#he could be bi? that's fine? and it's not even confirmed he likes girls in cql either

[captainwans]

AM ERA! (smau)

— ALEX TURNER

arabella series

pairing: alex turner x fem! actress! reader

summary: some iconic and memorable moments on social media during the am era.

timeline: 2014

note: to clear up any confusion, the song arabella in this universe/series is based on a movie y/n did. + and also this format / layout is heavily inspired by my love @ithinkimokeei 🩶

masterlist!

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yourinstagram she’s got a barbarella silver swimsuit … 🪽

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username THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ‼️

username doing cartwheels across the highway- 🤸‍♀️ why are they so attractive

username mom and dad looks so hot

breanahelders looking beautiful wifey 😙

yourinstagram got it from you <3

elizabetholsenofficial because i love waking up in the morning getting hit by visuals 😩

username lizzie is so real for that

username mother

username alex looks so fucking good i wanna jump off a cliff

username the fact that y/n didn’t know arabella was about her until a fan told her during a comic con panel will forever not be iconic

username lmao even the mcu cast was shocked that she didn’t know 😭

username had to replay that funny moment between y/n and scarlett where scar almost had a whiplash bc y/n had no idea

username our baby is so clueless it’s so cute

mileskane who’s that sexy cinnamon bun on the left? 😏

yourinstagram definitely not your man

username IM CACKLING SO LOUD

username pls y/n is so savage i love her

mileskane and you’re claiming him as your man?

username ohh dramaaaaa

yourinstagram and what if i did? 👀

username GASP- does this mean that alex and y/n are dating?!!!

mileskane it’s okay luv it’s just a phase it will go away ❤️

username hahaahahahahah miles

username i’m crying this is too funny

katiee_cook_ this comment section is so funny me and jamie are dying from laughter

yourinstagram mileskane unfortunately it is not just a phase 🥲

username wait y/n does this mean you and al are together?!! hello??

username girl you can’t just leave us hanging like that 😭😭 we NEED TO KNOW

username wait so arabella is actually about her?

yourbestfriend those of you who haven’t watched arabella clearly shows

username fr the song doesn’t even make sense if you haven’t watched the movie

username CAN SOMEONE PLS CONFIRM IF THEY’RE DATING??

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enews to answer the question on y/n’s famous instagram post… the answer is YES! (📷: unknown)

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username I KNEW IT

username IM CRYING HAPPY TEARS FINALLY

username idk if i wanna be him or be with her

yourbestfriend same

username y/bsf/n is so real for this

username they look so happy

username mileskane has been real quiet ever since enews posted

username i’m fine (i’m not)

username now who leaked these pictures of me and my man? 🤫

yourinstagram first miles and now i have to fight my way through fans 😭 this is a battle

mileskane yeah username get in line 🙄

username speaking of the devil… hi miles!!

username and he has arrived!!

username good luck dealing with seventeen year old girlies who want you dead 🥲

username bro what is marvel doing here liking this post i’m cackling

marvel don’t blame us we were just as curious as you folks 🙈

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username alex could do better than this pretentious hollywood whore

username who are you calling a whore???!

yourbestfriend say that again i dare you bitch

breanahelders if you don’t have anything nice to say then keep it to yourself.

officialelizabetholsen jealousy doesn’t suit you honey. keep that energy elsewhere and let us celebrate this beautiful couple ✨

mileskane yourinstagram do i need to kill someone? just say the word love

username username the gang coming at your bitch

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yourinstagram okay… this is the last one i promise 🤭

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username queen we don’t mind post all you want

username THE HAND REPLACEMENT ALEX

username bi panic

katiee_cook_ obsessed 😍

yourinstagram with you 😙

username the way this music video has a chokehold on me-

youtube the visuals, artistry, lyrics, aesthetics, cinematography is just *chef kiss* ✨✨✨

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username even youtube is speaking facts

officialelizabetholsen gorgeous gorgeous 💗 we miss you on set, babe!

yourinstagram miss you more, bug!! 🎀

username a match made in heaven

mileskane we get it you guys are couple goals 🙄

matthelders here we go again 🤦🏻

yourinstagram do i complain when you get to have him all by yourself on stage?

mileskane that doesn’t count!

yourinstagram you’re such a drama queen

username their dynamic i love them sm

username miles and y/n fighting over alex is so real bc same

username yourinstagram how does it feel to be a rockstar’s gf 😩 how does it feel to live our dream

yourinstagram it feels amazing 🙈💗

[betryl]

Hampden College dashboard simulator

(credit to @barnbridges too for some of the ideas :))

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@ richard-papen ?

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???

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no.

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who DOES keep voting yes????

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who even are you people reblogging this??????

#please stop.

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drew tihs

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this is really nice bun

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No, you did not draw this.

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SHUT

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oh

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HAHASJHASHJA

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real talk what do you guys think is ACTUALLY going on at the lyceum atp cause like i've heard too much weird stuff about those freaks......

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not richard btw!! he's fine he's cool

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He still won't sleep with you anyways. Let it go. Get better soon 💕

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what do you and your creepy ass brother want from me OMG leave me ALONE

#i'm blocking ALL five of you jfc

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AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO REMEMBERS THAT MUTILATED FARMER THEY RANDOMLY FOUND IN THE WOODS IN NOVEMBER?? WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT IT ANYMORE?????

#like hello??? #that WASN'T normal #why isn't the police investigating...... #hampden #mystery #unsolved

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Edmund "Bunny" Corcoran — everything we know so far about the case of Hampden's missing youth:

https://www.thehampdenexaminer.com/disappearance-of-edmund-bunny-corcoran-1627125.html

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‼️IMPORTANT!! STUDENTS OF HAMPDEN PLEASE REBLOG THIS!!!

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💔💔💔 Please guys help us find him...

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^^^ reblog!!! i really hope he's fine... share if you know anything that might help!!

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What have those greek guys got going on 😭 it's always them everytime something happens istg. let's hope they find him and all's well tho...

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YES.

#04/14/1983 #THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE LONGER OMG #it's not even been two weeks #this is crazy... #i can't believe he actually died #rest in peace #bunny corcoran #hampden #hampden college

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Guys they found Edmund Corcoran... He's dead...

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HE'S DEAD????

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The Examiner just confirmed it. They're saying it was an hiking accident. He went in the woods near college for a walk and fell down the ravine... It was a girl with her dog who found him the other day when the snow had melted and she called the police. Broken neck and everything...

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You still believe it was an hiking accident? lmao come on. There's clearly something else behind this. Not to mention NONE of his friends have ever spoken about it or anything. Ain't that suspicious for anyone else? They have to know something.

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Stop using his death as an excuse to start fights and get clout omg... You people are horrible. Maybe let's not make assumptions on things we know nothing about and just be respectful towards him and the people grieving???? The police will take care of it it's literally not your business

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whatever he was awful tbh he deserved it

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no he didn't?? what the hell? did you even know him

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you're all ridiculous he was an ass and you know it, no one could stand him and now everyone suddenly pretends to miss him just cause he's dead, be fr now 💀

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If you think Bunny deserved what happened to him just block me. I'm so serious I don't want anything to do with you.

#i hate this school sometimes #if it was your family member or your friend you'd be devastated #maybe think about that before opening your mouths #bunny corcoran #justice for bunny #hampden #hampden college

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stop spreadin shit aboyt bunny btw. he wsa NOT involved in drugs.

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ME NEITHER. jsut so were clear yk haha

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i swear

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listen to my pdocast

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THAT ONE HUGE GUY FROM THE GREEK CLASS SHOT HIMSELF??????????

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?????? NO WAY IT'S THEM AGAIN

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Yeah it's true... Chilling...

https://www.thehampdenexaminer.com/hampden-college-student-dead-by-suicide-3683920.html

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Nah that place is cursed I tell you 😭 first that Corcoran guy they found in the ravine and now this... No wonder they shut the class down

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they really did fuck around and find out with all that cult shit they were into 💀 bet they really got themselves some curse or something messing with dyonisus or the devil whatever it was 💀💀 crazy people. who cares the college is better off without them tbh they're creepy

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Not the same discourse again... No one cares about your opinion on them. He died. TWO of them died. And you're here speculating on them and still treating the whole thing as a joke?? Gross.

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no fr y'all did the same with bunny corcoran when he went missing and now you're doing it again... i don't care if you didn't like them i mean they were kind of weird but... at least just try to be a decent human being in front of an actual tragedy. all you people should be ashamed of yourselves.

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I CAN'T be the only one thinking there must be some kind of connection between these two events right????

#idk maybe i'm crazy but hear me out #just think about it #it's barely been a month since corcoran and now THIS happens?? #like yeah maybe he was just #depressed?? for corcoran???? and so he did that #idk #but it sounds REALLY weird to me #plus what was the whole fuss with julian morrow just #randomly leaving college out of nowhere?? #AND let's not forget mcree either like????? #WHAT IS HAPPENING #hampden #hampden college #bunny corcoran #henry winter

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[osinthewhite]



i feel like s4e12 of House MD was supposed to be about House's bisexuality. Hear me out. So, the episode's secondary story is about House having a big problem with Wilson's relationship with Amber. He's obviously jealous and seems to care about Wilson, which is especially visible at the beginning of the episode when he goes to Amber's apartment and tells her to leave Wilson because House thinks she's only with him to get back her job and she's going to hurt him (kinda like Wilson did with Stacy in s2). Later, House follows Wilson and Amber to a restaurant, comes to a realization that Amber is extremely similar to him and walks out of the building like he's scared or shocked by this discovery.

