queertoonist

@yknow-fuck did you ever notice in ROTF how, when Megatron returns to Starscream’s little hatchery thing there, that Starscream gently strokes Megatron’s hand as he bows and cowers?

Today, Transformers enjoys an increasingly healthy amount of LGBTQ representation thanks to IDW’s More than Meets the Eye comic book, but back in 1990, in the Japanese-exclusive series Transformers: Zone, the franchise took its first big step in this direction with the introduction of Cain (with the green hair, on the left) and Akira (on the right). Though communicated only through implication, the furtive glances, flushed faces, hand-holding, and shoujo sparkles left no room for misinterpretation - these two boys were the first gay characters in Transformers media!

Fandom is not activism.

Stop condemning and judging people for their fucking ships. What you like to read about does not reflect what you care about, approve of, or want for yourself in real life.

Can people be skeevy about ships? Certainly. Are there fandom trends that reflect the racism and sexism of society at large? Definitely! Does harassing individual fans for what they like help any of that? No. 

Promote the ships you like, instead of using them as a stick to beat other people with. 

Meanwhile, people have been into fucked up ships forever, and somehow the internet hasn’t burned down in an inferno of abuse apologism. 

And do you realise what you’re saying, when you talk about young girls and women being drawn into abusive relationships because of the fic they read, or the art they draw, or the meta they write?  

NOW YOU ARE ALL EQUALLY SUBJECT TO THE BONDS OF MATRIMONY!