It's "Let's Do Drugs" until it's gay men doing drugs then it's trashy, annoying gays with no self control.
It's, "Sex work is work" until it's gay men doing sex work and then it's over privileged gay men delighting in their unobtainable bodies without shame.
I’m going to scream into the Tumblr void for a minute;
So basically. One of my favourite webcomics is on hiatus right now. And the fandom is speaking via the webtoon and Ao3 comment sections. I was rereading one of the chapters and went to the comment section to preserve my sanity. And in that particular episode there was a gay kiss. Slay. I knew this was coming. Most of it was just stuff like “FINALLY. YOU TOOK LONG ENOUGH” but a few were things like “I thought this was a Jesus loving, lord praising webcomic. how dare the author betray us Christians like this with this homosexual bs”. I think it was because the comic uses Christianity as a jumping off point for fantasy. It’s this elaborate system where the characters get their powers via archangels. It’s a really cool concept that I enjoy and have taken inspiration from multiple times in my own works. What I don’t understand is how it was made distinctly clear that this was an lgbt comic; yet people still got angry. The author has a pride flag in their bio. One of the main cast is a lesbian. The romance between the two characters that kissed was a slow build up that was still very much noticeable. Hell one of the side couples is gay. I’m thick as a watermelon rind but was still able to get it. I can’t understand why someone would get mad over something that other people as well as the creator themself showed them. It’s like like ignoring a neon light telling you not to go down a road but getting frustrated when you get lost. It’s immature and childish. Grow up and learn to not interact with something you’ll react negatively to.
(webcomic is covenant by exploidikid btw. It’s on a huge hiatus rn but it’s work it. trust)
lupin zero headcannons list that probably going to be ever growing until I shove most of this into a fluff fic:
jiglup fluff incoming
also a bit of hc relating to internalized and regular homopbia (bc zero I think is set in the 60s and history and stuff yeah...)
they confessed possible feelings for each other in the secret hideout
jigen started that conversation by kinda just blurting out how he never really liked girls
he covered it up by saying it could be from how his life is and how he doesn't have time to think about it
lupin reassures him by saying he wouldn't mind being romantic with jigen
they tested out these feeling by kissing and seeing how they felt
they were each others first kiss
they used their multiple hideouts as a place to be alone
they spend that time holding hands and holding each other and sharing small kisses
they didn't see themselves as dating because they didn't go on dates or show affection publicly
they also didn't because they didn't say they were especially because their feelings were a bit complex (aka they didn't know how exactly they felt about all this)
the drive-in theater was totally their first date
lupin told his housekeeper about his relationship she wasn't the most approving but had no place to tell him no
his dad found out and was like "... okay cool. have fun you young love birds"
jigen's dad heard from ONE rumor at school that secretly just so happen to be true and did some bad shit.... (fuck gis dad bro I'd fight him 1v1 😡 he was mean to such a tiny baby)
his dads disapproval despite him denying it is what drove jigen to take that job in ep 6
that and jigens dad more or less making him
they ran away together and have been together ever since
jigen started living more at lupins place
he started getting called young master and almost cried the first time
Three Ships: Solavellan (obviously) StarJack (Starscream/Wheeljack; specifically from IDW Transformers) Kakashi/Gai (no amount of homopbia could keep even Kishimoto from separating those fags, love really does win sometimes)
First Ship: fffff… I’ve been a shipper since childhood so fuck if I remember. My gut says it was WizGato (Wizardmon/Gatomon, yes from Digimon sue me he died for her)
Last Song: It’s Raining Men by The Weather Girls
Last Movie: The Imaginary (Studio Ponoc, and the damn mfcker made me cry which is the highest compliment I can give, what with my cold dead heart and all)
Currently Reading: How To Be A Victorian by Ruth Goodman (highly recommended resource for anyone who wants to write Victorian/Victorian Inspired fiction)
Currently Watching: Unwinding With The Sweeties
Currently Eating: Attempting to construct a salad
Currently Craving: I’m actually kind of nauseous…my appetite is a shy one lately but that’s what weed is for 👍
:Re your femWhat do you think about only genderbending one character in a ship? Let's say for megastar, someone only made starscream a woman and megatron stayed a man?
Nah, that's just homophobic to me.
in my personal aus (in my head, haven't shared them here!), i do have genderbent starscream, but IF starscream is a woman then you'd BETTER believe megatron is a woman. genderbending only one person in a ship, to me, at least just screams homopbia or lesbophobia. we all have our reasons but i am not down with only genderbending one person in a ship.
tho my discussion really wasn't about genderbending, i tend to think sometimes people see femme and automatically decide that means woman. BUUT i do like lesbian megastar and lesbian starscream and megatron as separate characters (and then together akdfja;)
This is Leilani. She is 24 and ethnicity Hawaiian, but at heart, she'll always be a Texan. She has a wife and 2 adopted kids, lives in a fairy tale cottage, and is a part-time activist fighting against racism and homopbia.
Or that would be her in a modern/realistic format because she's one of the 2 momma lesbeins from my high fantasy trilogy that I'm going to (hopefully) have the 2nd chapter written by Thursday! No, I'm not done with the cover art yet. I will keep updating for when it's done, and if I don't get the book officially published, I will turn it into a cross posted e novel.
Honestly I think the difference between mackleroys and rooster teeth isn't that the brothers aren't homophobic while RT it but that when they are they listen and make amends. Like to me on their own the queerbaiting in RWBY and Bury Your Gays in TAZ are about the same in that they hurt queer people but were probably not intended and are the result of internalized/not realized homophobia and ignorance of how widespread the issue is. But when miles got confronted he doubled down on how it was all caused by totally not homophobic intentions so it's not actually homophobic and refused to analyze himself or listen to how he could make it better, where Griffin responded by putting multiple queer people in later arcs and apologizing for fulfilling the trope in one of the QA episodes. Like het content creators will always mess up but like the way you react to messing up makes such a huge difference
Some Bitch-Ass Teacher: "Mr. Xiao Long, your daughter beat-up several students. I am afraid she will be suspended for 3 weeks."
Yang, in tears: "But Dad! They Called Me the D-word and other mean names!"
Taiyang, exasperated: "Dont' worry teacher. I will take care of my daughter"
Taiyang, big smile on his face at home: "I am so proud of you. Your first stand-up against bigoted bullies and you WON! Extra Video Game Time and Ice Cream in equal measures for 3 weeks!"
Yang, equal parts confused and glad: "What would you have done if I lost?"
Taiyang, hugging Yang: "More Ice Cream, Less Video Games, More Combat Training."
Yang, for the first time realizing how truly weird her dad is, but thankful she is truly loved: "I love you daddy"
Shout out to @ArachneOfficial for (A. stopping me from punching a homophobic old lady in the subway and (B. roasting the c r a p out of her in my defense. I have slightly burned crofter's thumbprint cookies as thanks! I DMed you my address!