I found this kind of odd and maybe out of character for him? If they wanted to paint a picture of a heterosexual narcissist i think they would turn this situation into a joke - House would make fun of Wilson for being attracted to a female version of House and it would probably just stay as a running joke for a couple of episodes. But that doesn't happen. House seriously looks disturbed and just walks out, runs away like he usually does in emotional situations. Next comes the "13 is bisexual" thing. I found it completely out of the blue. I get that the show is old and the understanding of bisexuality changed but still her conversation with Foreman was just weird and her sexuality didn't seem to me like a natural part of it.

At first, I just thought "Okay it's there, maybe they just didn't know how to bring it up more naturally, it's still fine". But then the "Why not date you?" scene happened. To me, this scene just confirms that 1) House is jealous of Wilson and 2) he doesn't want to believe that Wilson might be attracted to someone like him. And the whole "Well, if you'd looked at me with those flashing eyes before I was involved..." kinda says it as well. I get that it was supposed to be a joke from Wilson but to me, it highlights the fact House has some deep personal motives not to want his friend to be with anyone, let alone Amber.

By the end of the episode, House brings up 13's bisexuality again and accepts Amber as Wilson's girlfriend. The second one is described as a big sacrifice from House. Wilson even says that House knows he "could end up losing a friend".

The fact that the show deliberately mixed House's jealousy over Wilson with 13's outing to me suggests that the viewer should try connecting one with the other. On one hand, you have a male character obsessing over his friend's new relationship, desperately trying to stop it, while knowing that the girlfriend is just his "female proxy" and on the other hand, you have a character who's out of the blue outed as bisexual.

A lot of queer people go through the experience of seeing our crush date an opposite-gender version of ourselves or hearing that "if only you were a boy/girl" line. It might just as well be projection but I think that's what's happening here.

House is bisexual and he likes Wilson. As long as Wilson dates women who don't resemble him it's easy for House to accept that his friend is something unreachable. But when he starts dating Amber it hits too close to home, she's too much like him. The story makes more sense if House is jealous romantically and the show tries to push us in that direction by outing 13 as bi.

I lost my train of thought while writing this like 6 times but i hope what I wrote makes even a little bit of sense. Anyway happy pride month

[spider-spirit-god-whatever-bitch]

ok fine let's talk about how the Loki tv show made him straight & how that's basically why hes so different in the show. an essay which will probably go on longer than i want it to.

ok, swooping claim right off the bat: Loki is a queer coded villain in the first two Thor movies and in The Avengers (2012). idk how widely accepted this is, but it's absolutely true. and they didn't only pick up the good tropes. Loki is very effeminate in looks (long hair (well actually they all do in the thor movies), that outfit is just a dress lets be honest, very skinny. absolute skin and bones, no muscle). shown as much more cowardly than the manlyTM Thor, instead of using brute force relying on tricks. the flamboyant speeches. being self-centered. no confirmed girlfriends nor romantic/sexual relationships of any kind. also the obsession with his mother, which was just a thing from the hays code era when ppl just assumed all gay men were obsessed with their mothers. there's a reason queer coded villains are a tad problematic. But Loki falls under so many of these accepted tropes. this article I have opened in parallel about what makes a villain queer coded lists him TWICE in the examples. in the movies, he's gay. he's a gay disney villain.

however, the Loki tv show needed to make him a protagonist. especially if they're airlifting 2012 Loki out of the narrative, they're going to need to speedrun some character development FAST. of course, that means you need to ditch his villain traits immediately (remember we only have 6 episodes and we have to cram in a recap, two intros and an outro into each of them). however, in the original movies, a large part of his villain-ness is so heavily entangled with his queerness. at this point there were two choices: disentangle the queerness from the villain-ness, keeping him queer but making his flamboyancy, tricks and effeminacy a part of his new protagonist characterization. which i would have fucking loved. lets be honest everyone wants the queer coded villain to be the main character. but that would require innovation and you're not allowed that at marvel. careful!! you almost took a risk there!! so instead of subverting the queer coded villain trope with a relatively innovative idea, they just chucked everything in the trash. seriously, rewatch the first episode, and see how quickly they try to subvert every single last thing on the list. in the first MINUTES they take away his magic so he can no longer rely on tricks, they strip him of his effeminate clothes (showing off that he now has chiselled masculine manly male abs) and replace them with a collared shirt and tie. they have him realise that he's self obsessed, and have him be like "ohhh im going to get better its bad that im narcisisstic im self conscious now". also, they introduce Sylvie, and absolutely use her to point out how 100% straight he is. when sylvie is on screen they make a big deal about how SHES THE FEMALE LOKI!! SHES A GIRL AND HES A BOY AND THEYRE DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THAT!! taking away any gender ambiguity. idk why they do this with such a passion but they LOOOOVE pointing out that Loki is a guy in this show. and then they speedrun putting him in a romantic relationship with her.

and there's no argument to be made about making him canonically queer, because what they did is so painfully token its not even funny. they casually drop that he is bi, and it is never acknowledged again. ever. just a casual "a bit of both". four words. thats it. they could have very easily elaborated on this, because there's so many gaps to be filled here: what is it like being queer on asgard?? is it the future the woke left TM wants, or is there stigma around it? if there is stigma, how did that contribute to his whole thing of feeling like an outsider? what about jotunheim? does his family know? you're building an universe here. elaborate on it. maybe you don't need graphic gay sex on screen, but there is a middle ground here. and boy are they far from it. because not only do they not elaborate on it, but by this point they have drained all the queerness out of him. they made him the most cishet-acceptableTM gay they could. this is to an extent personal taste but i really dont like it when movies do that. please, let them actually embody queer culture. let him have some fashion sense, some mannerisms, SOMETHING, which shows that he's outwardly queer. queer coded villains do somewhat come from a time of homophobia, but that does not mean you can't try to reclaim it. Loki could have stayed androgynous and ambiguously bi/gay/aro?. or you could have just made that canon, and kept him how he was. I'm not saying avoid character development, but this was too fast and incredibly unnatural.

anyways in conclusion they fucked up and this was the fakest gay representation i have seen in a while. and that's not even TOUCHING on the frankly disgusting amounts of queerbaiting going on between him and Mobius like dude come on is it 2014 or 2024

[phantomoftheorpheum]

on the shawn x noa x jen stuff, there’s something i’ve been thinking about.

in season 1, noa thanks shawn for supporting her and being by her side post-juvie. she implied that they had been together before she went to juvie, he waited for her, and still continues to defend her, trust her, etc.

they became official in march just after karen’s party. she was sent to juvie after. cute, fine.

but then jen is introduced and we’re told that her and noa were together in juvie.

were noa and shawn on a break that has never been mentioned? or was she in a relationship with shawn while getting with jen in juvie? if her and shawn were on a break or something while she went to juvie, i can’t imagine why they wouldn’t have mentioned that already. yikes this is so bad…

i understand that people want queer representation but the representation needs to be good. i can’t believe how many people i’m seeing ship noa x jen without even mentioning shawn. like, can she at least break up with him? i agree, even if he turns out to be bad, noa doesn’t know that but it’s repeatedly being a terrible partner. and i’d be shocked if - like you said, noa’s challenge wasn’t related to the love triangle.

Okay, so I went back to check my facts. I think the implication is that Shawn & Noa were genuinely a couple while she was in juvie (but maybe not completely official?) because in 2x02 Jen asks, "...what ever happened to that guy you were seeing when we were in juvie?" and Noa responds, "Shawn." And I don't see why they would bring it up like this (like they could have had Jen say something like, "Hey, what ever happened with you and that guy you told me you had a crush on when we were in juvie?") if they didn't want it to feel like Noa's past with Jen is illicit. So I'm also assuming Noa & Shawn's relationship is not open (seems like they would have mentioned this considering Noa's plot this season) and therefore this is just fully cheating. Also, this explains why she doesn't tell any of the other girls about this- if Jen was just a past relationship, Noa wouldn't have a reason to keep it a secret from them, but if her past with Jen means she was cheating on Shawn... Well, that's a different story.

I do think the timeline is a little muddled, because I don't think they planned any of this from the beginning, but it definitely seems like they're doubling down on the "Noa and Shawn were exclusively together when she met Jen" version of events.

And I'm with you. The reinforcement of negative stereotypes of bisexuality really bothers me, too. While, in universe, Noa cheating on Shawn (and treating him the way she has been this season) wouldn't be any better/worse if she were doing it with another guy instead (was Noa confirmed as bi or pan or anything in season 1 because I don't remember it?) the show making a choice to portray her character in a way that unavoidably (even if unintentionally) links her sexuality to her lack of loyalty is disappointing.

