not an unalloyed joy

[kindkit]

You know, I'm glad that Our Flag Means Death has become so popular. Hopefully it'll be renewed and hopefully we'll get more shows like it.

But all the cishet fans cooing over how adorable and sweet it is feels kind of . . . patronizing. Oh, those adorable queers! Aren't they just so cute!

*grumpily continues to write quite dark fic*


(. . . I mean, it is adorable and sweet. But that's not all it is. And it raises my hackles when cishet folks want queer characters to be lovely and adorable and sweet and gentle all the time.)

Comments

[silveradept]

It's much easier for cis people to believe in sweet adorable queers because cute queers don't demand to be treated fairly and equally. That's for the bad queers.