twisted

SIR,,,, I AM ON MY KNEES

I fucking love how Our Flag Means death has explicit, unabashed queer romance and character but ALSO has wall-to-wall metaphors and symbolism. We can have the kiss but we can ALSO read into the colors of wardrobes and whether a character wears gloves or not. We can read into the metaphor of Stede’s secret closet and letting Ed in, and ALSO have a fully fleshed-out storyline about a gay man in a loveless marriage telling his wife “his name is Ed.” We have the red silk scene in the moonlight, of gently handling a bit of cloth to represent a heart, and we have “what makes Ed happy is…you.”

@mythbookworm18 

... I honestly can't put it into the words in a way that would do it any justice but...

LNX is out here being unapologetically gay and releasing hit after hit where his queerness is front and fucking center in an industry that already held him up as the golden child making “safe” music like Old Town Road. He forced his way into the spotlight and then used it to highlight social inequity amongst society aimed at black lgbtq folks specifically and does it all without missing in his music, which is clearly fucking important to him.