Shawn may turn out to be evil, but man is this storyline brutal for him regardless. I honestly can't root for Noa/Shawn as a couple at all, because if he's a bad guy, then obviously I don't want them together, but if he's a good guy then he deserves so much better. I can't root for Noa/Jen either, because this relationship is built upon lies and deceit and a serious disregard for another person's feelings. Honestly I think Noa needs to take a romantic break and reevaluate what she wants, who she wants to be, and how to proceed with a healthy relationship, but this is a dramatic tv show, so odds of that happening seem low.

[scoobydoominuscoobydoo]

Not me rolling my eyes when some members of the fandom screech at me for pairing an “obvious” lesbian like Velma with Shaggy or Fred when at most she is bi.

Is it because she doesn’t look like the conventionally attractive Daphne? Is it because of her glasses and bobbed hair? Is it because she’s smart?

Whatever the reason may be for the most popular fanon interpretation, Velma Dinkley is [also] attracted to men. Nothing wrong with that.

There are at least 10 guys she’s canonically interested in, even if they: turned out to be bad and she changed her mind; were just passing crushes.

(Side note: Admittedly, I’m on the fence on whether or not I approve of Velma x Sam Winchester bc it wasn’t stated in the crossover if the gang were considered teens still or adults, since Dean and Sam are obviously not teens and Sam’s disapproval of Dean’s crush on Daph stemmed from her being implied to be with Fred, and not the age difference, but the episode used is based on their earliest adventures of when they were teens, so yeah. On the fence until further clarification.)

In the Scooby Doo Apocalypse comics, she’s officially together with and happy with Shaggy.

In the Velma + Daphne books, she’s implied to be interested in Fred. (I really hope the author continues her series and explores those avenues further despite what the current movies and series say.)

I don’t see how these adaptations are an “insult” to her sexuality.

My hang up with the “confirmation” that Velma is “canonically a lesbian” I guess is mostly how it was executed and how they try to explain it.

In Mystery Incorporated, Velma’s relationship with Hotdog Water doesn’t reduce her to an babbling idiot. Neither do most of her relationships with the men. At most, she was adorably awkward, but still capable of being objective. Plus, if the male love interest in question was an irredeemable bad guy, no way would she compromise her morals!

With the Coco girl, on the other hand…yeah…Velma pretty much got the canon-character-in-this-medium-who-is-now-the-adoring-love-interest-of-the-mary-sue-self-insert treatment and was practically worshiping the ground this lady walked on on (I will acknowledge that Coco has a cute design; as for how Velma could possibly be attracted to her, I cannot tell you.)

Even her newest TV series doesn’t know what to do with her romantic/sexual orientation.

As a Frelma fan, I am unhappy that she is reduced to being a bitter jerk and that he is reduced to the stupid, self-absorbed and secretly insecure white boy born in privilege template instead of them both being likeable characters equal in intelligence in different areas.

As someone who sees Velma and Daphne as just really close opposites-attract-besties but will be objective for the sake of Delma/Vaphne shippers, it really bugs me when adaptations paint Daphne as mostly at fault for whenever caused their fallout as childhood friends and how they cannot have a civil conversation in their present years but oh-look-not-so-secret-belligerent-sexual-tension-explains-why-they-clash-and-why-now-they-should-be-considered-a-possible-thing instead of having them naturally drift apart for a few years bc school be like that, reconnect after some friendly, albeit awkward “oh how have you been? Oh fine i guess, you?” moments, be besties again, and then maybe lead up to a more natural and less rushed heat-of-the-moment developments. But nope. Suddenly they kiss at the end of episode 2.

As a formerly major and currently neutral Shelma fan, Norville (Shaggy) deserves better. That’s it.

So yeah, I’m annoyed by Trick or Treat, Scooby Doo! for claiming Velma as explicitly a lesbian now when they portrayed her romantic interest as such an insult to her core character, and moreso at the fans claiming it, James Gunn’s initial drafts of his films, and one of Velma’s live actress’s real life sexuality as the “correct interpretation” of Velma’s romantic inclination.

I’m annoyed at Velma the Series because whatever Frelma moments will happen, it will happen between the most negative and superficial interpretations of each character.

I feel like it's a little late to come forward and be like "Velma the Series" is a travesty and forever taints the otherwise fine Scooby-Doo repertoire. That is not a new observation especially with the news of it officially being the lowest rated show on IMDB. I knew from the minute it was announced that I wasn't going to be watching it. I just knew that the people working on this did not care or have a deep understanding of Scooby-Doo and why people like it.

I now feel validated in that initial judgement and can say with full certainty that I would rather watch Mystery Inc. (a show I have well vocalized my hate towards) for the rest of my life than even watch a MINUTE of Velma.

Velma as a character is loved and (although it obviously varies) she has a relatively consistent characterization across every show. She's the brains, she's the voice of reason, she's the skeptic. She acts as the person who keeps everyone down on Earth. And she is a great character but people always forget that she is great IN AN ENSEMBLE. She has the rest of the gang to bounce off of and the charm of SD is in that group chemistry. If you watch the show and think "Wow Velma totally carried this show" it's clear you have a fundamental misunderstanding of the SD franchise as a whole. Again, these observations seem moot at this point. Saying Velma is bad is like saying ice is frozen water.

What I will say is that it's upsetting that every character had their personalities stripped to just fit the very specific self-insert fantasy that Velma is trying to sell. Velma is no longer Velma, Daphne is no longer Daphne, etc. And that is obviously going to do no favors for Frelma at all. In every show (even MI) Fred and Velma are the brains. They're obviously smart in very different ways but anyone paying attention can tell that they are the ones who love to solve mysteries. They are a detective duo and are usually on equal footing. Obviously if you think Velma was the one carrying the team then you can't really portray her on equal ground with anyone.

But if I like Frelma, there is no way I am going to enjoy seeing the scale tipped so high in Velma's favor that Fred might as well not even be there. Their relationship dynamic is why people (me) love them and if that dynamic is done poorly then there's not much point in liking them.

Anytime Velma has shown any romantic interest in someone (male or female) she's typically pretty collected about it. Which makes sense - again she is the logical one in the group. And I suppose that only makes the discrepancies in her current character even more glaring.

I know that being bummed that we won't be getting well done Frelma/Scooby gang representation is a little ridiculous when we're looking at the other complaints made against it. The disappointment from the Indian community at how poorly they feel represented being the most important one (at least to me). Compared to that, this complaint is almost nothing. But it is also a reminder of what happens when people are given the rights to properties they clearly don't have any respect for. Riverdale having no respect for the Archie comics is another good example. I am hoping that all of the bad reception Velma has gotten will show that you can't just take any franchise you want and use it as a skin for your poorly written self-insert fantasy.

[kotalloxaloy]

Ok, so I finally finished Burning Shores and I have several thoughts

Below the cut because I'm sure many people haven't played and I don't want to spoil anything!

I liked the DLC! I had a lot of fun. I thought the setting was really interesting, I liked the new characters and the storyline definitely drew me in and I fucking LOVE the new mount (PSA you can take it to the main map and go underwater in the expanse of ocean that you can't swim through. There is nothing interesting down there and it pops up the warning that the current is too strong, but you can swim through it no problem.)

Yes I'm sad there was no Kotallo. It's fine, I wasn't expecting him, and we only saw Sylens and Alva so the other GAIA gang wasn't there either. I am extra disappointed that we can't go talk to him more!!! But I think that it's cool that Kotallo traveling to the sundom for the new embassy is canon now. I think lots of fics put forth the idea that Kotallo would act as a diplomat for the Tenakth to the Carja in Fashav's place. Cool that it's canon now.

I chose to kiss Seyka. Normally I pick the brain options but if I'm given an opportunity to kiss a girl in games I do it! Now, I haven't had the time to process everything well enough to pick apart the romantic story line (was it rushed? was there enough lead up to it? did it make sense?) but I do think Seyka is a good match for Aloy- the whole "I broke my tribe's rules and used technology I wasn't supposed to to help me accomplish an important personal goal" is very reminiscent of Aloy using a focus despite Rost insisting that it was dangerous.

Yes I still ship Aloy with some people who are not women. The devs have not said and nothing in the game has confirmed that Aloy (or Elisabet or Beta) is a lesbian. I myself am a bisexual woman and I am a big stickler about bi erasure. I also headcanon Kotallo as Bi. and plenty of other characters for that matter. The main thing that FW and Burning Shores confirmed for me is that Aloy (and Elisabet, and presumably Beta since they have the same DNA) is queer and I absolutely love it. More queer women leads in video games!!!

The fucking villian. Oh my god. I know I just talked about being bi but goddamnit they cast SAM WITWER as the villian??? I literally have never been so disgusted by a character I was attracted to. I've had a thing for Sam Witwer for like 13 years back when he was on Being Human. I got his autograph at a con and have it displayed in a DnD book that he contributed to. I didn't even realize it was Sam Witwer until I walked into that room with his face plastered all over the walls. Before that we only heard his recorded voice and saw holograms of him-and that never looks or sounds exactly like the character. But I walked by that first photo on the left when you walk in and I literally yelled out "SAM WITWER?" listen I could go into it more as to why i'm horrified by his character but I am a Sam Witwer fan so I can and will appreciate his performance.

