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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
the-bar-sinister: 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[…]↓ 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…