Chess’s Art Blog

ROUND 2 — Match 29 of 143

Susie Lavoie (Dead by Daylight)

Identity: WLW, explicit Notes: Is shown to have romantic feelings for Julie (a woman) in the comics, and kisses her. Propaganda: “She makes me insane because she’s the Legion member who never feels like she’s doing this because she’s a cool edgy murderer - she feels like a teenage girl who got dragged into something way bigger and worse and then kept going because stopping would mean admitting what she did. like Frank/Julie/Joey have the whole “we’re a pack” thing, but Susie always reads more hesitant and more human under the mask, and that makes her creepier and sadder at the same time. and then the comics really lean into it: she’s scared of being unknown, scared of being alone, and she’s clinging to the only people who “get” her even when the group is toxic as hell. ALSO the sapphic stuff with Julie is genuinely everything to me - not “haha edgy killers kissing,” but that messy teenage crush energy where it’s intense and embarrassing and it matters.”

vs. Neil Josten (All for the Game)

Identity: MLM, explicit; Demisexual, Word of God Notes: Enters a relationship with Andrew (a man). Referred to as demisexual by Nora Sakavic. Propaganda: 1. “everything about him is sharp and reactive and calculated because he’s spent his entire life learning how to stay alive, and then he gets dropped into this team and this sport and all these people who keep getting in his space, and he’s just trying to make it through the day without the floor falling out from under him. he’s paranoid, he’s stubborn, he lies like it’s breathing - and somehow he’s still the person who keeps choosing to show up. and what makes him so good is that he’s not inspirational in a neat, tidy way. he’s scared and angry and tired and he still keeps pushing forward, even when he’s making the worst possible decisions, even when he’s actively making things harder for himself. he does not know how to be cared about, he does not know how to trust, and watching him slowly realise he can’t outrun everything forever is brutal in the best way. plus he’s genuinely funny sometimes, not on purpose, just in the way he’ll say something blunt and walk away like that’s normal. i just love him. he’s a disaster, but he’s my disaster” 2. “he is maybe the funniest possible example of “lgbt character” being attached to the most deeply repressed, feral, emotionally constipated man alive. he is paranoid, stubborn, terrible at communicating, and so committed to acting like he doesn’t care while caring way too much. unfortunately that makes him incredibly compelling. also a huge part of what makes neil work is that his queerness and his relationship with andrew aren’t treated like some neat, easy thing. it’s messy, hard-won, deeply specific, and feels massive because neil as a person is so bad at trust and vulnerability to begin with. every inch of emotional progress feels earned. vote neil because beneath all the lying, running, and general raccoon-like behaviour, he is somehow one of the most endearing gay protagonists in fiction.”

Some Susie/Julie Femslash Frenzy to celebrate the victory

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