The intended social model of her relationship is still hierarchical and transactional in a single direction. Her higher status gem benefits from her service. She’s supposed to entertain, again without a deeper relationship. The fact that she (queerly) experiences a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One thing I love about Steven Universe is that for gems, all attraction and romance is queer attraction and romance. In gem culture there is no culturally normative model to experience, it’s all taboo.
1960z: the way we’re not even supposed to know his name yet this is a wild introduction 10/10 no notes This introduction is so wild. It gets even wilder when you remember when Klavier thinks he’s being checked out, Apollo[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey anon, this is absolutely a fair question, and thanks for asking! <3 I considered discussing Kisegawa Uendo’s treatment in the post you’re referring to, however, for a couple of reasons, I decided against it. talking about Uendo involves spoiling[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The world would be a better place if the Ace Attorney lawyers (various) and sundry were allowed to actually acknowledge that being gay, bi, etc and having gay relationships was a possibility that existed. Unfortunately they are trapped in canon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Like 85% of my ships are gay ships. I promise you I don’t have some kind of agenda when I tell you no, the source material doesn’t actually have any canonical gay people in it.
No, the actual series is incredibly homophobic, and uses queer stereotypes and queer coding for humor and villains. At one point the main character calls a flamboyant man a “fruitcake”. *Technically speaking* the game heavily implies that Lana Skye, a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
saints-who-never-existed: “In the war film, a soldier can hold his buddy—as long as his buddy is dying on the battlefield. In the western, Butch Cassidy can wash the Sundance Kid’s naked flesh—as long as it is wounded. In the boxing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is honestly all I’m saying, anon. I don’t care how other people are headcanoning Apollo. Everyone’s allowed to do their own thing. I think queer and trans headcanons are great. The only reason I care is because I am[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That is absolutely true, anon, but it’s also true that of the explicit fics which are tagged with trans apollo justice 94% of them have him bottoming and 68% involve and feminine language for his genitals, and a full 15%[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They’re literally described as identical twins in the show and people gave them different genitals just because Knives is all muscle and dominance. Yeah that is definitely uncomfortable if that’s a trendy headcanon. I’m sorry to hear the fandom is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thanks for reaching out, anon! Like I said, I don’t actually have a problem with any kind of trans headcanons, especially in a vacuum, and its obvious that a lot of other trans men can relate. Literally the only reason[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thank you for your support, anon. You’re absolutely right that a lot of it does seem to circle back to the same type of regressive, restrictive role-based headcanons like categorizing partners as seme/uke, top/bottom etc and forcing them into a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are 351 fics on AO3 marked as “trans apollo justice.” Of those fics, a full 155– almost half– are marked as containing explicit sex. all 155/155 of these fics are written in English. 105/155 (68%!) of these fics are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thanks for sharing your feelings, anon. I’m sorry that other fans have made it uncomfortable for you, and I deeply relate. Context link
I wasn’t going to say anything, because I don’t want to upset anyone, and I believe that everyone has the right to their own opinions and headcanons, queer or otherwise. But at this point it’s unavoidable. The sheer prevalence of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
luimnigh: The problem I’m having with Recipe for Turnabout is that I have no idea what what to make of Jean Armstrong. Like, clearly this is supposed to be a typical mid-00s style casually homophobic joke. An effeminate, camp gay[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
abnormal-artist: the-bar-sinister: Okay. I did it. I figured out the pattern between what trans headcanons bother me and what trans headcanons don’t. For the most part, I like trans headcanons that disgaree with the character’s canonical gender, and avoid trans[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay. I did it. I figured out the pattern between what trans headcanons bother me and what trans headcanons don’t. For the most part, I like trans headcanons that disgaree with the character’s canonical gender, and avoid trans headcanons that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
emeraldspiral: I feel like newer fans can’t really appreciate what it was like to be introduced to IZ in 2001 and be a ZADR shipper in that early 2000s cultural climate. Openly hating gays was SOOOOO much more normalized than[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, the AA series has a LOT of regressive portrayals of gender roles, a lot of sexism and jokes that have aged poorly as “haha, they’re GNC” has become less of a socially acceptable punchline. Unfortunately at the time– and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That sounds so frustrating, anon! It sucks to be isolated and have a headcanon that’s the opposite of a lot of people’s. Still I bet if you do post about your own headcanon, and your own fic/art there are people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Despite a ton of queer subtext, the actual canonical text of Ace Attorney is deeply homophobic and heteronormative. Homosexuality and queerness are never directly referenced or mentioned at all in the series. There is never a moment in the series[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey let’s talk about why the ace attorney series constantly links male femininity in general and the specifically use of cosmetics with villainy and weakness. (spoiler it’s homophobia)
A few days ago an anon shared with me their excitement that Phoenix Wright “canonically” has a damsel in distress fantasy. My take was that that was great stuff, but I wasn’t going to take it as canon until I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday I talked a lot about the gay subtext in Ace Attorney– it exists, and there’s lots of it. Today, I’m going to talk about the het subtext in Ace Attorney– it exists, and there’s lots of it. Honestly, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s lots of gay subtext in Ace Attorney. But when looking specifically at subtext that might be intentionally put in the narrative by the creators with the intention that the character in question is actually gay, I think the main[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Heterosexual male friendships are so rare in tv and movies” No??? they have an entire genre?? They’re literally inescapable? have you ever heard of a buddy cop show? have you ever seen an action movie made prior to 2000?? How[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
highball66: A Queer Reading of Wesker This is a sorta-teaser for my the queering RE post I might make, but I wanted to do a bit of a deep-dive on Wesker and the apparent queer coding of his character. Wesker[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the text of the Ace Attorney games and how they present (and largely don’t present) queer issues and drawing conclusions about the society from that. This has impacted my writing of In[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Continuing on the topic of this post about queer coding and if other types of relationship coding exist– Here’s the hell of it. I know this is hard to accept, but– Prior to the modern era, heterosexual incestuous and pedophilic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Queer coding exists because queer relationships and characters were (and to some degree in some places still are) considered too taboo and too illegal by society to portray directly in fiction. If there are other types of coding that legitimately[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No, there isn’t. Queer coding is *literally about* stereotypes. Its when you use stereotypes to make your audience assume the character is queer without saying it directly or having them do anything queer. The word you are looking for is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey friend. I have some news that you probably won’t actually like. “Queer coding” is when a writer gives a character culturally stereotypical gay traits, but the character isn’t actually said out loud to be queer, or allowed to do[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Speaking of the difference between a queer reading, queer subtext, and queer coding, as relevant to the Ace Attorney series… There is a moment in Dual Destinies that carries obvious queer subtext relevant to one of our main characters (Apollo[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Queer coded” is when a writer deliberately uses subtle but obvious cultural tells to inform the audience that their character is meant to be queer, without openly stating that they are queer. This is done to present a queer character[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I wish more people in fandom understood (or would make the distinction between) a character who is queer coded, and a character they have a queer reading for. I think that many fans do understand the difference, but insisting that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…