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fanfic-the-wish-your-heart-makes · 3 months

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Nathaniel Barnes (& Harvey Bullock & Jim Gordon) Defending Homosexuality (Nathaniel Barnes x Male/Nonbinary/Not Cis etc. Reader, but this also has other cool stuff apart from romance like, uhm, him🤭😂)

@honestmrdual asked: So, about Barnes x reader request... How about Barnes and male reader, who insist on making their relationship known to public, at least in the precinct, and Barnes, pretty obviously, being opposed to this idea? Humour, or angst, or both, you can decide! :)

Author's note: Here are all of my thoughts, I hope you like them😊 This is soo much longer than expected

Reader: ambiguously not perceived as a woman (so a man, nonbinary, masculine/very androgynous woman, etc.)

Other featured characters: Harvey Bullock because he's gotta be against homophobia. Also a little mention of Jim & Oswald because they had something going there 😉

Warning: homophobia (not from the love-interest though 🙂), illegal homosexuality

First of all: whether homosexuality's illegal in Gotham or not, Nathaniel Barnes doesn't think of it as a sin. He may be a lawfully good character, thinking that the only line separating him from animals is the law, but he's not stupid: a healthy consensual relationship just isn't immoral, illegal or not. There's not the least bit internalized homophobia in him, and I can imagine that even if homosexuality was illegal, it would mostly go ignored by the police. Though it would be comically tragic for someone to get thrown into a cell next to an actual criminal. One's in for murder while the other just kissed their partner?? Gotham's crazy!

If it was illegal, Barnes would do anything in his power to make sure to help the wrongfully convicted. He starts out small by letting them go free on his own, going home in the evening to assure himself that you're still there in his arms, not in some cell. He knows he's already doing so much but what if it isn't enough?

He loves what you share and is very aware of how quickly things could go wrong, so when you ask him to make your relationship public, he's vehemently against it and very confused. "Did someone hit on you? Do you want to tell them that you're in a relationship? Because you have my full support to make up a partner if you want to."

When you tell him that that isn't the case, he assumes that it's something else. "Are you jealous? You know that I love you. I don't think that anyone at the GCPD wants to be with me." He leans towards you and lowers his voice, "But between us: I wouldn't want to be with any of them even if I didn't have you." He even tries to throw shade at his co-workers despite normally being very professional, "Some can be a little..." You smile at his obvious contrition, "Stupid?" you offer. He purses his lips and makes a vague hand gesture, which makes you laugh. He's really trying not to be mean.

Despite the now light-hearted atmosphere, you bring the conversation back to your request, and he gets serious again. The idea might sound naively dangerous to him but you obviously care about it, so he doesn't dismiss it right away. He wants to know whether there's a smaller problem that he can solve. Do you doubt his love for you? Are you afraid of someone taking him away from you?

If any of these is the case, he makes it one of his missions to prove you wrong. Not that he doesn't make you feel loved any other time. He's very thankful for you. But if it's not enough for you, then it's not enough. Feelings are valid...and so is your safety: he doesn't give in.

"Even just the fact that I'm a known police officer could put you in danger", he stresses, "And I can only think in horror of the hatred that would certainly be directed at us for other reasons."

Things continue as they were, until one day when he overhears some officers make fun of Jim Gordon for being called Penguin's bitch - with lots off ugly terms thrown at Jim - none other than Harvey Bullock, the man Nathaniel would have expected at least some homophobia from, defends his partner and gives them hell for the things they said.

"You got a problem with Jim banging a known criminal? That's fine with me, hell, I'd have a problem with it too if it was true! But you target my buddy because he's with a man? Seriously? Your girlfriend doesn't even know you've been looking at someone else, but you're criticising him for being in a consensual relationship, which, again, isn't even real?! Check your morals, man!"

"Okaay, Bullock, chill, I was just joking around. Besides: it's illegal, you know that, right?"

Harvey raises his eyebrows, "Well it shouldn't be." "Careful there, Bullock. Don't want to get thrown out by the captain, do we?" Harvey huffed, "I think he's got a little more common sense than you think." "You don't seem completely convinced." "Ugh, stop it. Get yourself a life. Maybe I'll ask him sometime."

Except that he doesn't. He has neither the time nor the nerves.

Nathaniel tells you the story, promising to work on it, just way slower than you wished. He waits until he heard the next hateful comment so that he could directly intervene, making his already planned speech later seem more natural.

So it comes that he spends more time outside of his office until one day when he heard Jim again, "Doesn't seem like Oswald if you ask me" followed by "Except that I didn't ask you, you fag-" "LANGUAGE", the commissioner's word gets everyone's attention, "like this is highly inappropriate here, any place really. You are police officers, show some goddamn respect!"

"But he's literally called his bitch in the streets-"

"Are we not in a police precinct?"

"Of course we are, sir, but it's also illegal to-"

"And do you not have a brain, detective?" "Sir, I wasn't trying to say that detective Gordon is seriously a f-"

"You're missing the point: hate speech of any kind isn't tolerated here."

"Got it-"

"-nor should you use it at home." He noticed the silence around him. "Have I made myself clear?"

"Yes, sir."

