The last thing I the world I want is to get into fandom drama, but I genuinely need to ask because I'm worried about The Youths:
Some of y'all know that a person can be mean to a gay person, can be in the wrong, and it not come from a place of homophobia, right??
Because while a bitchy little bastard, never once did I read Izzy's actions as homophobic in the show? That just clearly wasn't the place his animosity was rooted?? And one little "Izzy invented homophobia just to internalize it" joke was haha funny, but it never stopped and I'm so confused as to how people genuinely think it
Like I'm not saying he was correct. I don't think I've ever seen an Izzy fan say that. But it never came from a place of hating gay people what the fuck
homophobia is more than a character looking into the camera like they’re on the office and saying ‘i hate gay people’
izzy’s actions in ep10 come from a place of homophobia. he threatens to kill ed bc by pining for stede, he is not performing masculinity correctly in izzy’s eyes. izzy demonstrably has a problem with gay men and an even bigger problem with femme gay men.
sure, it’s not as explicit as some depictions of homophobia in other shows. but it’s very much there