Dec 9, 2025
one of Rink-o-Mania’s main criminally underrated symbolisms is that Mike is late to the Queer Scene & initially feels inadequate/insecure in it, unlike Will who is a natural risk seeker & early bloomer.
“I’m so bad at this, I’m like Bambi on ice.”
It mimics two very contrasting, but classic experience pipelines among queer men in the 1980s (and today as well).
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