QueenCordueva

Hannibal (2013-2015)

Was in the mood for a genderbend edit. Before and after under the cut.

It would likely fall on deaf ear, but I'd say, "Don't follow your penis for it will often led you astray and scramble your future."*

Tangled Ever After 💍🗡️

I turn 28 today and this month randomly happens to be Cassandra Appreciation Month (for a very cursed reason, which is bc of the whole TTS artbook situation, iykyk) and y'all deserve a treat from me to celebrate both things, so here's that! 🎂 Since I'm flying to Korea today for another vacation, I sacrificed so much sleep just to finish this in time before my flight lmao, never again.

Like many people lately I've been consumed by Tomodachi Life... I wanted to draw my Cassunzel miis' wedding so there are some changes to the hairstyles instead of following the canon hairstyle in the short. I put some of their most iconic flowers, which are the minnes and the sundrop flower for blue and yellow colors, and the rose as a boutonniere for Cass, from an S1 episode and even in Lost Lagoon. And ofc, I put my miis from the photoshoot as cake toppers 😂

Lemme say that again: In 2013, it was expected that gay characters would be censored in children’s mass media.

Remember Korra? How she and Asami had to settle for ambiguous handholding rather than a kiss? That was fully a year after House of Hades came out. Nickelodeon said No Gays, the Children™ can’t handle that. Too risky. And people said man that stinks, but that’s how these things go in 2014 America.

Gay marriage was literally still illegal in the vast majority of US states. As of October 8th, 2013 (House of Hades release date) Gay Marriage was only a thing in thirteen fucking states. California had only legalized it that year.

Gay people were still very much on the fringes of society. It was an acceptable political position on both sides of the aisle to be against the existence and equal rights of gay people.

Nico was legitimately a landmark character in queer representation. To my knowledge, there wasn’t before an openly gay main character in a bestselling ya/middle grade fantasy fiction series. It simply was not a thing. They didn’t exist. They weren’t allowed to exist.

I remember people crying. Finally. It was a watershed moment. Kids all across the world finally got someone who represented them. It was such a big fucking deal. And it was controversial!!! Not for the reasons it is today, but because people thought gay kids having representation was inappropriate.

Is Nico’s coming out a great scene? No, these days it leaves a lot to be desired. It’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination and I’m sure Rick wishes he could change it. But the fact that’s the case is a wonderful reflection of how far we’ve come.