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"Us? Oh, of *course* our Dachshund sleeps inside- we just let him out in the morning and make sure he comes back for dinner. He just does his own thing, no worries."

"Um, you know it's not humane to keep a chihuahua confined to an apartment? They're dogs, they're natural predators. They need to experience hunting behaviors or they get depressed. No we don't leash ours, he absolutely hates it, we just let him come and go whenever."

Yall get how fucking stupid that sounds, right? So stop letting your goddamn cats get eaten and attacked and infected and hit by cars

A toddler would probably love full unattended access to the neighborhood too, but we don't do that either, do we

Can people please, please stop referring to Brolin as a romantic couple like it’s a freaking foregone conclusion? And can people please stop reading Brolin into every comment that Colin or Bradley ever make? 

It’s not a punchline. It’s not a joke. You are effectively pointing fingers and sniggering about people’s sexuality. It’s a private matter, and it’s not nice. 

Headcanons aside, there has never been any absolute proof that Bradley James and Colin Morgan have been anything other than close friends. 

Every piece of “evidence” can be just as easily explained away as something else:

But…the eyefucking? Yeah, so they look at each other. Doesn’t mean anything is/was/ever has been going on because of it. 

But…the clip of Bradley holding out his arm to Colin? It could have been a joke, for goodness sake! Bradley is quite the jokester; we know that.

But…Hamlet! What, friends can’t go out and enjoy a mutual interest without it being a date? They are both actors. Colin also took in a play in Armagh with friends on one of his recent trips home, but that news barely made a ripple once it was determined that his companion wasn’t Bradley…

But…the NTAs! The way Bradley touched his arm! The tweet! The tears in his eyes! Bradley’s always been a touchy-feely friend and he was proud of and happy for one of his best friends. No one pointed fingers at Eoin Macken or Alex Vlahos’s tweets about it and called it a gay relationship. 

But…Bradley went to see him in The Tempest! Yes, and so did Eoin Macken and Alex Vlahos at the very least. And it appears that Katie McGrath went to see Colin during his run for Mojo, too. They’re his friends; it happens.

But…Bradley’s tweets from last night! Yes, they were incredibly vague and could have literally meant anything. 

But don’t you think they’d make a great couple? Were they so inclined, I think they’d make an adorable couple. But my point is that none of us actually have any freaking clue if it’s true and should stop assuming it is in public.

Just because Colin has decided to keep his private life private doesn’t mean he has anything to hide. Perhaps he simply wants to be able to have a normal life outside of the public eye. I don’t see anything wrong with that.

But, let’s just say, for the sake of the argument, that Colin is gay/bi/whatever. If he is, he obviously wants to keep that fact to himself, and gone to great lengths to do so. And he has good reasons for doing it.

Regardless of the higher than average percentage of non-straight people in his profession, there is still a stigma against being open about it. Openly gay actors, for example, are often overlooked for heterosexual romantic roles, and gay male actors are also often overlooked for action roles. Why would Colin want to limit himself in that way when he has professed to wanting to “stretch his knowledge and ability in all directions” (I paraphrased that because I’m too lazy to look for the exact quote right now)?

And if Colin did have this particular secret to keep, constantly bringing it up in the public media and pointing a finger at it certainly isn’t helping him.

And moreover, if the headcanon of Colin and Bradley being in a romantic relationship is true, keeping it in the spotlight would only make it more difficult for them to maintain. Imagine the already daunting task of having a long-distance relationship…THEN add in that you’d attract GLARING amounts of attention were you to ever be seen together in public. Not exactly a recipe for a healthy relationship.

And if it’s true that Colin and Bradley are only friends (or are only friends now, if you will), being accused of being in a romantic relationship whenever they’re even on the same continent has to put a strain on their friendship. 

It’s all right to have an opinion on the matter. I’ve had more than one discussion about this topic with friends myself–in a private forum. But I don’t feel that it’s respectful to the people involved to debate or assume anything about their sexual orientation in public when it’s an unknown factor. 

If someday Colin decides to come out with matching wedding bands and glitter and sparkles and fireworks and fanfare, then good on him. I’ll be the first one to stand up and cheer him on for his courage.

Or if someday Colin finds a nice girl and gets married in the Catholic church and has a lovely, quiet domestic life, I’ll be just as thrilled for him.

But until the day comes that he decides to make such things known to the public, I will respect the fact that he doesn’t wish to discuss it and simply wish him the best. 

Whether it’s the truth or not, it’s never nice to out someone.