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vaguely-concerned · 3 months ago

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...you know with a fandom that has lasted 30 years I'm sure I'm not saying anything new here, but 'right after his best friend from when he was thirteen (who he newly reunited with and asked to sleep over at his apartment. For Reasons) seemingly flicked his nipple (!!???? mark I have questions) to set him up for a prank and then cupped the back of his neck with rough affection in a deeply homoerotic way' sure is an incredibly specific moment for the camera to deny us access to fraser's expression fhksjafhas

(especially with the pattern over the many many times we see a woman hitting on him where his face will be clearly visible, with his expression placidly (one could be forgiven for starting to suspect tactically) uncomprehending/confused or uncomfortable. though we see him speak of specifically victoria for the first time turned away from the camera -- from behind, and only getting the faint reflection of his face in the window, to much the same effect. I think I might be on to something here.)

#I am definitely going to be looking out for that all over the place now haha. what does it mean. what does it MEAN #due south #benton fraser #listen actual overt queer rep is of course a good thing for us to have now. many MANY things sucked about how it used to be #we should not go back there. it was a dark time. how quickly some of us forget now that we have a wealth of things to choose from #but it used to be you had to suffer through things like the SGA episode 'the shrine' which is an amazing episode but ends #with the most intelligence-insulting no-homo inserted heterosexuality bullshit you've ever seen. and you just had to take it #you just had to grin and bear it. children I tell you those were dark days and we must not return to them #BUT we used to get some absolutely insane shit when the love dared not yet speak its name on network tv that's hard to match #we must put this amount of Texture and Insane-Making Implications into our current day queer fiction #we have to level up our sublimation game I think that's partly what makes the locked tomb so powerful #this show is incredible at the queercoding not queerbaiting balance honestly. probably because it takes even its silly characters #so seriously and so rarely surrenders even an inch to meanspiritness #(can't believe we had an episode with a whole kink club in it and I didn't flinch even once. i wasn't even worried I'd have to flinch #at any point. such is the acceptance and generosity of the tone we're working with here the majority of the time)#and then of course the riding off into the sunset together ending does cement all of that definitely at the end #for which I am very grateful haha #'I'm still proud (of you)' is such an INCREDIBLY kind and extremely fraser thing to say to mark in that moment tho. what the fuck

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