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@kamiitoya I mean I also hope theres a bit more korasami in flashback of this show since one second of handholding is kinda dogshit rep, but I hope theres good and abundant mlm representation too, and I hope there’s a Kiyoshi show at some point. I wish ppl wld stop seeing it as an either or

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@calebsmxlti Yeah I’m so excited for an mlm ship that has two minutes of screen time total instead of one between two of the leads. Fuck that. He better leave his ass

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@Bawse1565 @blklilacc —homophobic/lesbophobic opinion of a mlm or wlw ship with those characters. Like Ive seen people say something bigoted and then justify it by saying they HC their straight ship as Bixbi and criticising them is biphobic. That’s shitty

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@Bawse1565 @blklilacc Idk about that. I think it’s usually bi women who HC these characters as bi because they see themselves in the chars. It does make me roll my eyes and sometimes it comes off as performative, but I think it’s only a problem when people use it to deflect criticism from their—

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@BroganCryptid It sucks people see it as an either or thing. I want more of both, right? I want an mlm Catradora or Lumity where two mlm leads can have a well developed relationship instead of just a queer lead and his side character boyfriend like we usually get, but I also want more wlw too

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@Bawse1565 @blklilacc You sorta had me in the first half but the second half is such a tired argument, ngl. Queer people often don’t fit traditional gender roles. It’s normal for a queer person to see themselves in a character that defies typical gender roles. Just let people enjoy their bixbi HCs idk

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@Drystonobile_ Sorry? I love WLW content too. My first ship was Tyzula. I don’t want less WLW content, I want more of both. The biggest mlm characters in animation I can think of are benson from Kipo and I guess Shiro from Voltron. William in invincible. But there’s no mlm romance between leads

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@lirio_belo @weakshieun Oh yeah I watched the whole ass campaign during Covid. I forgot about that show but I am super excited for how they portray their relationship since Essek has way more screen time than he did in the campaign

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@S3venK1ngs I hope this is the case rather than another show having an mlm ship where one partner is the main character and the other only gets like 5 minutes of screen time.

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@codeaf2 @weakshieun I hope so honestly, but I also feel bad cheering against the ostensibly canon ship lol

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@weakshieun I think we’re moving there, but I hope one day there’ll be an MLM Catra or Caitvi or Bubblee or Garnet instead of just gay characters with side character boyfriends like in Kipo or Voltron or this one

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@weakshieun I’m happy… but I hope one day we get an mlm ship with two leads instead of a side character that’s probably not going to appear very often.

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@codeaf2 @weakshieun And Katara’s love interest is the whole ass main character. I wish we got an MLM ship with a main character and another main character, not a side character that’s gonna be in like 2 episodes. Imagine if katara’s love interest was Haru. That’d be lame as hell.

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@ucubevampir @kataraists The show is gonna treat them bad, bro. Look at that guy. That’s the side characteriest side character I’ve ever seen. He’s gonna be in like two episodes. I wish there could be an MLM Catra or bubblee or Karasami or Caitvi with two leads instead of a background character

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@KaliThatGod @foureelsinacoat In both ATLA and TLOK, my favorite characters were women and Tyzula was my first ship, but I’m not going to be fanboying 9 year olds. The three main supporting adult cast are men. The show is structurally set up for a male centered fandom unless there’s really good fem side chars

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@DuncanBrola @foureelsinacoat No queer men are evil and any depiction of them is an affront to all women everywhere. Don’t you know? And any woman who enjoys content about queer men is a self hating traitor. This is feminism101.

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@foureelsinacoat Ngl, I’m not writing about a bunch of toddlers. I dislike that they’re the protagonists and will focus on the characters that are not 5 years old. Unless there’s like a ten year time skip. That’d be nice.

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@Quincy_Fucker Sorry, I think we’re arguing past each other. I don’t like the trend masculine mlm men being HCed as bi without compelling evidence for reasons stated, but you don’t seem like you’re doing it based just on vibes and have reasons. I’ll still think he’s gay, but agree to disagree.

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@Quincy_Fucker That’s better evidence, but gender neutral language doesn’t confirm he’s not gay or that any ex was a woman. You can have headcanons, but they’re still headcanons. Disagreeing with them or headcanoning him as gay isn’t bi erasure or misogyny or something.

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@Quincy_Fucker I played a lot of his stories. And I looked it up to see if I was being unfair, but I couldn’t find anything else. His lover is mentioned in distant promise Quincy, lonesome vow. It uses gender neutral terms but there’s no confirmation they’re a wife. That’s just a headcanon.