I watched the second season of OFMD on an airplane before seeing the first season. I knew from that first dream sequence that it wasn’t like all the other shows. But a moment that really jumped out at me was in the second episode when Zheng says, “how should I put this, your energy is…” and Olu immediately offers “tender?” with Roach jumping in, “we’re tender as hell” (with the eyes of a madman btw). And the joke wasn’t self-deprecating like it would be on almost any other show. In fact, it wasn’t even a joke. Just a fact. And a point of pride! You can see it from Olu’s smile and Stede’s pleased, “hmm!” I didn’t realize how much it would mean to me to see a tv show chisel away at toxic masculinity episode by episode but it’s certainly part of why this show took hold of me.
Earlier I had a game with an Ashe and Cassidy duo who were engaged in what I can only describe as a Lovers’ Quarrel lmao. They spent the first half of the game fighting with each other, spamming “NO” at the other and jumping to their deaths. Honestly I was mad but it was also funny as hell. At one point the Cass went up to her and said “I’m your huckleberry.” To which she replied NO. and he promptly turned and jumped off the map
Looks like I'll have to update my Megalodon Rising breeding card since they "fixed" Sandsurge Blend- old vs new:
I am genuinely considering a different secondary, because it just looks bad. It's not terrible, I'm sure other colors and dragons have it worse, but it's just. Bad.
“Kingdom Hearts being an epic slow burn gay romance would be incredibly impactful to people both personally and as a landmark in queer representation by extremely popular and established characters. It has decades of legitimate buildup and has the potential to be both incredibly validating to queer fans everywhere and even possibly sway the minds of those who love the characters but may not have much contact or knowledge of queerness.”
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“The Kingdom Hearts series is honestly kind of unique in its unabashed emotional sincerity. How it treats friendships and non-romantic bonds as being both extremely important and powerful, never giving the impression that friendship is lesser to romance, is depressingly still somewhat of a rarity in media. This is very important and validating to many, particularly aromantics but also most everyone who is just Tired of how friendships and romance are often presented in tiers of importance.”