tristan cuppears once againlisten
[takes a deep sip from a sparkly blue mug that says "wizard" on it] listen i know there's not enough representation of lesbian and or gay boi love in media im just not sure that makes it justified or healthy to interpret every single expression of compassion as an inherently romantic event. like [takes another sip. you're pretty sure it's orange juice] friends still exist?? you know what im saying?? implying demonstrations of love are All romantic is like. just kinda weird at best,,
and it's not that you CAN'T interpret them that way. personal interpretations of art are part of what makes art powerful. it's just the treatment that it's /ludicrous/ to interpret them any other way leaves me, wrapping this drawing of a mushroom i drew with the accompanying text "i'd die for you and I think ur taste in fruits is sexy", for a platonic friend whom I think of and love platonically, in a really awkward place,
LISTEN. interpreting Themes™ from Content™ is a really fun part of consuming content i just think that like. when you point so someone and go "they care about this person. that means they want to be married to them" maybe u r not either understandanding or sending the best message about how caring works
i Get that it's a complicated area because all throughout history gay relationships have been, in bad faith, represented as Intense Friendships. i just think that we're now running headfirst into the other side of that. we're not taking very Obvious portrayals of romantic affection and going "haha, what good friends" we are taking completely neutral statements of love that could very well be platonic and going "This Is Undeniably Romantic And Or Sexual"
Bugbear Butch@myconidiosyncrasy (going to cry, love this)
👻™ Enthusiastic Goblin 🐊🌩️@myconidiosyncrasy THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYIN
@myconidiosyncrasy PLEASE just let two boys in stories be friends! By turning every instance of it into a new gay ship you're telling boys they can only have Emotions and Feelings for other men if they're gay emotions!
@witchfynder_finder "if men are anxious that their affection towards men is gay that's their problem" okay very cool. very understandable. let's just disregard all the not cis, not monosexual "male" people out there who exist who might have a really complex anxiety inducing relationship to the boundary between platonic and not platonic m/m affection. let's skip That whole thing and get back into what You are doing which is literally just??? romanticizing/sexualizing m/m relationships???
@witchfynder_finder like "let men be friends "
you: no one's stopping men from being friends!! men shouldn't be so affected by what other people perceive as "gay"
the entire rest of us: not.2 b That Person but i think by constantly referencing cishet dude homophobia u r deflecting from the fsct that u r just making and or enjoying m/m porn. like we can go "repulsion to m/m content is homophobic" and also go "ur rly into this bc u find m/m content hot". these are not mutually exclusive
you: no one's stopping men from being friends!! men shouldn't be so affected by what other people perceive as "gay"
the entire rest of us: not.2 b That Person but i think by constantly referencing cishet dude homophobia u r deflecting from the fsct that u r just making and or enjoying m/m porn. like we can go "repulsion to m/m content is homophobic" and also go "ur rly into this bc u find m/m content hot". these are not mutually exclusive
egg | ghost@myconidiosyncrasy oh shit you were talking about affection in general and not just romance disregard my comments
@myconidiosyncrasy ive gone "aw, gay" at straight ppl a lot
dani little ponie 
@myconidiosyncrasy ????????????
@00dani what i am trying badly to say is that just because a person demonstrates they care about another person does not inherently mean they are romantically or sexually attracted to that person
@myconidiosyncrasy ohhh yeah yes that's true