Walter Londra is disgusting and I literally yelled "GROSS" out loud with the way he looked at Seyka's sister. I'm so glad Seyka was like "ABSOLUTELY NOT" and put a stop to it because if I had to watch one more second I might have puked.

I liked the theme park. Dinos are fun.

I play on story mode so maybe this is because I'm on the easiest setting, but I was able to walk on and in the lava and only go caught on fire once I was like waist deep in it. that was weird.

I would like significantly more underwater content with the Waterwing. I absolutely love it an I was just going up and down into the sky and into the water. extremely cool and I just want more underwater stuff to do with it.

There was an NPC with vitiligo which I thought was neat.

I almost cried at the end of Gildun's little side quest. And when Aloy gave him a focus I just thought it was so sweet!

I kind of felt bad for Evelyn Day? I know everyone had it bad, lots of people ended their lives before the Faro Plague hit them, and I know she cheated on her husband with his best friend which is kind of a dick move. but that last recording was very sad.

SYLENS 😭😭😭 I know I probably feel more attached to him knowing that Lance Riddick has passed away. But the end there, Aloy was SO MEAN to him! I was like "NO ALOY! He isn't doing this to prove he is the smartest!!! He decided to stay when he saw the friendships you formed! You showed him that there is value in human connection and that maybe there is a little hope when people work together!" I think she saw the good in him in the end but she was so snarky about it!

I probably have more thoughts but that's enough for now. I'm not very interested in an discourse about the devs offering a love interest or if the story of the dlc was good or whatever. I had fun, I can't wait for Horizon 3, and I still love Kotallo and ship him with Aloy but I'll be just as happy if we end up with Seyka or another WLW ship in the end for Aloy. The end. Please enjoy the queue that I just filled for you!

[last-night-is-a-blur]

I know your asks say specific topics, but since I saw you liked my post on Superman & Lois lack of gay rep, what are your thoughts on the characters and their gay rep in general?

Thanks for the ask.

Idefinitely should add S&L ( plus other shows) on my pinned post. Just slipped my mind at the time.

FIY, for brevity sakes, I use bisexual as a umbrella term for anyone who isn't potrayed as 100% monosexual, (including fluid, pan and bicurious people).

Lets begin with Sarah. I hate the ONE bisexual character cheated. I wouldn't mind it if there were more bi characters on the show, who don't cheat, and preferably straight characters who do cheat (which did happen a few episodes later, but it doens't help a lot without faithful bi characters, since the message then becomes: "some straights cheat, all bisexuals cheat", instead of "some straights and some bisexuals cheat"). What makes it even more annoying to me is that a) her bisexuality/bicuriosity was introduced through cheating, which imo just highlight that the first bi characters was unfaithful and b) she cheated on Jordan with a girl, which, imo, feeds into the stereotype about bi people never being satisfied in a monogomous relationship with a man, because they need something only a woman can provide them (or/and vice versa).

I actually like Sarah. Even is s2. I don't mind her making mistakes. I don't mind her kissing another person. It was moment of weakness, and she came clean. In world where "cheating bisexual" wasn't a stereotype, or she wasn't the only bi character on the show, I wouldn't mind.

What I DO like about how Sarah kissing Aubrey is handled is that it Aubrey being a girl isn't a big deal, and there isn't any need (from the narritive, Sarah, or other characters) for her to lable or explain her sexuality.

I would have liked a brief scene where she discussed her sexuality with someone. Is she certain she is bi? If so, did she know before that summer? Is she still figuring things out? Is she mostly straight, but occasionally has confusing feelings about certain girls? Was she tempted to kiss Aubrey because of a silly whim, curiosity, or genuine attraction? Still, it's nice the show simply had Sarah kiss a girl, without focusing on her identity, and the kiss was still treated as a "real" kiss, not just some silly joke between two friends.

Non-sexuality related sidebar: If we remove sexuality from the equation, I still feel like that the show could have skipped the cheating plot, or done it differently, e.g. use it to explore Jordan's fears of Sarah losing interest in him, or show him needing to learn to talk things through properly, instead of assuming everything will be fine with apologies and love confessions.

Now, moving on from Sarah. As far as I know, S&L doens't have an queer characters. Which I am fine with. Not every show NEEDS a queer character. The world needs more representation, but no piece of fiction can represent every underrepresented groups out there.

I never personally read Chrissy as queer, but sucks you are dissapointed.

Natelie is based off Natasha Irons, who dated a girl in the comics, so I was expecting her to be queer. However, the comics never confirmed she was a lesbian, just that she was into girls. Here's hoping we get Bi Nat.

Some peolpe want Jon to be bi, because comic Jon Kent is bi. To me, these two are two different characters, not different iteration/version of the same character. Making him bi would be cool. We need more queer jocks and male bi characters. But at the same time, if S&L would make him bi, it would feel like he was a different version of THAT Jon, and I kind of want Jon and Jordan to be their own, original characters.

I personally hc Jordan as bi. I relate to him, and tend to project a lot on him, so I made him queer ( I am a lesbian, not a bi guy, so it's different, but it's still involves being attracted to your own gender). In my hc, he wasn't 100% sure about his sexuality before s2, but had suspected he is bi for years. After learning Sarah kissed Aubrey, he started thinking harder about his sexuality (something he had mostly tried to avoid, because he didn't want to feel even more different than he already did), and became certain he was bi. He hasn't come out to anyone yet, but considered telling Sarah. In the end, he chickened out, because he wasn't quite ready to come out to anyone, not even another queer person. He still sometimes considers telling Sarah or Jon, but since he only has eyes for Sarah, he doens't really feel the need to bring it up + he has a lingering fear Sarah would find him less attractive if she knew, even though he knows Sarah is properly too open-minded to accept the double standards surrounding female and male bisexuality.

[ioletia]

To those that think that we gays are on equal footing with the straights, let me tell you some anecdotes.

Long read.

I worked at Lowes for a bit. I was out in the garden telling people that half the stuff the place sold wasn't even capable of growing in this zone, no less this climate- and if they bought a Bradford Pear (the tree that smells like dried cum) that they were literally going to hell. All of that isn't really important, but I do want people to know that owning, planting, or cultivating the Bradford Pear will literally send you to hell. Back to the point...

The second year I worked there a new cashier was brought on. This was super common as turnover in any retail job is incredibly high, but this one was a guy. Do you know how rare that is? I don't know why, but the entire cashier and customer service team were women. So, having a guy finally on the team was great- mostly because I thought he was cute. He was a ruddy bear of a boy with a viking-esque beard and a developing beer belly. I'd take that out to dinner. And, after a few months of casually chatting, finding out he was bi, single, and horny, I asked him out.

"Hey, you're free after work, want to go out to dinner?"

Simple. To the point. And the response? He just laughed. He didn't say no, he just laughed. And not a slight giggle, no full belly, tit shaking laugh. So, I glared at him and walked away.

The next day he asks me when I'm taking him to dinner. To which I responded, "You're just looking for free food." To which, yes, he answers. He was. And I responded that I was no longer interested- and I wasn't. I don't have space for that in my life- he showed me what kind of person he was, and I really should have known better.

Because, over the next week he continues to kind of hound me. He calls me over when he doesn't need me. He's just around me, more so than he'd ever been before. It was annoying, but it wasn't anything I couldn't chalk up to just doing his job. All the while I'm giving him the cold shoulder, I helped if he asked, but I didn't really want to make small talk with this person and I certainly wasn't seeking him out. I wasn't rude or cruel, just not taking the time to be near him by choice.

After that he sort of disappears. I think nothing of it. He finally got the message and stopped bothering me. He still worked there, I would see him around, but he seemed perfectly happy to leave me alone which suited me fine.

About a month or two later I get called into the manager's office. Guess what? He reported me for asking him out? I still don't understand the gist of what I was being reprimanded for, as the manager was like, "We don't care if you're gay or ask people out, but don't harass people." Like, okay? They said it was an "anonymous" report, but it wasn't. I told them this and they sort of threw their hands up saying they couldn't confirm that. I explained what happened, but, again, "anonymous" report, so they couldn't really act on anything. It was just really weird.

I, personally, don't think I took it to the level of harassment. I asked him once and dropped it when the interest wasn't there. I acted professional after, but no longer sought this person out to chat. But, because of this, I got targeted. Over the next few months management sort of did everything they could to get me to quit and/or fire me. They harassed me. And then the pandemic happened and I left, which is a whole other story.

Another story. I worked at a restaurant as a host for bit and one of the people I worked with was a tran-woman. We hit it off, because... Duh. The kitchen staff on the on the other hand- they didn't like her. They didn't like me. Oh, but the young girls? They would get free food whenever they asked. The kitchen staff? All older guys. Management didn't really care about this. The kitchen staff were openly hostile towards us, but management didn't care. Eventually, I left. I couldn't really take that nonsense anymore. What really broke my back was that half the servers, who were said young girls the kitchen would hit on, basically took a vacation to Florida for a brat summer. And we we're so understaffed, and I was so stressed, that I left. Shortly after I left, the trans-woman I worked with was fired. Allegedly- no, not even alleged, this didn't happen- this trans-woman hit on the dishwasher. She denies it, to which... Yeah, she had men eating out of her hand, she didn't want nor need the dishwasher. But, she was fired because the kitchen staff all circled round and said she did. And the icing on the cake? The male manager, who was married and had a kid on the way, hit her up on grindr after she was fired. Disgusting.

