#25knotes

They threatened from the start to resort to violence if they didn't get their way, and then got their way...and resorted to violence anyway. They are the purveyors of a body of politics that sees most of us as subhuman and undeserving of life, and actively works toward our destruction.

Remember that during this election.

This is not a matter of choosing the "lesser evil". This is flawed politicians vs. actual fucking terrorists. This is human failings vs. inhumanity. This is not being progressive enough vs. silencing the opposition with violence.

It's the real villains being conversion therapists weilding Christianity as a tool to abuse children. It's the X-Men universe as a metaphor--sometimes for racism, sometimes for ableism, sometimes for other forms of oppression, but in this movie it's treated as metaphor for queerphobia too.

It's that fucking soundtrack. That soundtrack is queer culture as fuck. It's every moment of macho hypermasculine competence porn and slow-mo action that would normally cater to the power fantasies of a straight cis male audience being undercut by a heartfelt pop ballad...or Enya. Or Dolly Parton. And ending up more dramatic, more cinematic, more awesome because of it.

It's the most heartfelt moment in the film basically being Deadpool giving a real, sweet, kind It Gets Better speech to Russell. It's the most sweetly romantic "het" scene in the film ending with Vanessa pointing out Wade's obvious attraction to Colossus.

It's poking fun at gritty grimdark storytelling, at macho storytelling, at lazy writing, at the superhero genre in general.

It's the feeling you get when watching it that every single moment which could have been construed as pandering to a straight cis male audience's desires was hunted down and subverted intentionally at every stage of this film's creation.

Deadpool 2 is Queer Culture. Happy 20Gayteen kids. *throws confetti*