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22degreehalo · 2 years

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I appreciate that there probably are people out there saying shit about Heart/stopper like 'ugh FINALLY queer rep that is actually positive and not all perverted and about sex 🤢' which I'm not seeing but the way some people are talking about it feels like they're assuming all relatively sex-free queer rep is like inherently assimilationist or whatever and just uh. I wish I could remind them that Heart/stopper is written by an aro/ace and that these sorta less sexual queer reps are actually really important to a lotta gay/bi aces?

It's almost starting to feel like this is a Good Omens discourse all over again which I'm certain is unintentional because the people complaining about people praising Heart/stopper are largely the ones who defended Neil Gaiman lmao.

#i know this is just how discourse goes though #an endless cycle of things being praised and then complained abt (and the same for its fans) over and over into eternity #if people ACTUALLY start complaining that Heart/stopper is overly saccharine and assimilationist or whatever #im sure those people will be like 'its just a cute fun story thats important to a lotta aces. fuck you lol'#and i respect all that so much because i am also a contrarian piece of shit as is surely Very Obvious now lmfaooo #but this is always an awkward crossection of ace discourse and anti discourse.#which doesnt rly bother antis at all bc they largely hate all aspecs anyway #and will just rush to state that if its ever unclear #but for people against antis i sorta. wish they'd be a bit more conscious of this stuff sometimes.#god this post is so clear SPECIFICALLY im talking abt all the vagueposts like #'ppl saying heart/stopper is finally good rep: not all rep needs to be clean and pure and sex free.#the straights wont respect u more for it.'#like yeah its dumb to act like it is finally good queer rep but. maybe it is finally good gay ace rep theyve been waiting a long time for??#ofc i know the characters arent actually canonically ace ive bever even read this book lmfao im so tired #of talking ill s top now.

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