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In thinking about masculinity on film, I’ve been looking at images of brutalized men, and how differently they function depending on the body types of the men involved; my examples are James Bond (as played by Daniel Craig) and Ben Whishaw. I call Bond the “brutalized subject,” and Whishaw the “brutalized object,” because in Bond’s case, the injuries done to his body–some of which he does to himself–tend to give him more power to act, not less; they are proof of his masculinity and strength. In Whishaw’s case, brutalization objectifies, disempowers, and often destroys him.

This is a pretty simplistic dichotomy, but oh so easy to illustrate; I’ll never get through all my examples in an hour. I planned to skip the obvious concluding scene, Craig and Whishaw together in Skyfall, because I thought it’d just be fangirl self-indulgence, and beside the point. But you know what? It’s not beside the point. It is the point. Whishaw and Craig in Skyfall present different versions of the masculinities they usually embody, and those differences are telling.

Lounge lizards.

Daniel Craig, Love is the Devil. Indeed.

I use any pronouns and do not have ANY preferences.

I like using any because I’m still working out my gender situation and it also means that I literally can’t get misgendered, so fuck those people who do that on purpose LOL

I tend to use he/she/they for myself most of the time, but just because that’s what most people understand, especially off the internet. Neos are cool though, if you want to use them for me, you can. It’s all part of “ANY”.

Again, no preferences, I don’t care if people use a certain pronoun more than others. Everything is fine.

I also have no preference on gendered terms like “King”, “Queen” or any other. You can use whatever fits best in your eyes, I don’t mind at all!

One preference is that I am not a fan of people using “it” to refer to me, that’s personal preference as it feels a bit dehumanizing for me personally. If you want to use “it” for yourself, that’s awesome, 100% valid!

They did such a good job

chemists will be like this is a molecule