#speculating the sexualities of real people only happens on my mcr blog /j

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watching big time rush through a queer lens is so wild. more specifically, james is a total gay stereotype with actual queer undertones.

james diamond is incredibly tv-flamboyant. he’s obsessed with his looks, likes fashion and shopping, is a theater kid, wants to be a pop star, and, of course, is an incredibly over-the-top. this is television, so of course he’s gonna have an exaggerated personality the same way everyone else on the show does. it just so happens that his exaggerated personality happens to align with many gay stereotypes.

at first glance, the idea of james actually being gay makes no sense since he’s supposed to be obsessed with girls and dating. when actually taking a look at the whole series, however, he never shows any actual interest in the women he goes out with, nor does he ever actually seem to want a real relationship until lucy. kendall and logan both have a true dynamic with their love interests, and carlos is constantly complaining about wanting to fall in love and be in a relationship and also seems to actually try to get to know the girls he goes out with.

meanwhile, james seems to only prefer the aesthetic of a relationship. from the first episode, his plan is to get rich and famous, marry a supermodel, and have five houses. his first “real” love interest is lucy, and even then that seems incredibly forced. the majority of their dynamic consists of him chasing her around, begging her to date him because they’d be a power couple until he finally wears her down (which, looking back, this show tends to be very misogynistic… that’s a topic for another day tho).

one way some people deal with internalized homophobia is by dating around, and others (like myself) deal with it by fixating all of their energy onto one person who they would probably never have a chance with. these are the only two ways that james engages in romance throughout the entire show. around the time he starts obsessing over lucy (if i remember correctly), he seems to realize that it’s strange that he’s never had a real girlfriend. i absolutely think these are related. (he also forces kendall to do romantic quizzes with him… but he’s still really bad at them from what i remember. gay men are extremely self-centered /j.)

if anyone has anything to add or dispute, please feel free! thank you for listening to my ramblings about how my first comphet crush is also gay lol.