#wmlw

I am a huge fan of how Mark doesn't conform to societal gender roles both with how he presents himself and with his characters.

We obviously know that he is very accepting of the trans community (and the queer community as a whole), but he shows a very open mind in his actions as well.

Surface-level, just him using his "handsome and/or beautiful" with his interactive series, or correcting himself in videos whenever he says something that he thinks could be seen as potentially transphobic (or, at the very least, non-inclusive). And other things (specifically in how he presents himself), such as his long hair (and putting it in a ponytail), painting his nails for videos, piercing his ears for videos, all things that are typically feminine in American culture.

I can think of dozens of male Youtubers who wouldn't be willing to do these things, even if only for video bits.

And this absolutely extends to his projects.

Whether intentional or not, Darkiplier is extremely genderqueer-coded. And Wilford (in WMLW) is very canonically bisexual and generally queer-coded. As are many of his other characters. I mean, just look at Simon! I could go on and on about his role as a male character who doesn't quite fit into masculine gender roles.

Idk. This has been on my mind for a while and I wanted to express it somehow, even if that means writing a yappy Tumblr post while slightly tipsy ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