The point is that during my decade and a half working in retail, restaurants, and customer service I have seen literally dozens of straight people date people they work with- or otherwise ask someone out and get dismissed. Unless someone takes it too far, like stalking, or obvious harassment, or whathaveyou, no one gets talked to by management. No one gets in trouble for being straight. But if you're gay, or bi, or trans, or anything not hetero-normative, you need to leave your sexuality, your existence, at home. You need to be "normal" at work, which is either completely inoffensively LGBT+... Or straight. And even then, you can just be targeted because people don't like you.

When people say that we're equal to straight people now just because we can get married and not directly be fired for being LGBT+, that's a lie. We're not. You can be fired for being LGBT+. And that fact that I live in a liberal area that votes consistently Democrat, speaks to how systemic this lack of equality is. It doesn't matter where you live...

WHICH IS WHY! I say we should make every LGBT+. Let's get those gay bombs rolling people! We started with the frogs, now let's do the people!

[generalwildcat]

My friend and I are having a High School Musical marathon before we go to work and here are some of the highlights from our commentary:

•If you don't sing along to every song in this movie you're a dirty liar.

•It's so funny how Chad and Taylor hate each other now and then get together later.

•Darbus takes away their cell phones just for class to end 5 minutes later.

•Getcha Head in the Game is so dramatic.

•THE MOUNTING EVILS OF CELL PHONES.

•WHAT THE HECK ARE THOSE TWO DOING IN A TREE?

•"Young men in baggy shorts bro."

•WHAT TEAM???

•Friend: He just wanted his dad to be encouraging like "try new things, son." Me: How did that go? Friend: He just wants to play some ball.

•Friend: Yo they have auto mechanics? How big is this school?? Me: It's technically two schools.

•Friend during auditions: Oh god help help help He's butchering it Oh no So opera.... Yes girl The soft scoff Not ballet bro.... Oh my god the cringe "go see the counselor" that's so bad She forgot the words.... No!

•Creme brulee!

•My friend's said "Twinkle Town" in a difference voice every time it's mentioned.

•"Did you ever feel like there's this whole other person inside of you just looking for a way to come out?" That's such a gay question.

•"EVAPORATE TALL PERSON!" Friend: That is so relatable. "Tall person".

•Are they both practicing in a bathroom? We're breaking free on a toilet...

•HOW DID SHE NOT SEE HER?? THAT DOES NOT MAKE MOVIE SENSE. WHAT? That's so funny bro

•Troy's too busy hiding....singing...being Troy...hiding in a toilet...painting....

•My friend wants to go to Twinkle Towne.

•This librarian is gonna kick his butt.

•They don't even realize the opposite is happening right now!

•We're not Charlie's Angel's.... Bro! But they are really adorable.

•I'll be the Slamma Jamma thank you very much.

•My dog has barked during most of Chad's scenes.... Coincidence? Or why does he not like Chad?

•BRO WHAT ARE YOU.... Ugh Troy is such a hobo. Sneaking in the backyard, climbing up the ladder....

•"I climbed up cause I'm weird and I really like you."

•He's trying to spell it out.... Bro no! It's fine. He's fine. "Dra-may"...at least he tried.

•Men don't hug. That's how we show affection, slapping legs!

•Friend: Ok so there's East High and West High.... What happened to North and South High? Me: /proceeds to explain the plot of season 2 of High School Musical The Musical The Series

•They look so disappointed that they won.

•Friend: I can't wait to see where this goes with all the drama.

•He's got the hat of shame.

•No more waking up at 6 am.... I actually did wake up at 6 am for high school. My friend woke up at 5:30 am.

•Oh my god just rolls on the dirty floor.... Cool.

•Me: Quick what else could T possibly stand for? One of us said Tacos, the other said Titties

•Scheming! Evil scheming! Scheming! SCHEMING!

•Sharpay's mom needs all the yoga.

•NAMASTE!!!

•Oh my god Jason, no! No!

•Me: You can see Troy's underwear Friends: Dude! Troy! Fix your underwear! We can see it as you're flexing on the piano!

•How long are they singing for everyone to hear them and come in? They're gonna get in so much trouble.

•And it's brought us here because.... "I need new pants"

•You gotta be kidding, me a helicopter?? Let's just show off our wealth here!

•That's my girl, you almost hit that kid!

•Just a few words to describe Humu Humu.... Cringiest Bro What is happening He is so sad and broody What is even At least 10 oh my god's

•Cool balls oh my god

•He says it with such a stone face. "Come scrimmage with us. We're getting paid to do this."

•I'm so mad I'm gonna take your dinner!

•Friend: I love I Don't Dance Me: The internet says it's Chad and Ryan being gay for each other Friend: I love that Me: It was confirmed that Ryan is gay Me: I think Chad's bi

•Troy is so jealous he doesn't see that Ryan doesn't even like Gabriella that way and he's just so starved for attention and encouragement...and also gay.

•Me: You have air! You're outside! Friend: He needs more air! Non-singing air!

•He's shirtless again.

•It's a me, Troy Bolton! I'm Italian now.

•The most angiest song that ever angsted in the history of angst

•Should I question every movie I make with my cool Italian shoes?

•Oh my god that's concerning. I am SCARED of that sock puppet.

•We may have proceeded to spend the entirety of Everyday coming up with more reasons Gabriella would be wearing the T necklace again.... Tulips. Tea. Thread. Triceratops. Toes. Toothbrushes. Toothpaste. Twinkle toes. Twinkle Towne. Tennis. T-shirts. Trampoline. Tambourine. Texas. Tuscany. And, of course, tacos and titties (both, not one. It has to be both tacos AND titties).

•My ball! You can't have it!

•Friend: So top secret where they can all see him. Where else does he go to hide? Me: What else is he hiding? Friend: .... Friend: .... Friend: I can't say, it's not cannon. Friend: /cough cough/ Chad. Friend: Or maybe he REALLY likes Zeke's creme brulee.

•I am Robo Rob don't break me.

•That pointer...whack everything! Whack EVERYTHING! Whack Chad next!

•Girl haven't you learned anything from the past two movies?

•If my truck falls apart I'm blaming you...that's so romantic.

•For some reason my friend heard "corsages" and thought they said "croissants" so now the line is "hey, makeovers, croissantses..." Honestly I kinda prefer that over the expected cis-heteronormativity of this scene (still love the movies but it really could be so much gayer)

•What is she gonna do? Oooooooooh she's a spy

•He just trusts a couple of teenagers to lock up a business for him.

•BABY TROY AND CHAD!!!

•What are the odds Taylor's self projecting onto Gabriella because she's thinking the same thing about Chad?

•Wow Sharpay.... Got those claws. Causing all this trouble in all these movies. She's such a villain, why? But also not a villain.

•Do these people not realize you can write letters? They don't have to break up. These movies are so dramatic! They have letters, they have email, they have computers.... They have phones, they can text! Long distant texting, they can do that. They can do phone calls at night. These movies don't understand you can still be connected to people, you can make that effort. But they make everything so damn final. Epic sigh.

•Now he's just gonna break into school in the middle of the night in the middle of a thunderstorm with his hoodie being all dark and broody and to be dramatic. This is legal.

•And he's shirtless again. AGAIN!

•The OTHER most angsty song in the history of angst that has ever angsted

•THAT'S THE BEST PART, SHE'S JUST THERE TAKING IT ALL IN!

•My dog also proceeded to bark some more with Darbus trying to give Troy advice

•GIRL! Girl. GIRL! You can write letters! Oh my god, girl!

•Just chilling in a tree. Bro!

•Do any of them realize they kinda screwed Sharpay over for the chance to get that scholarship?

•She's done.

•Just climb on everything.

•Oh my god that is revenge in her eyes.... SHE'S BACK!

•Actual hugging! A family that hugs! Not a knee slap! Actual hug!

•THE PUPPY GOT HIS OWN SEAT!

•Iconic.

[thisiskatsblog]

The hypocrisy of larries reblogging that post when it is larries who disregard their words about their sexuality. Louis said he is in fact straight but you dismiss him, you shut him up every day. Your blatant biphobia is the reason why you claim Harry hates women. How do you know Harry's sexuality when he didn't declare it? What gives you the right to shut Louis up, dismiss his words while forcing a sexuality on Harry who never declared it? You are so biphobic you can't even fathom Harry as a bi

Which post am I not allowed to reblog and for which reason? When did I ever say Harry hates women? He certainly doesn’t as he says himself he has been brought up by women and as far as I can see he does love to have women in his band. Also when the fuck did Harry ever say he was bi? Because by your own standards if he never explicitly said that then you are the one slapping a label on him that he never declared and you are a homophobic ass.

