Would you class Aaron as a homophobe??
Iāve said it before and Iām sure Iāll end up saying it again. I think some of Aaronās language is homophobic and shitty, like the use of the termĀ āflamerā while trying to rile Neil up. But I donāt think Aaron has a homophobic mindset like āoh gross, Nicky and Andrew are gayā and I donāt think he is really anti-gay so much as he uses terms as insults because thatās what negative connotations have made them. Which is still shitty, but is different than a full-blown homophobic mindset that I have seen zero evidence of.
Nora describes Aaronās comments as knee-jerk homophobia and behaviour he learned from his high school teammates, not a belief system. (I donāt know the link to the actual post, but thereās a screenshot of it in that one.)
So, yes, he says some shit that is bad. But, no, I donāt think Aaron believes homosexuality is disgusting and unnatural. And I definitely think Aaron is capable of growing and learning and realizing the weight of what his words mean (especially when heās got Andrew around and Andrew flat-out told Seth he doesnāt like the termĀ āfagā and then Aaron got allĀ āDonāt talk to us at allā at Seth). So, I feel like he would get called on it and stop saying the shit if he did it in front of Andrew or Nicky and they said something.
Plus, Aaron is closest to Nicky of all the Foxes. Aaron chooses to spend a lot of time with Nicky for someone who is supposedly homophobic and supposedly thinks Nicky is disgusting for being gay according to parts of the fandom. And, Aaron spent his holidays with Nicky and Erik instead of Katelyn when Andrew wasnāt there and he was free (for a limited time) to be around Katelyn as much as he wanted. But instead, he left campus and spent his holiday with Nicky and Erik. And everyone that claims Aaron finds Nicky disgusting seems to completely ignore this fact???
Plus, Nicky nearly killed himself quite literally from trying to stay with his homophobic parents and then broke free of them to be with Erik. And then he ended up on a different continent than the man he wanted to marry for years when he took the twins in so they wouldnāt have to live with his parents and he kept on staying with them and looking after them and going everywhere with them for years while they were adults. Thereās no way he would stay away from Erik for that long and put up with Aaron for that long (and especially no way he would still be so happy while doing all that) if he thought Aaron was a hopeless and irreparable homophobe that found him repulsive.
