Incorrect Quotes: Pride Edition!
In lieu of an actual Pride-themed story (that might change, but for now I'm more focused on other projects), I'm celebrating with memes!
And of course, said memes are being focused on The Pentas Family! Not only because my hiatus has kept me away from them for so long, but...well, our community is already called The Alphabet Mafia, isn't it?
I know this is probably me overthinking things for the millionth time, but please don't come at me about demonizing queer people. This is FICTION. Yes, these characters are based on real people, but I've always made a point to never direct stuff like this at the actual people. These are harmless headcanons that aren't even set in stone. Whatever I imply here is just a small idea, and I want to be flexible with reader-interpretation for certain subjects. My ask-box is always open for discussion.
(Disclaimer: three of the characters here do not belong to me; they belong to three of my extremely talented friends. Casey Clowes belongs to @insane4fandoms . Sam Ryder belongs to @sammys-magical-au . And Nic Loughty belongs to @the-matpat-ever .)
(As for the characters who DO belong to me: for more information on The Newcomer—or on the mob in general—go here. Murdock belongs to the Markiplier Cinematic Universe, but if you’d like to see my personal headcanons for him, go here. For more information on Parker, go here. For more information on Caliban, go here. For more information on Azalea, go here. For more information on K.O., go here. For more information on Garret, go here. For more information on Val, go here. For more information on Miles and Howie, go here. For more information on Phoenix, go here. For more information on Mercury, go here. Two-Toes Johnny is technically kinda in the same boat as Murdock, but if you’d like to see my personal headcanons on him, go here.)
Mercury: Fuck coming out, just keep acting gay until someone has the guts to call you out about it
The Newcomer: I’m genderless. I’m full of gender. I’m a malewife. I’m a biblically accurate angel. I’m a pop idol. I’m the fourth incarnation of God. I’m a convicted criminal. I’m never gonna die—
[Casey is having yet another run-in with Caliban and Murdock. It’s right in the middle of an investigation for him, and right in the middle of a hit-job for them. As usual, snark infests the scene.]
Casey: Nope, I’ve already looked the other way enough!
Caliban: What’s one more time? C’mon, we have standards! We respect boundaries!
Casey: Oh really?! You could’ve fooled me! Name one line you guys won’t cross!
Murdock: Well, we don't accept jobs that involve taking the target on dates or advancing up the bases until it’s killing-time. That’s fucking gross!
Casey: …Alright, fine, that’s pretty valid.
Murdock: Damn right it is. And even if we didn’t have those standards, I’d still hate it. You have any idea how hard it is to come up with pick-up lines that are actually good without making things weird?
Casey: I mean, to that end, it sounds like you just don’t try hard enough.
Murdock: Oh yeah? You go ahead and come up with a clever, non-committal pick-up line right now—
Casey: “Hey, are you a firework? Because you’re breathtakingly beautiful, but I still don’t want you anywhere near my crotch.”
Caliban: *falls to the floor, cackling so hard he’s struggling to breathe*
[A typical day at Ear Caffeine]
Nic: *showing his boyfriend around the studio before he clocks out*
Parker: *notices this while working on the recording equipment* My fucking God, these bitches GAY.
Parker: …Good for them. Good for them.
Murdock: Some idiot wrote a fucking article about how men might be absorbing estrogen through their dicks whenever they have sex with their girlfriends.
Garret: *sarcastic but also dumbfounded* “Fellas, is it GAY to have sex with a WOMAN?”
Mercury: Absolutely. Feel free to come over to my place and get an extra dose of testosterone.
Two-Toes Johnny: *taking a swig of whiskey and not looking up from his book* The ancient Greeks be like—
“I think I’m falling for you.”
Azalea: …Look, that’s nice, but you can go ahead and get up.
K.O.: The fact that straight people have convinced themselves that wrestling isn’t gay erotic foreplay is truly one of the greatest mysteries known to mankind.