Also when did I say he was anything for certain (besides one hyperbolic post a million years ago)? I’ve only expressed that I think he is was/is in a relationship with Louis that’s all. No one has ever come to tell me not to do that when the speculation is about a different gendered couple so there’s much to say about your attitude in that account too.

As far as what Harry has and hasn’t said - as far as I can recall, he has said he doesn’t think he’s bi (written interview - no live confirmation), that gender isn’t important in a significant other (which could mean bi but he didn’t say that), and that he prefers not to use any labels (so yeah probably not straight but you’re very much not respecting that with your insistence he must be bi).

Harry never labelled himself. I am fine with that. What the hell is your fucking problem with me.

Oh is it my insistence that Louis should not leave the pernicious “I am in fact straight” tweet on his Twitter? Because let me tell you, that tweet makes him look like a homophobic ass and I don’t think it’s a good look on him. Or anyone for that matter. Because there was really no reason for him to insist on that I hope you remember this correctly. It was after Harry “came out” of sorts saying he didn’t think gender was important. And Louis had worn something rainbow coloured the week after. And a journalist had interpreted that as him being supportive of his apparently non-straight band mate. And then he hate tweeted the journalist and felt it necessary to clarify he was in fact straight when the journalist hadn’t even so much as suggested he was not that. So to get you on the message here: someone said “how great of you Louis to act like a true ally and support Harry saying gender doesn’t matter to me” and Louis’ tweet said “Fuck you I wasn’t supporting Harry and I am certainly NOT GAY how could you possibly think that?” (While she didn’t say anything of the sort).

If you don’t wish to be seen as an ally…. That’s homophobic, there is no middle ground there. And if any association with ally ship and rainbows makes you feel the need to assert that you are straight then you’re certainly not comfortable with homosexuality - if not actively homophobic it at least caters to societal homophobia where any association with “gay” is to be avoided. So yeah I fucking hate that tweet and wish for it to disappear into nothingness forever because it hurts me as a queer, bisexual person. It hurts me to think that Louis would not want to be seen as supporting someone like me for whom gender doesn’t factor into the attraction they feel to someone. It really really does.

I really wish he’d shut up about that article in the independent about his support to Harry. That’s not the same as dismissing anything he says about his sexuality. But let’s just say I did see those boners he had for Harry. And from experience, I had my fair share of lady boners for girls before I managed to understand let alone say out loud to anyone that I wasn’t straight. I’m not going to tell Louis what or who he is. That’s up to him and if he considers himself straight and/or wants to be seen as straight even when he doesn’t consider himself so that’s his choice. He just shouldn’t be a homophobic douche about it on Twitter.

[llycaons]

‘the live action wants you to THINK he likes girls, but if you read the sex scenes in the novel you will find that is NOT the case’ he...he can like both men and women...those two things are not mutually exclusive hello? they were doing their best under constraints, I thought it was just as clear how much he liked men...

[deanismysavior]

It’s so frustrating that people refuse to even consider the hypothetical possibility that Mike could be bi/not straight.

person a: “Will has been confirmed gay and is in love with mike.”

person b: “Oh that’s weird I didn’t see that at all, I thought he liked El, but fine. BUT MIKE IS THE STRAIGHTEST PERSON EVER! He loves El, they’ve made clear throughout the series that he only likes women, he hates guys, he’s never looked at a guy once. He’s dating El, they’re getting married, they told me themselves. This will only end in heartbreak. It’s impossible.”

Being homophobic is one thing (an awful thing). Being slow to figure out Will’s sexuality is another thing (poor media literacy skills). But I’m really trying to understand the people who aren’t necessarily homophobic, they just literally think it’s IMPOSSIBLE for Mike to be anything other than the straightest straight boy to ever be straight. Even if the monologue were in fact fully genuine, do they really think he has to get married to the first girl he dated?

This fandom is so weird.

Yeah, I agree that it's this really weird rhetoric within certain corners of the fandom, and honestly, it might not be outright malicious homophobia, but it is internalized bias.

They think that Mike has to fall into a stereotype in order for it to be possible that he's gay. They think he has to "act gay" or "sound gay" or have "gay interests" in order to be gay. What they don't seem to understand is that queer people are just people. We don't have to fall into some box in order to have same-sex/gender attraction, but straight people, whether they are conscious of this or not, have a tendency to necessitate that there needs to be some significant difference between a straight person and a queer person, but there doesn't.

To be fair though, I think we're inclined as humans to try to sort out and deduce this way by grouping things; it's a way for us to make sense of patterns. The thing about Mike and why they're so adamant that he "couldn't be gay," is because he doesn't fit that pre-determined pattern they associate with queerness.

This might be slightly off-topic, but I think now we're coming into this phase in media where we're seeing more and more that these molds are being broken. Just take Heartstopper for example. Even the queer characters within the show think that Nick is the "straightest person ever" until they see him start a relationship with Charlie. It drives home an important point about how the assumptions we make about people can be dangerous, and I'd argue, can probably prevent a lot of queer people from discovering they are queer sooner, because they don't fit what queer people are "supposed" to look like to society.

But if we cast aside those pre-conceived notions for a second and actually LOOK at the way Mike interacts with Will, I think people would get a much clearer picture of what queerness really looks like. It just looks like loving someone.

[gallifreyanwriter]

In Which Sam Winchester Finally Speaks Up

Takes place during the time that Sam and Dean lost their main-character mojo, and had to drive up north to get it back. I just think there should have been some...unintended consequences, of no longer being the main character.

“I’m just saying,” Sam said, “If we were the main characters, up until now that is...why did we suck so much at getting the girl?”

Dean groaned.

“It’s a philosophical question! Purely hypothetical!” Sam protested.

“That’s all you’ve been doing for the past hundred miles!!” Dean retorted, “if you pose one more hypothetical, I’m gonna hypothetically sock you in the mouth.”

“But come on, Dean, think about it! The hero gets the girl, right?” Sam said, even as he angled his body away from Dean’s less-than-hypothetical fist, “But all our relationships that seemed promising have gone south, every single time! Did Chuck just...not want us to have healthy relationships?”

Dean actually relaxed, with a bitter laugh on that one.

“Can’t blame God for everything, Sammy,” he shrugged, “I don’t know what kind of white-picket-fence fantasies you got up in that giant noggin, but goin' steady? Not my thing."

He snickered, and pointed a thumb at himself. "No girl has ever been able to tie this guy down."

Sam snorted. “Pshyeah, well that’s just ‘cause you’re holding out for Castiel.”

Dean nearly swerved off the road.

Sam felt like his own BRAIN swerved off the road.

“W-w-what the FUCK did you just say?” said Dean, his voice rising to a squeak as he spoke.

Sam just gaped at the windshield, mind moving at a thousand miles an hour.

“Dude. I-I think Chuck was preventing me from commenting on it before,” Sam said, touching a hand to his mouth, “Holy shit, Dean, you have-you have no idea how much I’ve thought about saying stuff like that, then the urge just...disappears as soon as I think it. Since we’re not the focus of his story anymore, I-”

The Impala hit a pothole, and Dean swore.

“Oh, my god. I think God is...is a homophobe,” Sam said in wonder, “He never stopped you from commenting on me and Eileen, or-or me and any girl, but I’ve never been able to hassle you about Cas, which by all rights I should be able to, judging by how you two always act around each other right in front of me-”

“Can we please go back to being homophobic again??” Dean pleaded.

“No! This is my one shot, before we get our mojo back, and I gotta take it,” Sam said, steeling himself, “Now. Can we please, please talk about the thing between you and Cas?”

“No! There is nothing between us!”

“Yeah, but you want there to be,” Sam said, building up his head of steam, “And I-I’m pretty sure he does too! I may not have said much about it over the years, due to divine intervention, but by God, Dean. I have eyes.”

Dean took a deep, shaky breath.

“Look, Sam. There is nothing between us,” he said, keeping his voice perfectly level, “Nothing is GOING to be between us, and even if there was?”

He swallowed, and a muscle worked in his jaw.

“Hell, it would probably never work, anyway.”

The wobble in Dean’s voice on the final word gave Sam all the confirmation he needed, but he was a little miffed that Dean wouldn’t take the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and say it. “But-”

“I swear to that dick of a God himself, that if you keep talking about this I WILL leave your ass on the side of the road, right here.”

Sam opened his mouth to protest, or at least call his bluff, but the words died in his throat when he glanced at Dean’s face. Dean looked inches from a panic attack, gripping the wheel for dear life and staring, unseeing, out the windshield. Chuck may have directly interfered with Sam’s ability to comment over the years, but looking at the hunch of Dean’s shoulders and his white knuckle grip...he might not have needed to be so direct, with Dean. Between all of Dean’s childhood trauma, and repression, and all the shit that had gone down between him and Cas just recently...that shaky, oblique comment might be the best he could do, in terms of actually talking about it.

So Sam let it go.

Most of the way, anyway.

“Alright, alright,” Sam sighed, sitting back against the seat, “I won’t push it. But since Chuck can’t stop me right now...I just wanna say. It’s okay, Dean. It’s-it’s okay. I know we-back in the day, how we used to-y’know, joke-”

Sam swallowed, internally cringing at the fifteen-year-old memories bubbling up to the surface.

