hey, a friendly reminder that characters like nick nelson and jesper fahey and norma khan who mention things about their sexuality and correct people to say they don’t like just one gender are a. not annoying but also b. incredibly valid. their sexuality is theirs. the right to use labels is theirs. if you’re chill without a label, that’s cool. maybe you hate labels. but sometimes labels are really fucking important to people. that’s also cool. don’t deny them of their right to say who they are and claim their identity. don’t belittle them for it. consider the fact that it’s theirs and maybe not yours.
listen, I get that growing up with things like heartstopper and everything sucks and first kill (you know, POSITIVE queer rep) is probably doing wonders for the psyches of young gays, but no heart-warming comic or teen-drama netflix special will EVER hit as hard as the angsty, usually-violent queerbait.
“There is so much more to you than you know. Not just pain and anger.”
“I’m hunted, I rebelled, and I did it, all of it…for you.”
“I doubt I’ll even slightly hurt him.” // “No, I mean you. I don’t want you to get hurt.”
“Then what are we?” // “Friends. We’re friends.”
“Stop fighting me, Michael…My blood is in your veins.”
“Then finish it, ‘cause I’m with you ‘til the end of the line.”