Wow, that felt good to get off his chest! He still needs to make that speech, which would normally be really easy but he doesn't want to make your relationship public or out himself to be honest. He wants to appear completely distanced from the topic, non-emotional, just rational.

When he asks what your ideas are, he's frustrated that something feeling so right, so wonderful, has to be justified at all. He's nervous about the speech: normally he only stands behind the law, and now he's speaking out against it? He's conflicted.

"Why don't you let someone else speak as well?" you try, knowing that he can take on too much work.

"What?" he asks, not wanting to put that burden onto someone else. You shrug, "Let Gordon say some things, he's the one you always complain about being one step away from being a criminal. And you say that he's got people who look up to him."

"No", he protests, "it has to come from someone who has never misstepped."

You give him an unconvinced look, "You have misstepped."

He takes in a sharp breath at the memory. "You killed a man and I still trust and love you, Nathaniel." He looks a little less sceptic now.

"That speech can come from any cop and it will come from someone who at least once committed a crime. I'm not saying that you should let someone else say everything, just that you might wanna talk about it with some other detectives first. Make it appear natural."

The perfect opportunity would come: the time when the crime incidents skyrocket and the precinct has to clean rooms to make way for prisoners.

"Alright everyone, listen up! We've obviously got too little room for perps, so we're gonna have to prioritize."

He takes a deep breath and thinks back to your impressed look at his practiced speech, "From now on, there are a few deeds we will no longer persecute. Not just because of the current lack of space but because they shouldn't be crimes."

He looks at the officers, most of whom don't look extremely bothered, and starts the list, "Anyone here on grounds of consensual relationships to someone of the same sex is to be set free without any entries."

By the end of the list of other "crimes", a few people are looking at him confused, some even angry but not many more than he expected. One officer raises his voice, "So what about that black-haired guy we got in for kissing another man?"

"He's in for sexual harassment!" Jim Gordon comes to his aid spontaneously. "He'll stay", Nathaniel continues, noting that a few people's sour expressions disappear.

"Finally for those of you still unconvinced, who don't have the brains to think by themseleves: before you arrest someone for any of the things mentioned before, ask yourself: would I rather harm one person or save many? A lot is on the line, we've gotten more bombings in four months than in the last year combined. So be smart."

"I'll drink to that!" Harvey shouts and the resulting laughter lightens the mood. That that day more people visit the GCPD captain's office or pass by and say their approval.

It's the beginning of a new time for the precinct and hopefully eventually for Gotham.

However, that still doesn't mean that he likes the idea of criminals knowing that you mean so much to him.

He'll tell some colleagues about you though. They deserve to know what a wonderful partner one can have as a police officer.

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0sbrain · 10 months

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i think one of my least favorite troupes in tf2 fanfics has to be scout finds x and y are dating and freaks out/starts being openly homophobic towards them because "canon typical homophobia"

they are mercenaries. fucking contract killers. do you think anyone gives a flying fuck about homosexuality being illegal? you see, they are ok with murder and gruesome violence, HOWEVER they draw the line at two men holding hands because the words on the paper say it's a no no

he would probably tease them because, that's normal that's what friends and annoying coworkers do. and sometimes he might step on a line. but my dear friends. if scout was genuinely homophobic to any of the other mercs, im afraid he wouldn't survive the winter (irse a mimir). he would get snapped by a twig and it doesn't even have to be by the merc he was insulting. anyone in the vicinity would suplex his ass. son, we all suck dick here. get used to it

#also the administrator wouldn't give a flying fuck #she would file it under “potential blackmail if things go south” and leave it as that #because her only investment on the war is draining the Mann brothers of their money and getting to their australium #also this is assuming that homosexuality was illegal in the tf2 universe #which first of all what purpose does it serve to the narrative? that scout says the word faggot?#and secondly do you think that shakesperacles universe needs to 100% accurate to our own?#im not saying you cant do period typical homophobia but it needs to make sense #would a private in the army make remarks towards his veterans in this situation? it's not exactly the same but you get me #this is even without entering into the entire “army gay” debacle #tf2 #i was a little bit mad could you tell

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evilkitten3 · 7 months

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remember when orochimaru killed the third hokage and everyone was all "oh no this sucks what a jerk :(" and then it turned out the third hokage sucked actually?

maybe that's why they let orochimaru hang around doing evil science. maybe it was a reward for providing a service to the community

#naruto #naruto shippuden #orochimaru #sarutobi hiruzen #i actually like lord third but. good grief man #too bad homosexuality is illegal in naruto-land #old bastard coulda just fucked danzo instead of letting him fuck everyone else

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dougielombax · 1 year

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Everyone should send junk mail to Autism Speaks (they sure as shit don’t speak for people like me, or any other autistic folks in general, that’s for DAMN sure!), PETA, and the Salvation Army.