Mercury: And show wrestling is basically just theater. So it’s even GAYER!
Val: My pronouns of choice are they/them.
Howie: *jokingly* But you’re only one person.
Murdock: Lmao at the person who doesn’t know that nonbinary people are just swarms of bees in disguise.
Caliban: RELEASE THE NONBEENARIES.
Phoenix: My very religious but supportive elderly neighbor asked me what I’m giving up for Pride, because I think she thinks it’s like Lent and Pride parades are like Mardi Gras?
Phoenix: Anyway, I panicked and said “oatmeal.”
K.O.: Shout-out to the twink at this year’s Pride festival who brought his own megaphone to counteract the evangelical protestors by shouting out the entirety of a recipe for mac-n-cheese
Val: Asking for straight Pride is like asking for able-bodied parking spaces
Mercury: That’s a really good comparison, because there are about seventy able-bodied parking spaces to one disabled parking space, and able-bodied people still insist on using the ones that aren’t theirs.
Phoenix: This is seriously a great allegory.
Murdock: “Cemeteries for LIVING people”
Val: One of my favorite things about Pride month is celebrating the many achievements of the LGBTQIA+ community, like when we collectively stole the rainbow from God
Mercury: If there’s a sassy gay friend, then there’s gotta be some sarcastic ace-spectrum and aro-spectrum friends
Caliban: *finger-gunning*
Murdock: *politely nodding*
Parker: *raises his hand* Brutally honest bisexual friend
Sam: *raises their hand* Pissed off pansexual friend
Two-Toes Johnny: *tipsy but genuine* Reblog if you ARE queer, or if you SUPPORT queer people, or if you like to BREAK people’s WINDOWS in the middle of the NIGHT and toss DOZENS of GEESE in their BEDROOMS—
The Newcomer: I pirated my gender online
Caliban: So, you identify as bisexual?
Caliban: And that means you could have a male partner…
Caliban: Or a female partner…
Parker: *Not sure where this is going, since Caliban is married and Caliban knows he isn’t Parker’s type* Yeah?
Caliban: So, if you don’t have any partner at all, does that mean you’re on standbi?
Caliban: … *grinning in SUCH A SMUG WAY*
Parker: *internally screaming and furiously trying not to smile under his face-mask*
Val: So, I’m nonbinary, but I’m technically a woman
Murdock: Okay—I mean, I already knew that, but you still have a man’s body
Val: Oh damn, you’re right, we should probably bury this target instead of talking about gender
Murdock: Yeah, I’ll get the shovels
Miles: Last night, I had a dream where gay people could only walk backwards
Garret: By extension, straight people can only walk forward. Bisexuals can go forwards and backwards, and pansexuals can go any direction.
Murdock: Asexuals and aromantics just stand there. WATCHING.
Caliban: So…with demisexuals or demiromantics, I’m guessing they just stand there like asexuals until someone pulls them along. Sounds about right.
Azalea: Aha, demi-inclusive stuff!
K.O.: And polysexuals can walk in some directions, but not all of ‘em. Will vary from poly to poly
Casey: …I mean, this is a really good explanation and all, but when did the queer community become a game of Chess?
Howie: Those moments where straight people assume a queer person is one of them, and the queer person gets to feel like a queer secret agent.
Mercury: Secret gaygent or lesbionage
The Newcomer: Queer with gear
Val: The F on my birth certificate was the doctor paying respect when I was born
Garret: Hey everyone, I think I might be omni
Miles: Easy, Murdock. Thanks for telling us, Garret. We’re proud of you.
Howie: I just hit someone with one of my cars—
K.O.: I've only been able to see so many of Penelope's drag races...but I gotta say, the absolute best had one of the queens introduce the show with, “Ladies, gentlemen, and those of us who know better...”
Mercury: Guys are hot, too
Two-Toes Johnny: Why is everyone so hot?
Casey: Because of global warming
Garret: Aaaaaannnd there’s the asexual