shot in the face.

.04: hands tied above his head from previous episode, stabbed and heavily breathing, collapsed and dragged by his arms, laying unable to move and heavily breathing, moaning, falling from the horse, taken care of, feverish, upset but unable to leave the bed, shirt stained with blood after an effort and fainted, helped laying on the bed and wound exposed and bleeding, moaning helped getting undressed, Z scar on his chest, pale, wound taken care of, hand pushed against the wound and groaning in pain, under arrow point, into a duel with swords.

.05: upset, blade at his throat twice, Z scar on his chest, brief scuffle against two armed men, under gunfire and brief scuffles, under gunpoint, disappointed.

.06: ackward conversation and uneasy, Z scar on his chest, upset, brief scuffle, under gunpoint, under gunpoint and chloroformed, passed out and kidnapped, slapped in the face and helped getting up, pointed the gun at his own head and pressed the trigger without consequences, chloroformed again and grabbed when collapsed, upset; *bonus Enrique Monasterio: shot with an arrow at his shoulder, bloody and taken care of.

.07: blackmailed, rough scuffle and pushed to the ground, blade at his throat and heavily panting, upset and heartbroken, difficult conversation and conflicted, annoyed.

.08: brief scuffle, threatened and upset, bitten, angry and argued, rough fight and stabbed, upset and crying.

.09: unpleasant conversation and identity exposed, massaging his injured leg, under gunpoint, sword fight, grieving his father and tears on his cheeks, upset and conflicted, indignant, stabbed in flank and shot at, fallen from the horse semi-unconscious and taken care of, groaning and heavily breathing, grunting in pain and passed out.

.10: holding his flank because of the injury from previous episode, received upsetting news and agitated, moaning during physical effort, harsh confrontation (on purpose), intense sword duel, harsh confrontation (for fake), under gunpoint, rough sword fight and cut at his thigh, stabbed in the back and collapsed on his knees, almost killed, grunting in pain while getting up, pale and sweating, upset, silently crying on his father's grave, rejected, emotional goodbye; *bonus Enrique Monasterio: intense sword duel, stabbed and collapsed (dead for fake), shot at then swordfights.

In the original book "The Mark of Zorro" (1919) by Johnston McCulley: brief scuffle, various chases, rejected, brief scuffle, fought and chased, sword duel without consequences, surrounded and rescued.

[gamergirlbonestaskforce141riot]

On the floor: Freya 'Mini' MacTavish ( @sofasoap ), Johnny 'Soap' MacTavish, Mylène 'Petra' Scholten de Ridder ( @eenochian )

Standing and sitting: Christine 'Riot' Vega, Simon 'Ghost' Riley, Olga 'Zhar' Samoilova ( @nrdmssgs ), Nikolai, Gabriella 'Gabi' Cruz, Kate Laswell, Heather Price, John Price, Kyle 'Gaz' Garrick, Diego Rojas

Today marks a year since I posted the first chapter of my fanfic, Fortis Soli Fortiores Una

In this year, not only I re-discovered my love for writing, storytelling, character creation and creative streak, but I also found good people that I am honoured to call friends

There's a lot of you I would like to thank individually, but I am afraid I'd choke up before I finish. You all know who you are.

To the people that started reading, and are still here, waiting patiently for me to post, THANK YOU

To the people that started reading, left it, and maybe came back, THANK YOU

To the people that hit Like or Kudos, to the people that reblog, to the people that comment, THANK YOU

To the ones that read but say nothing, out of shyness or whatever, THANK YOU

To the ones that read it and decided it wasn't for them, THANK YOU

To the ones that don't read the fic but like the shitty renders I make around my stupid little AU, THANK YOU

And thank you, my dear, poor Riot, because if it wasn't for you, this wouldn't be possible.

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Sword gays showdown, round 2 of bracket one

*Several different versions of Zorro were submitted, I decided to count them as one guy. I don't know enough about him to judge if there are any significant differences between those versions.

Propaganda:

For Zorro:

Has been an iconic swordsman for over half a century. Ask any Spanish-speaking person and they'd tell you how loved he is. Has strong bisexual energy regardless of which version of him you're watching. His mask is very cool.

An entire arc is just him wondering about the risk/benefit balance of coming out (being able to openly be with the one he loves, but at the cost of lifelong danger for himself and everyone who associates with him). The inherent queerness of secret identities. The also inherent queerness of hiding your real self and opinions from everyone except your closest friend, only for your parent to later admit they knew about it for a long time and just waited for you to be ready to tell them. The swordiness? Being one of the best swordsmen around is fundamental to every version of Zorro. He's so famously known for being good with a sword that One Piece translators were worried their Zoro character would be mixed up with him so they changed that other guy's name to Zolo.

Zorro = Fox in Spanish

All you need is a gif of him making the 'Z' with his sword

For Aziraphale:

Is issued a flaming sword as the Guardian of the Eastern Gate of Eden, then gives it away to Adam & Eve for their protection when they're banished from the garden. While he never attacks anyone with it on the story (he would much rather not fight), he wields it again at Armageddon and it's pretty obvious that he fought with it in the Great War in Heaven. As for queer, he's in love with his demonic counterpart Crowley and one of his descriptions in the book is "gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide"

He had a flaming sword - but then lost it lol. He got it back briefly for the end of the world at least but the guy was too busy being a gay angel on earth to ever go looking for it before that.

