jimmy james

friendly neighbourhood contrarian | #flashwarning enthusiast | 🚨 pitt critrole d20

[jimmy james @going2malibu]

#THEPITT #DANAEVANS i turned the other cheek and they slapped that one, too. how long i gotta be the good guy for? when's my chance? when do i get to hit back? — #flashwarning

[jimmy james @going2malibu]

@lanasasgf

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just remembered i have a strawpage if you'd rather remain anonymous https://t.co/hjSk6t3UNa

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there's a reply on this i unfortunately can't see. my dms are open if there's something you'd like to talk about!

[jimmy james @going2malibu]

there's a reply on this i unfortunately can't see. my dms are open if there's something you'd like to talk about!

[jimmy james @going2malibu]

is it not more plausible for mckay (and/or fiona) to be bisexual over specifically being a "butch lesbian"?

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@mckaypilled that's why i used the adverb "solely".

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@gloriagrandbilt nothing anyone has said has translated to mckay or—more importantly—fiona being a butch lesbian as was originally stated 🤷 sorry for questioning parasocial behaviour

[jimmy james @going2malibu]

can someone @ me if the "you only think whitaker is gay bc of stereotypes" discourse makes its way around to talking about mckay fans screaming bloody murder about her asking out a man? thanks.

[jimmy james @going2malibu]

fanon turning female characters into girlboss girl's girl misandrists flattens so much of the complexity that the text gives them and is on par with ignoring that canon complexity altogether

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@mckaypilled oh, right: the strap! it's heavy and pink, right? or was that just mckay? see, i get confused because people are talking about fiona-the-person as though she were a fictional character to project onto and play barbies with.

[jimmy james @going2malibu]

there's actually multiple interviews where she speaks about how her own experiences mirror and feed into her portrayal of mckay. but sure. they're both butch lesbians who talk openly and in the present tense about dating and asking out men.

[peach @swthpeach]

'THE PITT' star Fiona Dourif discusses some of the challenges when portraying a butch lesbian Dr. Cassie McKay.

“It's like I'm playing myself.”

She is only 44 years old.

[jimmy james @going2malibu]

@mckaypilled @smcafis fiona has also recently talked about relationships with men and asking men out: how does that fit with her being a lesbian? i'm bothered because it's reductionist. because there's outrage every time she says something that contradicts the fandom's insistence that she's a lesbian.

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@obscenecharade sincerely: how am i being homophobic?

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@obscenecharade is there some joke i'm not getting?

[jimmy james @going2malibu]

@smcafis but what's the joke? from what i've seen people take this very seriously.

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@smcafis headcanon about a real person?

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@smcafis perhaps i've made a leap in assuming you find this to be masculine on some masc/femme scale. is it that, though? does her movement really relegate her to being a lesbian? does this apply to all women who move in this manner?

[jimmy james @going2malibu]

@smcafis is that not a bit reductionist? does this mean any lesbian who presents as even slightly stereotypically femenine must, actually, despite whatever she says or does, be straight?

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@smcafis then explain it to me like it's my first fandom: why exactly do people constantly call her and mckay butch lesbians when there's plenty of evidence to the contrary?

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i do find it interesting that there's an assumption mckay has been abused solely by a man/men when she a) doesn't specify gender ("been on the wrong side of someone who hates women") and b) goes on to identify a female-on-female abuser

[jimmy james @going2malibu]

insisting on a character's sexuality based solely on appearance and mannerisms, and in direct contradiction to canon, doesn't do shit for "representation". this kind of reductionism isn't actually good!