She smiled anyway

"A&C didn't kiss, so GO3 failed at queer representation."

Oh, I have a big problem with this take. See, I am queer middle-aged. A good part of my social circle consists of queer and middle-aged couples. Most are married. None engage in public displays of affection very much, not so much because of internalized homophobia, but because certain things are fucking private. But many struggle with others trying to oversexualize their love. "Who's the woman? Who's the man? Who's the top? Come on, you can kiss, no biggie, we're all open-minded here!"

So. Guess what we almost never get to see on screen? Hint: it has to do with middle-aged, married queer couples that are not oversexualized.

And guess what GO3 just gave us.

You guessed it. Representation.

Look, I get that you wanted your favorite characters to kiss. It's valid. It really is. But before you voice your disappointment as "GO3 failed the queer community"...

because THAT is who he is. he loves his stars and creations, he loves humanity, he loves the messiness, the good and the bad, the ugly and the beautiful, he loves watching them. he showed jesus all the kingdoms of the world to share that love with someone who he knows already felt it.

in the end, they made that choice together. it's a choice they have made before, over and over, saving humanity over themselves. no god, no angels, no demons, no thousands of years of suffering for all the millions of eternal beings.

personally, i choose to believe that god's last gift to them was integrating them into the fabric of the new universe, so they will find each other in every lifetime. but without anyone watching, without any plan behind it, without senseless suffering, without creating stars just to destroy them.

Imagine finding out you have 90 minutes to tie up a love story that's developed over thousands of years. You create something beautifully in character and completely on point for the plot. You pay homage to the original writer's legacy in a fitting and poetic way and create an ending that not only shows the depth of two people's love for each other but the wider love they have for the thing that brought them together in the first place.

And then you go online to find the loudest outcry is that everyone hates it and "THEY DIDN'T EVEN KISS!"

Will you take Egg to squire?

Modern au Baelor and maekar 🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️