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Jolyne you were meant to get into the punk scene and lose all your life savings at raves </3 

Pros and cons of your boyfriend suddenly leaving you and moving out without warning:

Re-watching Stone Ocean for the billionth time I need to be tied up by Jolyne like this

I think part of the reason I’m so attached to Stone Ocean is because there are lots of blatantly implicit queer themes intertwined in it, but it doesn’t feel like… sanitary gay rep (I mean this in the nicest way possible). Like you have a diabolically unhinged gender nonconforming asshole, a man-hating lesbian who closes off her emotions, a non-human non-binary somewhat transfem plankton hivemind, a bisexual with anger and daddy issues, and a priest who is very clearly closeted in a manner that can be interpreted in a plethora of different ways. And while very direct and upfront representation is ALWAYS important, for my specific and complex relation to gender identity and sexuality, this level of nuance and ambiguitymakes me feel very seen. It’s interpretive, but is also preaches that you don’t have to confine yourself to strict labels, and are allowed to just feel what you feel. Binary WHO???