“B-but that’s not how I think, anymore. You gotta know that. It’s-it’s fine, y’know? If you’re, uhm, gay, or bi, or-or hell if you just...love Cas, and haven’t thought about that other shit at all, like...it’s fine. Just cause I haven’t said anything, doesn’t mean I haven’t thought about it, and it...it doesn’t change anything, to me.”

There was a poignant silence, inside the Impala.

Quick as a flash, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it, Dean swiped at an eye with the back of his wrist.

“Great pep talk, Sammy,” Dean said through gritted teeth, “Now please, shut your mouth, and let me drive.”

[sir-bird-bones]

SPOILERS FOR S6 EP3

OH MY GOD. AFGJKLIYTEWCVNKOOUESAAAAA

BRUH

This episode was great. SAPHIC HORSE GIRLS.

Omg first before getting into the meat of the episode, I really loved everyone’s characterization in this episode. Rick just being able to genuinely get along with everybody. Like!!!

He’s hanging with his grandkids! Like their, their own little click?? Playing bad video games! Adorable! And him just casually hanging out, getting drunk with Jerry! So sweet! And him actually being there for the Beth’s during their affair was great! Like he can even relate to being with a version of himself like that and gave her advice to the best of his abilities. He even initially helped Domestic Beth cover up with the ice cream!

Okay so I really don’t mind that their in love. I thought it was really sweet, but I still felt for Rick, Morty, and Summer. I would feel the same if I caught my parents/daughter screwing. At that point eat dinner in the garage.

Also, I think the Bethcest(??) is fine. Being with a clone/alt ver. of yourself isn’t something I think we can put moral judgment on because that could literally never happen. So I don’t think it’s a big deal. It’s a writing trope. Like giant robots or alien invasions.

I really liked that the Beth’s even wondered if what they had was real. That despite them being so similar they still had grown into their own. That them fighting didn’t lead to them hating each other but instead breaking up for what they thought was right. I’m glad they were able to work something out with Jerry. I would have liked it if they had said it out loud that they were in a poly relationship. Just because the end almost feels like “ooo Jerry’s got 2 wives now big W” instead of 3 people who genuinely want to be together. I know it’s obvious because the whole episode was literally about the Beth’s relationship but still. 

Anyways we got Bisexual Beth’s and Jerry confirmed. Pansexual Rick in the background but ever graciously always there. A lesbian Summer in the comics and potentially a Bi Summer in the show. And although Morty seems to be the token straight, he’s been in space dawg. You can’t be straight in space. You just can’t. (Also potential for gender fluid Morty from s6 ep2)

The scene where Jerry turns into a bug had me cackling. Ricks ass tats of him and Jerry as eagle killed me. Can you imagine that conversation? Yeah I want a tattoo of me and my son-in-law on my ass but make us badass looking eagles. Ooo! Rick and the kids playing a text based game was really cool to see too! All the pictures of the family shown in this episode was a really nice touch. Morty and Summer just leaving Rick to rot with the consequences of Beth, gives hope and fear that ep2 didn’t have consequences. And the jab at the floating timeline, was classic. The 3 of them sitting in silence at the dinner table before breaking down. Rick making an attempt to pretend this is normal and fine. And of course we can never forget about Naruto Smith, fucking little bastard. The little kiss between the two Jerry’s in the end credits was cute too.

Overall I really enjoyed this episode it was funny and had good characterization, and that’s really all I ask for in a show.

[the-bau-quinjet]

My Name Isn't

Summary: You find out the guys (Bucky, Steve, and Sam) have a bet as to who can kiss you first, so you confront them at Tony's team building karaoke night.

Warnings: some swearing and drinking

Word Count: 3187

a/n: This was inspired by my love of the classic using karaoke to express your feelings trope and the song My Name Isn't by LOVA. I did change the lyric "yours" into "doll" though because it made sense in the story.

"Not a chance, Wilson." Bucky rolled his eyes as Steve walked into the room, unbothered by the familiar sounds of Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes arguing.

"C'mon tin man, you afraid you're gonna lose?' Sam couldn't help but tease the super soldier.

"It's a stupid bet! Steve tell him it's a stupid bet." Bucky stared at his best friend, silently begging for him to agree.

Steve's tone could only be described as exasperated when he responded, "what is it this time?"

"I bet Barnes and Noble over here," Sam stopped talking to dodge the book Bucky threw at him, "that I could get Y/N to kiss me before he could, and he's too chicken shit to take the bet."

"It's a stupid bet!" Bucky was gearing up to throw another book when Steve chimed in. "I don't know Buck, it could get you to finally act on your feelings for her."

Bucky rolled his eyes, responding with his typical denial "I don't have any feelings, punk."

Sam and Steve shared an obvious "this man is lying" look before turning back to Bucky.

"Fine, Cap since Bucky won't take the bet, will you?" The mischievous gleam in Sam's eye shown through as Steve weighed his options.

"It is a pretty stupid bet, but I'm doing this for you Buck." Clapping Bucky on the shoulder, he turned to Sam. "I'm in." As Steve went to shake Sam's hand, Bucky gave in.

"Fine! Fine. All three of us. The first one to kiss her wins." Bucky reluctantly agreed.

"Now, what does the winner get?" Sam posed the question, mischief clear in his eyes.

-

The first time you had an inkling that something was afoot was your training with Steve and Bucky later that same day. Steve wasn't overly touchy or anything that would make you uncomfortable, this is America's Golden Boy after all, but he kept calling you "honey" or some variation of it. You'd throw a punch and rather than correcting your form in his usual commanding Captain voice, he would feed you a random compliment followed by a "try it like this hun."

You left the gym confused and with more energy than one would typically have after training with Steve Rogers. Luckily for you, Nat and Wanda noticed it too.

"What was that about?" Wanda asked as soon as the three of you were out of earshot.

"I don't have a clue." Your expression of complete confusion was enough to convince the two women you were telling the truth.

"I always thought Barnes had a thing for you. I wouldn't expect Steve of all people to try to mess that up. Especially with how obvious you are!" Nat chimed in. You've never regretted anything more than getting drunk and admitting your feelings for the brunette super soldier to the two women.

"Ugh, are the two of you ever gonna forget about that?" Your question was rhetorical as you nearly slammed the door to your room, but it didn't stop the two women from shouting "not a chance" and "only if you tell him" through the door.

-

The second time you noticed the weird behavior was the next day. You were running through some basic defense moves with some new Shield agents when Sam walked in with Bucky.

Now, normally Sam avoids you in the gym because he knows you'll kick his ass. All your time spent training with Nat mixed with your advanced perception skills meant you are a force to be reckoned with in the gym. This time though, he asked to spar before running through his typical warm up routine.

"You sure, Wilson? I wouldn't want to bruise your ego any further." You joked with him, unsure of his motives.

"Oh I'm sure, baby. Do your worst."

So you did. You had him on the mat in 4 minutes even, not letting the "baby" comment phase you until later in the night when you were with Wanda and Nat.

"First, Steve keeps calling me honey. Now Wilson is in on it with baby! What the hell is going on?'

The three of you shared identical shrugs, choosing to ignore it for now in favor of girls night.

-

Your days continued with the random comments from Sam and Steve. Of course, after the first 24 hours you noticed a pattern emerging. The two men would only use the pet names if Bucky was in the room. If Bucky couldn't overhear what was being said, everything was normal, but all bets were off if he so much as stepped in the room. It was constant affection and compliments from the two men.

You were thinking about the pattern you'd discovered, along with what it could mean, when Tony barged into the common room like a man on fire.

He surveyed the room, noting the presence of nearly every team member. The only three missing? Sam, Steve, and Bucky. You had a feeling they were most definitely up to something. "Oh perfect, most of you are here already! I have decided we don't do enough team building. Saving the world is stressful and we deserve to relax, so... drumroll please!" He waited for an extended period of time, until you, Wanda, and Vision gave him a lackluster drumroll. "That could use some work, but I'm not going to let it bring me down. We're doing karaoke! I rented out a bar for tonight, so clear your schedules ladies and gentlemen! We start at 8."

To say he was met with mixed results would be underselling the range of reactions. Nat looked ready to kill him. Thor was so excited, he reminded you of a golden retriever playing fetch. Most everybody else fell somewhere in the middle.

"Y/N, be a dear and let the three stooges know would ya? I don't know where they are and I don't feel like finding them." Tony didn't wait for a response before leaving the room just as rapidly as he entered it.

"I guess that's my cue. I'll be back and we can at least get ready together?" You looked to Nat and Wanda for confirmation before leaving to find Steve, Bucky, and Sam.

-

You checked Sam's room first because it's the closest to the common area, but there was no sign of life. Steve and Bucky's rooms sat similarly untouched. You went to the gym, the pool, the game room, and circled back to the kitchen but they were nowhere to be seen. Finally, you gave up the impromptu game of hide and seek asking FRIDAY where they were.

"FRIDAY, do you know where Steve, Bucky, and Sam are?"