Had a flaming sword which he gave to humanity and sort of the reason for war because of it. Currently in superheaven.

[20kmemesunderthesea]

Concept: A Victorian lit fanfic titled something catchy like,

“The League of Insanely Wealthy Broody Men Who Lost Their Families Under Traumatic Circumstances, Took On An Alias And Fight Corrupt Government.”

The Count of Monte Cristo: Sang bleu!! *flourishes cutlass* Vous aussi, vous êtes orphelins?

Captain Nemo: *Puts hand on electric pistol* हम न्याय चाहते हैं!

El Zorro: *Holds rapier aloft* ¡Muerte a las tiranas! ¡Vive la revolución!

Batman: I’m American and I speak only one language, but I’m liking the energy in the room.

[aragarna]

Miguel Bernardeau as don Diego/Zorro - Zorro 2024, episode 1.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Stuntman Yakima Canutt - Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)

[donfadrique]

Not a day without Zorro actors II 😉

[simswcarebear]

Axel aged up!

[martysimone]

Atsuko Kudo • latex catsuit + opera gloves + cap | ph Desiree Mattsson for Diego dalla Palma | model Claudia Vega

[evilhorse]

Zorro #7

[ungoliantschilde]

the Lair of the Fox, El Zorro!

Frank Miller.

John Paul Leon.

Joe Quesada.

John Cassaday.

Ryan Sook.

Matt Wagner.

Mike Mathew.

Jae Lee.

Michael William Kaluta.

Alex Toth.

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Sword gays showdown, round 1 of bracket one

Several different versions of Zorro were submitted, I decided to count them as one guy. I don't know enough about him to judge if there are any significant differences between those versions.

Propaganda:

For Zhou Zishu:

he has a magical sword that bends called a whip sword! he keeps it around his slutty waist! it's one of three legendary magical swords made by the (formerly) immortal "ghost hand" swordsmith! his love interest uses it to make dick jokes!

he's an unmatched swordsman that created and led a secret assasin organization and then he retired to get drunk and be gay. he's never lost a fight unless he was at ½ or less of his power (he got terminally ill for a hot second) and the only person that compares to his skill is his husband, the former leader of the ghost valley. he's so babygirl and so gorgeous and so swordy.

he's got a special little bendy sword and he's my girlfriend (don't tell his husband)

He's already super dangerous with just his hands and random objects he picks up (from a stone Buddha statue he throws at a bunch of assailants in early chapters to flinging a clothes button right /through/ a man's wrist), but once he pulls out a sword, you know it's for real. He's gonna disarm a dozen people in a few seconds - as in, literally, he cut off a bunch of people's arms because they were trying to kill his bf, - or cut a "十" into someone's throat. He's especially hot... ahem, proficient with his personal sword, Baiyi, which is a soft sword - allowing it to pass defenses by bending in motion. Very fitting for a sneaky assassin & spy like Zhou Zishu!

For Zorro:

Has been an iconic swordsman for over half a century. Ask any Spanish-speaking person and they'd tell you how loved he is. Has strong bisexual energy regardless of which version of him you're watching. His mask is very cool.

An entire arc is just him wondering about the risk/benefit balance of coming out (being able to openly be with the one he loves, but at the cost of lifelong danger for himself and everyone who associates with him). The inherent queerness of secret identities. The also inherent queerness of hiding your real self and opinions from everyone except your closest friend, only for your parent to later admit they knew about it for a long time and just waited for you to be ready to tell them. The swordiness? Being one of the best swordsmen around is fundamental to every version of Zorro. He's so famously known for being good with a sword that One Piece translators were worried their Zoro character would be mixed up with him so they changed that other guy's name to Zolo.

Zorro = Fox in Spanish

All you need is a gif of him making the 'Z' with his sword

[gamergirlbonestaskforce141riot]

What is love?

It certainly isn't celebrating it just once a year. Love is companionship, family, friends, partner, pets, children, and that should be cherished and celebrated every day of the year.

It doesn't matter if it's going to a hotel and having a private, romantic dinner to escape your kids

(Dr. Heather Price is one of my OCs)

It doesn't matter if it's playing videogames and eating pizza in your pyjamas

(Independent contractor pilot Diego Rojas is one of my OCs)

It doesn't matter if it's staying in and watching cheesy reality shows so you can gossip about them

(Communications tech Gabriela 'Gabi' Cruz is one of my OCs)

It doesn't matter if it's sitting together on a balcony, stargazing

(Sgt. Christine 'Riot' Vega is one of my OCs)

It doesn't matter if it's cooking together and spending a night in

(Lt. Mylène 'Petra' Scholten de Ridder belongs to @eenochian AND Yuri)

It doesn't matter if it's a picnic

(Corporal Freya 'Mini' MacTavish belongs to @sofasoap)

It doesn't matter if it's travelling by the same night train, that carried them through half Europe at the very start of a Heart (and Nik renting a private carriage instead)

(Lt. Olga 'Zhar' Samoilova belongs to @nrdmssgs)

It doesn't matter if it's visiting some fast food joint in the middle of the night as a treat

(Phayvanh 'Nak' Sotsvahn belongs to @vasyandii and that's supposed to be Krueger. I don't have a DAZ model for him but tried to base myself on this beautiful profile she drew here)

Because

To be in love

Is to touch with a lighter hand.

In yourself you stretch, you are well.

(Gwendolyn Brooks)