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as a south asian queer woman, sometimes mainstream queer culture is really white (/nm— I’m not mad!! i’m just reflecting.)
when mean girls (2024) came out and the queer community was like “Reneé Rapp was the only good part of the movie”… and its like yes that’s great that a queer woman is playing Regina and it’s amazing Rapp champions the view of Regina as a lesbian.
but everyone so casually dismissed Avantika’s performance as Karen (character who’s also queer in this version— Avantika said Karen Shetty is a “pansexual queen”). it was crazy how blind it seemed people were to how groundbreaking her casting was by reversing south Asian stereotypes (1. she’s dumb instead of smart 2. she sings “sexy” when south Asian women are considered in American society to be unattractive)— like it was just a moment where i was kinda sitting there dumbfounded, not at all mad or anything— just reminded that “oh right. they’re white. I’m not. i come from a different perspective and am going to go crazy over the queer woc not the queer white woman.”
The opposite of Mean Girls is Nice Boys, now listen to my Nice Boys headcanons:
Since The Plastics are the popular girls around the school the CTPB (Contrary to Popular Belief Club) nicknamed “The Gullibles” are the unpopular boys who are often used for other people’s liking.
Garrett Wieners is the leader of the CTPB and is the most outspoken out of the three, often the only voice of reason when someone tries to get them to do something for them and has taken Regino (the quietest among the three) under his wing so as for him to not end up in too much trouble.
Regino George is the second-in-command of the CTPB and the loner of the group, he was the last person to agree to The Barrens offer and yet still shows kindness to the weird group. He is also openly gay.
Ken Smith is just an associate of the club, but this is only because he had joined way too many clubs for the school to allow him to join another one. He is extremely smart (and has even skipped a few grades because of that) and the most expected to win valedictorian. He is sceptical of anyone and everyone new.
Also, on Wednesdays they wear red, why?. Autism acceptance colours
The Barrens are basically the opposite of The Art Freaks.
Janis Ian is basically the jock who’s silent but deadly (mostly on the field) yet rules the school with an iron fist due to his status and apparently “charming” personality. Along with his partner in crime, Mia. They integrate newcomer Kadi into encouraging the Guillables to start fighting for themselves.
Damiana “Mia” Leigh doesn’t really care all that much about Kadi or the loser club who wear red every Wednesday and would rather spend her days having secret one-nights with girls she’ll never see again. But as Janis certainly does care (especially about that loser Regino who he used to be friends with) she reluctantly joins in on the plan.
Kadi Heron just wants to go home. Sadly, his parents took him away from Kenya and decided to take him to real school. After gaining the trust of The Barrens (through very rigorous tasks) and finding out about their first escapade, he figures at the very least he’s doing good deeds.
And that’s it for the bios! Idk if anyone would want a fic of this but enjoy<3
Weirdly enough, Kadi's is the closest to canon-