you know, while the whole "only queer actors are allowed to play queer characters" is obviously bullshit and has famously led to more bad than good for queer actors, I did always think that queer media really profits from having at least one out queer actor in the cast that can speak about the story and the characters from an in-community perspective
...the more I'm watching interviews with Hudson and Connor the more I'm realizing that what I actually need is just actors with emotional intelligence that really think about what their characters queerness actually MEANS rather than giving the standard straight actor answer of "I didn't really think about the fact that he's gay, he has so many other more interesting attributes". They have such a clear understanding of their characters and their identities, it's absolutely wonderful to see
Also if I see them give one more in-depth, well thought out, quoting women in their lives answer to the standard "Why do you think women are so into this show?" question, I might cry happy tears
