The boys had their fun. They worshipped Joker for years, they had Homelander lunch boxes, they had Frank Castle and every other dark and brooding anti hero. Beauty and the beast, they always got the girl. And beyond that, so many of their male leads had homoerotic tension with their fellow “straight” men constantly. And beyond that, achillean rep gets way more hype than sapphic rep.
There is something so comforting about the fact that many of these female characters can be horrible, undoubtedly horrible and still have… humanity and attraction… In a world where women are cancelled, crucified, and abused for being slightly rude, for not smiling, and for daring to not put a man above herself. It’s cathartic. It’s gone from one extreme to the other. It’s relieving. It’s so heartwarming to watch some fictional women destroy everything around them and also have sparks fly with sapphicism; to be granted grace, power and romance, rather than smear campaigns, patriarchy, heteronormativity, for once. As long as the narrative acknowledges that they’re not supposed to be fluffy / a role model in the enemies moments, bc it’s ridiculous to pretend something’s what it’s not— I am enamoured, I am enchanted, with the pure chaos, love, hate, ardor, and adventure that toxic yuri can emulate
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