heart eyes mf

@brownsugabbt See, the Hollywood buddy based movie tropes might have been accidental queer coding from SSR. But WHAT ABOUT THE DESI QUEER CODING?? WHAT ABOUT THE UNIQUELY DESI FLAVOUR OF QUEER SUBTEXT IN RRR? WHERE THE FUCK DID THAT COME FROM??

I will elaborate on these later but!!!! I am talking about the sindoor scene where Bheem puts sindoor on Ram in front of a God as if that is not THE MOST common trope of accidental marriage in Bengali serials. I am talking about the snakebite scene where Bheem putting his holy thread on Ram is reminiscent of the Gond tradition of the groom putting a necklace on his bride. I am talking about Naatu Naatu being the only duet in the entire 3 hour run of the movie, something that is usually given to the romantic heterosexual couple in Indian movies (and they have their dance on VALENTINE'S DAY....in a party organised by the YMCA.....but I am digressing from the desi flavours). I am talking about the bridge rescue scene having shades of the myth of Ayyappan, a child of Shiva and Vishnu.

“My paper-writing days are over. Academia didn’t work well for me.”

“You’re a teacher. You’re still in academia.”

“Well, yeah,” I said. “But I mean, you know, academia. With scientists and peer review and—”

“And assholes who get you kicked out of your university?” She raised an eyebrow. “And who got all your funding cut off and ensured you never got published again?”

“Yeah. That.”

“Your friendship is more valuable than this life.” 

Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.

-Richard Siken, Little Beast

something something intricate rituals

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“ Between a tiger and a hunter. Between a wildfire and a storm.(…) This is an unforeseen turn of fate, which has culminated in this friendship. It’s yet to be seen if this will end in bloodshed." 

 R.R.R by  S. S. Rajamouli (2022) 

“You think I’m beautiful?” Raju pressed, coming closer.