one of the little gay people in your phone

Imagine for a second that you're an interstellar microorganism. I'm not doing that.

like, imagine rocky being dragged away from his work to go to a local performance with his colleagues and he's kinda bored and doesn't really give a shit until the star of the show makes their way onstage. they're clad in elaborate jewelry that creates resonant harmonies when it clinks against their carapace. they sing through an instrument atop their air vents, allowing them to produce more than five notes at once. they move with grace and precision. rocky is SMITTEN IMMEDIATELY.

Like imagine the first time it cones out is when hes on the hail mary and watching some movie with grace and rocky and some attractive actor comes on the screen and its like

Simon: who's that?

Grace: its umm ryan gosling i think?

Simon: oh okay

Simon:

Ellie (the mouth): d̷̺̭̲̄͂a̶̙̲͋̄̓ͅm̷̟̩̩̫͋͌̐̀n̷͕͇̰͉̎̊́̇͛ ̸̠̘͍̤̜͂̂͂̀į̶̢͈͎͚̈̏d̷̙͖̈́̊ ̸̘͎̇̑͝l̴̫̋̓́̅̊i̸͍͉̮̞̽͒͋͠k̷͈͌ẽ̷̡̮̰̳ ̴̡͙̩̖̱̄̿͘ȧ̶͈̱̻́ ̴̢̺͕̏̈́͆p̶̼̘͔͝ì̸̱̦̙̘̇̏̆͋e̷͚̺͉̠̥̓̇̌̕c̷̩̤̼̈́͆̉ͅe̷̟̅̔͘ ̵͍̝́͆ō̶̯̆͒f̸̜̪̣͇́̓ ̵̥́͋t̷̙̣̺͚͑ḣ̷̡̥͋̐̈́a̵̺̺̠͂̄̍̅ṭ̵̄ ̷͔̩̞̎̊̿͝a̴͙̥̣͓̱͐s̵̨̭̱̆s̶̯̠͖̩̿̽͐͛́͜

Instead of a cutesie reference to film censorship it was an explicit statement of defiance of Maryland's criminalization gay sex, which was not repealed until 2002. This wasn't a guy saying "Oh they can't put what I do in the movies according to a completely voluntary industry code" he was saying "The State of Maryland wants to put me in jail for being gay and having gay sex."

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