the way that Howie says "stop, enough, stop acting like you don't know how this world works" to Noah gets to me so much. Howie isn't buff or super hot and, as an Asian man, he's especially not seen as hot or sexy in the western world. So he doesn't think he's in Charlie's league but what he doesn't know is that what catches Charlie's attention in the beginning was Howie being silly and adorable and humorous. also, it's thanks to Howie being a romantic and wanting something real that attracted Charlie. Charlie had just recently broken off with his ex and he said to Will that he was happy that Howie hadn't ask him once about sex or "what he's into" so Charlie was also looking for something a little more than sex. Howie, just being himself, was enough.
1. i love queer found family 2. people being your queer found family doesn't mean they're your literal by blood siblings you're not allowed to ever kiss 3. i miss fic that had quadrant vacillation in more interesting ways than pitch-flush 4. im tired of texting die in my arms
Jane Austen was an astute observer of human behaviour. Behaviour that’s changed very little in the two hundred years or so since she wrote Pride and Prejudice, the nuances of which can just as readily be found among gay men summering on Fire Island in 2022 as they could in Austen’s nineteenth century high society Hertfordshire, or Helen Fielding’s 90s London in the world of Bridget Jones for that…
Written by and starring Korean-American comedian Joel Kim Booster, this contemporary gay take on Jane Austen’s classic novel of manners, Pride and Prejudice, offers some intriguing queer twists on the repercussions of making hasty judgments and the divisions between socioeconomic class, race, beauty standards, and social standing.
Co-starring a fun ensemble of comic performers, including Bowen Yang, as a tight-knit group of friends vacationing on the titular Long Island destination, the romantic comedy has an appealing hangout vibe filled with interesting performances and interpersonal character dynamics. There’s something for everyone as the film includes elements from as many different LGBTQIA+ subcultures as possible in order to mine its timely referential humour and clever jokes about modern gay life.
thinking about the "stupid bit" of countdowning the sunset that their makeshift family likes to do, thinking about obnoxious rituals that we do with our loved ones, thinking about that joy