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I’m watching a show w/ the premise that there is a “straight cis woman disguised as a man” (who is presented variously as like… definitely looking forward to when she can openly be a woman, kind of neutral on it all, or actively preferring that he stay a guy) who a “straight” cis guy falls in love with because of the first person’s feminine vibes or whatever. there’s actually a surprising amount of positive acknowledgement from various characters that this is gay and that’s ok. it’s interesting seeing all of this nominal support for gay people with none of them, you know, actually onscreen? like, it’s interesting seeing a guy who I assume is going to be ultimately seen as straight by the narrative, processing through “am I attracted to guys? oh fuck, I’m attracted to guys! wow, I had better confess to the guy I like…” and people in his life reacting to seeing him as gay. it’s interesting seeing all of these people go “ok, zi feng’s gay, huh? valid.” and knowing that ultimately the narrative will not continue to acknowledge his attraction to men (assuming it follows the path of, you know, all media that is like this.)
I’m watching a show w/ the premise that there is a “straight cis woman disguised as a man” (who is presented variously as like… definitely looking forward to when she can openly be a woman, kind of neutral on it all, or actively preferring that he stay a guy) who a “straight” cis guy falls in love with because of the first person’s feminine vibes or whatever. there’s actually a surprising amount of positive acknowledgement from various characters that this is gay and that’s ok. it’s interesting seeing all of this nominal support for gay people with none of them, you know, actually onscreen? like, it’s interesting seeing a guy who I assume is going to be ultimately seen as straight by the narrative, processing through “am I attracted to guys? oh fuck, I’m attracted to guys! wow, I had better confess to the guy I like…” and people in his life reacting to seeing him as gay. it’s interesting seeing all of these people go “ok, zi feng’s gay, huh? valid.” and knowing that ultimately the narrative will not continue to acknowledge his attraction to men (assuming it follows the path of, you know, all media that is like this.)
