#WHY do you defend him over the actual gay people esp. poc gay people like make it make sense

[o-wild-west-wind]

tumblr algorithm stop feeding me takes that this show is just a silly goofy comedy that shouldn’t include death or that Izzy is the token disabled elder queer on the show where an actual disabled elder queer is literally the romantic lead or that Lucius and Pete being called “mateys” is diluting their gayness because it’s not “husbands” or that it’s sexist that Zheng lost her fleet and later prioritized her love for a man or that Ed is Izzy’s abuser because we conveniently forgot all of season 1 or that trauma is never followed through with because sometimes actions are used instead of words or that Ed learned nothing because the inn was apparently a whim as if he hasn’t been obsessing over retirement from day 1 I swear did we even watch the same show?? I literally feel like I’m in backwards land?

I have a really novel concept for y’all complaining about character’s arcs not being fully resolved or healed and that’s called there is supposed to be another season of this show

I also have another really novel concept as to why every single character did not have a one on one trauma apology session and so much time was spent on Ed and Stede and that is because this is literally the Ed and Stede show and also sometimes parallels are meant to be inferred and extrapolated because that is what efficient storytelling does instead of spoonfeeding you

And my most novel concept of all as to why some beloved characters had less screen time is because Max is a massive jerk and cut the budget

Y’all this wasn’t personal and maybe this show was never about Izzy maybe the show called our flag means death is actually about death maybe sad does not equal homophobic letdown maybe the brown gay character introduced as the love interest from day 1 gets to outlive the angry white guy that had a redemption arc after actively bullying and trying to break up every gay couple for a season I don’t know what to tell you just can you please let non-white people have this arc for once without assuming it’s an attack on you I’m BEGGING y’all

[kadywicker]

gomens for the ask game

@vizarding who asked for gomens too!

my all-time ultimate fave character: crowley. i love my kid.

a character I didn’t used to like but now do: idk that i have one? gomens characters r pretty straight-forward asfajsd

a character I used to like but now don’t: again, gomens characters are p straight forward

a character I’m indifferent about: newt. rip newt but ur very boring.

a character who deserved better: all the characters of color lmao. i also would love to see actual on screen rep but w/e

a ship I’ve never been able to get into: why do people ship aziraphale/grabriel? or crowley/gabriel? who hurt you?

a ship I’ve never been able to get over: aziraphale/crowley 

a cute, low-key ship: uuuuuuh dont have one tbh? oh michael/beelzebub is fun

an unpopular ship but I still enjoyed it: again michael/beelzebub

a ship that was totally wrong and never should have happened: idk really? i’m like okay w the ships that happened

my favorite storyline/moment: looove episode 3 it’s so fun.

a storyline that never should have been written: “crossdressing is very funny haha see the man in the dress? hilarious!” and also the one actually on screen nonbinary person being an evil poc who dies like thank you. for that. “oho but neil said on twitter-” i dont care frankly many trans women have spoken abt how the nanny thing absolutely is a man in a dress joke and even if the intention WAS somehow for crowley to be genderfluid they got a cis man to play him and never addressed it beyond the nanny thing which can easily be passed off as a joke so like i have little sympathy

my first thoughts on the show: “idk anything about this but people are saying it’s gay so i’ll give it a watch”

my thoughts now: i love gomens deeply it has a very special place in my heart i’ve got a TATTOO and everything. it’s a fun show! however it’s been kinda ruined for me by a) the fandom b) neil’s handling of the gay situation. like the show would’ve been fine as it stood but the constant insistence that everyone that comes to him w a sexuality/gender headcanon is absolutely right thats what he intended (even when they contradict) EXCEPT when someone says “hey i think they’re gay” is just. it’s really insulting and has given me a bad taste, esp bc a lot of the fans LEFT in the fandom are ones that will defend that tooth and nail like neilman is paying their rent. and a lot of the fans left are the ones that will defend p//edophilia in fandom (lookin at everyone fine w draw//light & mia//ugly) and not care about racist/transphobic/homophobic headcanons. like the fandom was genuinely fun for a while when it was half of the site and you could choose people that aligned more w ur beliefs but now its just :| and theres so few actually decent people left here. ANYWAY THATS ALL TO SAY i still love the story and love the characters and i’m deeply invested in my lil gomens adjacent universe i’ve built w my boyfriend, but the creator/fandom has kinda ruined my taste for the actual thing or interacting w the fandom beyond reblogging some gifsets lmao

send me a tv series and i’ll tell you…