Hey guys, when you say something is for the girls and the gays, can you include me in that as well? The girls, the gays, and Brian. If it's not too much trouble. Thanks guys.
what kills me about brian is his costume more then anything else. textually, it’s explained to be motorcycle leathers, plus the helmet with the skull.
now i dont know if any of the eggheads on this tag ride motorcycles. (if you do, dm me. let’s chat.) so i will explain some things to you, since i do. (see below)
1) Wearing motorcycle gear without riding is sort of seen as a dick move in the motorcycle subculture. Helmet especially. There is an entire genre of tiktokers called “helmet influencers” that are known for just having a hemet and talking about riding bur never actually doing it. Bikers HATE them. We never see Brian on a motorcycle or even talk about wanting one. closest we get is Taylor on her scooter.
2) Motorcycle gear is Heavy, man. Heavy and Bulky and really only made to protect you from 1 (one) high speed impact. this makes it a generally inadvisable costume choice. which leads me to my next point:
3) Brian is Doing All This because he wants to appear Strong and Mature and Masculine and Badass and nothing says that like riding around a half-ton death machine at high speeds. Unironically a Many Such Cases moment for most bikers. (I could get into Blake and his Bike at this point but everything about that relationship is pretty explicit in-text. also this is a brian post.)
Except Brian doesn’t have a motorcycle. This is because he is 17 years old. (a child.) But he Will wear the leathers. Because they make him look strong and badass. but more importantly, they Feel strong and badass to wear. and that’s what’s important to him.
Ah, Brian. My favorite. I thought it was a damn shame I couldn't find if anyone had drawn the fridge scene from 13.8 before. So, I decided to fix that! (And then learned why, exactly, no one had tried before. It's a tough act to follow!)
fourty five going on eighteenyearold boy momentarily has an out of body experience witnessing his uglygirl crush inflict violence on an adult man, calls her 'good girl' and then passes out