#personal stuff #dougie rambles #vent post #political crap #signal boost #reblog this #junk mail #do it!#fuck autism speaks #this user will not forgive the salvation army for campaigning to make homosexuality illegal #fuck the salvation army #anti autism speaks #anti peta #fuck peta

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echo · 7 months

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really liked this @strange-aeons deep dive into tumblr live. she def got a few things wrong that i hope i can speak about someday, but overall a nicely balanced take. the entire situation is overall pretty shitty to users- live does feel like a weird parasite but also some of those folks are legit tumblr people who enjoy the platform in their own way, and nobody can be happy here within the constraints of corporate stuff.

also ugh @ the spam system eating her blog, that needs to diaf. (yes, we are working on it, but my team is two people and gerbil)

as per usual: disclaimer i am speaking for myself and this is not Official Communication, and also i have literally nothing to do with tumblr live so please don't @ me (tho i do directly deal with "shadowban" stuff so that i am qualified to talk about if you want)

#strange aeons #tumblr live #also also please meme our ceo more #it is deeply appreciated #hellsite #Youtube #anyway i am going to go back to being illegally homosexual now that bg3 is on mac

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realasslesbian · 2 years

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So I’m watching that Jeffery Dahmer series and the one thing that gets me (other than the gruesome serial killing lmao) is how Dahmer’s mother is portrayed as this self-centred bitch who doesn’t give a shit about her kids, while Dahmer’s dad is a poor helpless man who is just doing his best. But he left Jeffery alone just like the mum did?

In fact, the mum left because the dad was abusing her. She tried for full custody, but since Dahmer was legally an adult, she couldn’t force him to go anywhere or do anything. So he chose to stay in the house he was raised in, while his mum fled with his younger brother, for her own safety irt to The Abusive Father (but even before she left Dahmer alone in that house, she’d cooked a bunch of food so that this grown adult man wouldn’t starve lmao). And then she threw herself into raising that boy and working for a womens centre. But somehow she’s still the crazy villain and we gotta have cameos of her driving dangerously and screaming about aliens?

Meanwhile, where tf is Dahmer’s dad? Oh right, he was off banging another woman. And three months later when he decides to check in on his kids he figures out that *shock horror* the female who is supposed to be wiping my son’s grown ass is, in fact, not doing that. And does he step up to be the parent at this point? Lol no, instead he fobs Dahmer off onto his elderly mother and disappears with his new girlfriend again. But still this man’s being portrayed as the ultimate victim in all this? Like bro, your serial killing kid is probably in some major part your entire fault lmao

#it actually would have been a way more interesting series #if they'd addressed the more probable reasons why Dahmer was so screwed up #like having an almost entirely absent father #who only returned to the house to abuse his mother #not to mention the pressures of growing up as a homosexual man in a time when that was illegal #and also how a set of XY chromosomes will predispose you to serial killing #it would have been so much more interesting if they'd addressed this entire conglomeration of factors #that likely led to Dahmer serial killing #instead of just boiling it all down to 'his mother took anti-depressants when she was pregnant with him and that's the reason'#like I dunno if they're just trying to do some god-tier irony where they're coming at this from the viewpoint of entrenched misogyny #the same entrenched misogyny that ultimately turned Dahmer into a monster #but imo there would have been so many more interesting ways to address this other than just 'women are entirely to blame'#just sayin #anyway enough shitposting

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tenitchyfingers · 3 months

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“Times magazine put down your music and said Day Tripper is about a prostitute and Norwegian Wood is about a lesbian what’s your answer to that”

“We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians that’s all”

#badum tssss #macca #the beatles #ask stupid questions get stupid answers bitch #insane how homosexuality was still illegal btw

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sabakos · 1 year

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Religion is bad whenever it's opposed to any of my favorite things: syncretism, heresy, and gay sex.

#c.f. tanadrin's “is slavery illegal and homosexuality permitted” test

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fearandhatred · 5 months

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didn't bring a book or anything to the hair salon so i'm just brainstorming and writing my fic. thank god my hairdresser mainly speaks chinese so he can't tell what i'm writing unless he focuses really hard

#fearandhatred #writing gay fanfic in a country where homosexuality was illegal until a year ago #speak valentina!#good omens

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navree · 11 months

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finally trying to finish the avatar show so that i can watch the lesbian avatar show and i'm sorry what do you MEAN the gay fire lord who was definitely in love with his lifelong avatar companion literally outlawed homosexuality?? you good buddy???

#personal #sozin apparently making homosexuality illegal in the fire nation is just a stunning example of gay on gay crime #now he's not only a war criminal he has internalized homophobia #this is insane to me honestly like what the hell

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unbanshee · 8 months

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I have a really old fandom pinboard on Pinterest, some of which including vaguely lgbtqia+ themes (as came with what must’ve been 2015). And like I completely forgot I even had a Pinterest, I think the last time I used it I was still reading Wattpad fanfiction. But a bunch of things on it were reported and deleted for adult content. The most offensive of the aforementioned “adult content” was Batman poking Superman’s hand like a cat in one panel and in the next Superman curled up in a ball blushing.

#I can’t find it and I didn’t get a screenshot but if I can figure out my Pinterest password (or more likely set a new one) I’ll reblog with #the number 1 offender #I don’t like Pinterest #also #homophobia #transphobia #Those darn homophobes can’t handle men blushing in what may be a vaguely homosexual interaction #fellas is it gay #to graze hands with another man #according to Pinterest #yes #and also illegal #lol

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