#sans had a really big impact on this image of tumblr sexyman and he's both a huge outlier and the codifier of what it means now | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

readymades2002 · 2 years

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tumblr sexyman is not an archetype or a type of character at all it is a phenomenon. you can’t just call any character a tumblr sexyman you can’t just fill out a checklist and WOW its a new one how fun! its not something that you make its something that happens

#originally the archetype of a tumblr sexyman was about a very specific kind of fan reaction+portrayal #of specific men i feel like. the term didn't exist but the knowledge sure did #(onceler wheatley cecil bill cipher arguably the clock from dhmis etc etc)#and it shifted over time to encompass a more general fan reaction to like. sans and komaeda (who was for all intents and purposes #a teenager and i dont like including him but he did have an impact on this kind of thing. the same could be said #about eridan who falls more solidly into the glasses+sweatervest kind of definition but i try to exclude him as well #because 1) he is thirteen and 2) he sucks)#sans had a really big impact on this image of tumblr sexyman and he's both a huge outlier and the codifier of what it means now #and its muddied the waters a lot. he still seems more like the exception rather than the rule to me #but well people did respond to him so not much i can do about that.#its really more of a description of a fan reaction than a character not that you would know from how its used now #idk its NOT that serious i do NOT want to sound like i consider myself a scholar on this #its more that just seeing how its used now in comparison to what the original image was irritates me #its like 'kin' or 'himbo' where i just do not think those words mean anything anymore and considering their original meaning #the shift has been irritating not in just an 'annoying poster' way (though it is also that) but in a #'you do not care what terms mean and it is making it much harder to communicate certain things' way. you know?#sorry i am reading an extremely irritating twitch chat so im just talking to myself about it because i dont have a life that means anything

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