Joey

Stock photos for Howliday Halloween Edition Draculaura!!!

Look, there’s a very valid reason to use coded language sometimes. Marketing an obviously queer couple as just besties is a way to get that pair in front of closeted children who have to fly under the radar with their homophobic guardians. It gives creators an in to slowly build a story that eventually allows open queerness, where starting out with an openly queer story would only result in a door in the face. It allows deniability until it’s actually safe to stop denying

But like

They’re holding hands in the box. They’re in a normal Creeproduction box, not a special Love Edition box. Val is dressed more androgynously/fem presenting like his current design in the comics. Val has his pre-coming out red and black color palette, not his current purple and pink one.The box makes a joke about them sharing chemistry. They’re marketed as lab partners

It’s just. Weird. This line-toeing happening here. And the thing is, this keeps happening. Frankie will introduce themself over and over with they/them pronouns, be referred to with they/them pronouns, but I can’t think of a single instance where they describe themself specifically as nonbinary. Clawdeen and Toralei will call each other girlfriend, kiss each other, be marketed with the lesbian pride flag, but I can’t think of them ever using the world lesbian or gay. Val outright says he isn’t into girls “like that,” he and Spell have an entire story centered around saying “I love you” to each other, they have an entire spinoff comic dedicated to their romantic relationship that includes them blatantly flirting and worrying about breaking up, but they never say the word gay

Spelldon is an entirely new character to the doll line. Even though there’s been an effort lately in the comics to flesh him out, his character at its core is “Val’s boyfriend.” They’re holding hands in the box. Anyone who wants this two pack already knows they’re a couple, and even if you didn’t, even if you’re buying them for someone else, they’re still clearly a couple

“Lab partners”

Spellentine- A Teeth/Mouth Study

yeah i'm coping about my dolls not being here yet.

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