i think that demon slayer villain stans exist on a sliding scale of "i love my Terrible Spouse and all of their Zero Redeeming Qualities" to "my beloved darling murderspouse has done Nothing Wrong and even if they did then their sad backstory and fat tits would make up for all that people-eating" depending on which villain they hardcore stan
May. 12th, 2021
idk just some Thots
May. 12th, 2021 06:59 pmi find it Mildly Annoying when people go "this character doesn't act/look like a Real Queer Person" because first of all there isn't really any sort of Real Queer Person look
but also because i find that i don't really need that? especially wrt same-gender-romance/porn stuff- sometimes a character acting in ways i find to be Relatablely Queer can be a fun addition, but sometimes i don't need it and sometimes it's just kind of relaxing to read Old-School-Style Slash where the characters exist in a sort of liminal space between queer and straight and questions of identity or their relationship to queerness never come up, they're just sort of a man who's in love with a man and that's that
but also because i find that i don't really need that? especially wrt same-gender-romance/porn stuff- sometimes a character acting in ways i find to be Relatablely Queer can be a fun addition, but sometimes i don't need it and sometimes it's just kind of relaxing to read Old-School-Style Slash where the characters exist in a sort of liminal space between queer and straight and questions of identity or their relationship to queerness never come up, they're just sort of a man who's in love with a man and that's that
just realized how everything that makes alma karma Bad Gay Male Representation is also something that made younger me fall head-over-heels in love with him.
only gay because he has a Woman Brain? i was an egg, and gender confusion of the "i used to be a woman but now i'm a man" variety was Very Relatable
spends the majority of his emotional arc desperately trying to conceal his love for a man? baby sapphic me was desperately trying to hide being in love with a friend at the time, so Peak Relatable
goes crazy and murders a fuckton of people? villains are hot, especially when they're traumatized
the culmination of his arc involves dying tragically in the arms of his unrequited gay crush? i was a drama hoe who loved Tragic Death Scenes
only gay because he has a Woman Brain? i was an egg, and gender confusion of the "i used to be a woman but now i'm a man" variety was Very Relatable
spends the majority of his emotional arc desperately trying to conceal his love for a man? baby sapphic me was desperately trying to hide being in love with a friend at the time, so Peak Relatable
goes crazy and murders a fuckton of people? villains are hot, especially when they're traumatized
the culmination of his arc involves dying tragically in the arms of his unrequited gay crush? i was a drama hoe who loved Tragic Death Scenes