Listening to the Beatles in reverse at full blast in the hopes that maybe I’ll teleport back in time to ‘63 Britain so I can experience Beatlemania first hand and than from there I can get straight into queen as soon as they form and be the same age as them.
writer: this is one of my male characters! he cares about his guy friends and loves them deeply.
tumblr: oh! so he’s gay!
writer: uh…no, he’s attracted to women.
tumblr: ….so he’s bi!
writer: uhh…no…….he loves his guy friends but he’s not romantically/sexually attracted to them.
tumblr: ….so you’re homophobic.
writer:
Healthy male friendships are almost as rare in mainstream fiction as gay male relationships, and maybe more rare in fanfiction. Let men be wonderful friends without pushing a romantic relationship, just like men and women should be able to be wonderful friends without the pressure of a romantic relationship.
*AGGRESSIVELY SLAMS REBLOG UNTIL I DIE*
This is literally the reason men are so terrified of being open about loving each other platonically, because they don’t want people to assume they’re gay just because they can be supportive of their fucking friends
A few years ago my dad hugged his best friend and give him a kiss on the cheek and people asked my mom if she was okay with that. Like they’re just friends who show affection??? What’s wrong with that my god. Also when I went on holiday with my dad and his best friend they asked them how they got me like I was adopted. 2 men together are not immediately gay and if they are, so what.