"Captain Rogers, Sergeant Barnes, and Lieutenant General Wilson are on the roof." The AI responded so fast, it had you wondering why didn't just ask her 40 minutes ago when their rooms were all empty.

"What the hell are they doing on the roof?" You huffed as you made your way back to the elevator.

"They are the discussing the terms of their bet." FRIDAY's response surprised you. You hadn't meant to actually receive an answer, but now that you did you were curious.

"What bet?" You continued the line of questioning as the elevator rose to the roof access point.

"The three made a bet to see who could get you to kiss them first."

Suddenly, all the pet names and compliments made sense.

"Son of a bi-" You cut yourself off as the elevator door opened, leading you directly to the three men in question. They turned abruptly, clearly caught off guard by anyone coming to the roof.

"Finally. I've been looking for you three everywhere!" You kept the new found information to yourself for the time being. "Tony decided we're doing karaoke tonight. We're supposed to be at the bar he rented out by 8pm." You smiled, taking in the slightly guilty expressions on each of their faces. Even if FRIDAY hadn't told you, it would be painstakingly obvious you caught them talking about you.

"Thanks doll, we'll make sure we're there." You felt the butterflies in your stomach at the pet name, but quickly shut it down. You wouldn't be giving in to their bet that easily.

"No problem, see you boys soon." You winked, pressing the button to bring you back to the main floor. You had a plan to make after all.

-

"Well, it's karaoke why don't you just sing a song to call them out on it?" Wanda suggested another idea as you all got ready to head to the bar.

"That could work. You just need the perfect song." Nat chimed in, quickly applying some mascara.

"Wanda, you're a genius, and I think I have just the one." You grinned, pulling the song up to play while you finished getting ready.

-

Upon entering the bar, you immediately started second guessing your plan. That is, until the pet names came out to play. Sam was back at it with calling you baby, and Steve right there beside him with honey.

When you put your name down to sing, Wanda and Nat were right there with you, hyping you up and providing some liquid courage. Four drinks in and you finally felt just tipsy enough to actually follow through with your plan.

With the encouraging words from Nat and Wanda playing through your mind, you walked up to the stage, pulling up your chosen song on the karaoke machine.

You decided to play the beginning of the song off as a coincidence, not wanting to clue the guys in too early.

"One, two, three have been staring at me. It's been going all night."

You made eye contact with Nat and Wanda, fully relying on the feminist in you to knock these guys down a few pegs. By the time the chorus rolled around, you were ready.

Making direct eye contact with Sam, you put as much sass as possible into the next line.

"My name isn't 'baby,' you cannot say whatever you feel like. I am not the things you call me."

Switching your target from Sam to Steve, you kept going with the performance.

"My name isn't 'honey,' I will always do whatever I feel like. Honestly, you don't know me."

Clearly the three of them realized you knew about their bet, but you were on a roll. Switching focus to Bucky, you switched up the words a little bit to put him on blast as well.

"My name isn't... doll. My name isn't... doll."

The girls must have filled in the rest of the group, because you now had Bruce, Thor, Vision, Tony, Pepper, Clint, Wanda, and Nat cheering you on. They were whopping and hollering in agreement with the lyrics.

"We ain't got the time for you messing around so cut the deal."

"Cut the deal!!" You heard Tony yelling out as an echo, shaking your head with a slight chuckle.

"So don't come here and say, 'boys will be boys.' Behind every act there's always a choice."

The three men in question at least had the decency to look ashamed of their actions. Of course, that wasn't enough for you to not put them on blast through another round of the chorus.

The high from calling them out wore off right around the line:

"Do you really think that you can get your way by playing the same game."

Singing those words made you realize exactly what just happened. You held it together, put up a front long enough to get through the last chorus. Singing the last line to Bucky, you felt like your emotions were all over your face. The annoyance that the bet existed. The pain at him being part of it. The love you'd been trying to hide. All of it felt like it was right out in the open.

"My name isn't... Doll. My name isn't, my name isn't... Doll."

You took a quick bow in thanks for all the applause, before running off the stage. You didn't stop at the table with Nat and Wanda, nor did you stop for the three men trying to apologize. You made it outside, running about five blocks before even taking in your surroundings. Noticing a McDonald's, you sent a quick prayer that the ice cream machine was actually functioning before ducking inside.

-

The team stood with mouths hanging open at your sudden departure.

"What the hell just happened?" Tony posed the question to the group, knocking them out of their stupor.

Bucky was the first to follow you outside, his panic growing when he didn't see you leaning against any of the brick walls.

"Where is she?" Steve asked, spinning in circles right alongside Bucky while the rest of the group filed out the door.

"I don't know!" Bucky turned on Steve and Sam. "I never should have agreed to that stupid bet. Dammit!" Running his hands through his hair, he took off down the street calling a quick, "I'll look this way" over his shoulder.

He moved quickly down the street, keeping his eyes peeled for your sparkly, dark red dress. He looked through the windows of the many store fronts as he passed them. About five blocks later, he was about to turn around, assuming you went a different direction when he saw the familiar golden "m". A memory from about three weeks ago was quick to flash through his mind.

The team just came back from a two and a half week mission yesterday, meaning Tony was bound to throw a party today. It went about the same as most Tony Stark parties go; a lot of schmoozing until most guests left and the team could actually let loose.

You let a little looser than normal at the after party. After the mission required you to pretend to be married to Bucky, you felt like you deserved it. It was getting harder and harder to hide your feelings from him, especially when he insisted on walking you to your room after the party.

In a last ditch effort to avoid any drunk escapades, you asked him to take you to McDonald's instead of your room.

"Please Bucky?" You asked, drawing out the words and adding a small pout for good measure. "I just want a McFlurry and some fries! Please!"

"Sure, doll. We can go to McDonald's." You jumped up and down clapping, hugging him as you praised him for being so kind.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are the nicest, most perfect man to ever live. Let's gooooo!!" He smiled at your antics, leading you to one of the many cars Tony kept stocked, not quite trusting you to ride a motorcycle at the moment.

After getting the food, the two of you ate together in the car. You, of course, insisting he try dipping the fries in the ice cream.

Reluctantly, he admitted it wasn't that bad before driving the two of you home. He dropped you off at your door, receiving a whispered "thank you" and a quick kiss to the cheek from you.

He smiled at the memory before walking inside. He found you in a booth toward the back, unsurprisingly dipping fries into your ice cream

"Y/N, I'm so sorry." You didn't even look up when he started speaking, choosing instead to study the m&ms in your dessert. "Really. It was a stupid bet. Hell, I didn't even want to do it, but then that punk and birdman teamed up against me and I couldn't let them do it without me! It would've killed me to know one of them kissed you. It was so stupid and I should've just shut it down. I'm so sorry. You deserve so much more than that." He trailed off, waiting for you to say something.

You gestured to the seat across from you, pushing some fries toward him. "It was a stupid bet."

You waited until his mouth was full before asking "Why would it have killed you?" Watching him nearly choke on his fries was oddly satisfying.

"What?" He tried to deflect the question. You shook your head, passing him a napkin.

"You said it would have killed you to know one of them kissed me. Why?" You looked him in the eye as you ate another fry.

"Well, you see, I... um, maybe have um... feelings." It was his turn to stare intently at the m&ms. He mumbled a quick "get yourself together" under his breath before continuing. "I like you. Hell, I think I love you. I don't know when it started, but suddenly you are all I can think about. I worry about you constantly when your on a mission without me, even though I know you can take care of yourself. I see little things that remind me of you everywhere. Like yesterday, I saw a buttercup on the side of the road and I couldn't stop thinking about the time you spent a good twenty minutes ranting about how spring is the worst season."

Suddenly, you were on a tangent. "Because it is! It's always raining, it's muggy, it's always freezing in the morning and way too hot in the afternoon so you have to carry all these extra layers-"

"I love you. That's why it would've killed me. I don't even want to think about you with another-"

It was your turn to cut him off, doing so by leaning across the small table to kiss him. It was quick, but you still felt fireworks.

"I love you too." Your words were sweet, but shifted when you said the rest of your sentence. "I just have one more question." The smirk on your face made him nervous, but he was more than willing to answer anything.

"What do you get for winning?"

-

After talking with Bucky, you texted Nat and Wanda to let them know you were okay and the two of you were headed back to the compound. You beat everyone else back, but decided to wait for them in the common area.

Steve and Sam came in with their heads low, struggling to make eye contact.

"Y/N, I'm so sorry. We never should have made that bet." Steve started, aware of all the eyes on him.

"Me too. It was stupid and thoughtless." Sam added on.

"It was, but you are forgiven." You reached for Bucky's hand, planting a kiss on his cheek. "Bucky told me the winner of your little bet gets to pick the music for all forms of travel on the next three missions." You grinned at their confused expressions. "Bucky, being the winner, has so graciously bestowed that gift to me now. Get ready boys. I'm talking High School Musical. Hamilton. I'll have the two of you singing Taylor Swift in the shower." You, along with the rest of the team, laughed at their expense. Their grim expressions had you smiling, "oh please, I know you secretly love it!"

"Now, I have to go to bed. I have a date tomorrow." You winked at Bucky before sauntering off down the hall, the cheers of your teammates following you.