Gabriel🧍‍♂️

It’s a marketing technique. If it was not marketed that a queer character/relationship would be in a show—by the official team—and then one or neither of those things happened, then it’s not queerbaiting.

I keep seeing people saying “The ST writers queerbaited us because Byler didn’t get together” THEY NEVER SAID THEY WOULD. YOU MADE THAT UP IN YOUR HEAD.

Do you mfs just have drink dispensers at your schools or is Detentionaire just set in an oddly rich district

But it’s also just funny if one of the characters in the poly is with the other half of all of their popular ships at one time . Like, I know it’s more typical to write a poly-ship with everyone in a relationship with each other but imagine how funny it would be if Jack was with Crutchie, Katherine, AND Davey while they’re teetering the line between best friends and “our boyfriend’s boyfriends”

And they’re all really great friends. There’s no “I’m just here because Jack wants me here”—no. They hang out without Jack, watch movies without Jack, text each other without Jack, and it works. They have such a great line of communication, and are more than comfortable with checking each other when it comes to saying something wrong to each other or to Jack. It’s great.

And Jack’s loving the love and the loving; he’s having the time of his life. He’s in the middle of a Crutchie and Katherine sandwich and Davey’s the tall glass of water on the side—it’s AMAZING.

Just the situation of Katherine introducing them and she’s just like, “This is Jack, my boyfriend.”

“Oh, cool. Who’s that?”

“That’s Crutchie, Jack’s boyfriend.”

“…Okay. What about him?”

“Oh, that’s Davey. He’s also Jack’s boyfriend.”

“…You have three boyfriends?”

“No; just the one.”

“…But they’re dating Jack.”

“Yes.”

“But not you?”

“Exactly.”

“…So what do they do?”

“They’re with Jack! We all are.”

“But not each other.”

“No.”

Like I’m tired of the aesthetic of it all. Maybe that’s why I can’t find a lot of sapphic movies that I enjoy—the characters aren’t pathetic enough. ‘I’m Not Okay With This’ was great because the MC was pathetiC with a sharp C. But she also—and this is the important part—was relatable in a way that makes people uncomfortable

Even ‘Another Gay Movie’ was good because the characters were just idiots trying to lose their virginities. It was disgusting and stupid but it made me laugh so hard, and at times made me feel less alone in the journey of thinking about the sex part of my sexuality. It’s embarrassing to be alive, but you gotta do it, you know?

How many people like talking about having acne on their ass? Or how horny they are at all times? I need queer characters to be stupid and horny and confused and proud and ashamed and laughable because that’s my life, and I know for a fact it’s the life of many others.

Their stories still work for their characters even if their ages are reversed. Their stories are so particular to how they behave/why they do this shit in the first place that just switching them doesn’t enhance the story or anything—it just makes it confusing.

I even saw one where Damian was Nightwing and just- WHY? They also changed Jason’s assumed hero name for some reason and I threw a FIT while talking to myself about it because why does Jason get an original hero name but Damian gets Nightwing? Damian the ONE character who should have an original name.

And I understand that because Dick is Damian’s age now, he’d be Robin and therefore Nightwing wouldn’t exist. But that’s fine. Love Nightwing down but he can wait a few years in an age reversal fic to come to fruition.