Many People Are Noting That Nimona Isn't Very Subtle About Its Message And Themes (cue The Rainbow Breathe

Many people are noting that Nimona isn't very subtle about its message and themes (cue the rainbow breathe weapon). And you know what, I think it's awesome. We're used to thinking subtlety is good, and even queer people frequently agree that queer stories should be "well made" and "not too preachy". That's not wrong in itself, but here's the thing: after spending millennia as "the love that dare not speak its name", we desperately need stuff that isn't subtle, but loudly, blatantly, obnoxiously queer... AND well made, because these are not opposites. Subtlety for its own sake becomes just another closet. After realizing it, I won't be comfortable writing queer subtext anymore -- not until I see queer text become commonplace.

if you comment on how much i change my username youre transphobic

it's not like genuine enthusiasm from me is few and far between - but i don't think anyone's seen the crux of it until we are watching media i care about directly next to each other.

like one of my friends told me once that i started talking so fast and moving around so much when they asked me to explain something about scrooge mcduck and goldie o'gilt's dynamic that i started fucking frog blinking. blinking one eye at a time, if u don't know what that is. like my body could not keep up with me.

i have never for one second been normal about scrooge and goldie btw. just so you know. i can tell you every episode that goldie appears in and when/if she interacts with scrooge and what it says about their relationship.

yea. anyways

you need to live to be a weird funny old person whos weirdness was not broken by a rigidly formal world and to do that you must be a weird you now and not be broken despite it all

i love when people follow me like i just want to apologize

every other week i forget tumblr exists y'all aren't getting anything good out of this

reading nimona as a small child who felt alone and different and hadn't found himself versus watching the movie adaptation as a proud queer adult who's been through hell and back and learning to love themselves in spite (or hell, even because) of it all.