ily, menswear guy

Clothing has denoted social class since... oh wait since forever. Like literally. Sumptuary laws, which often designate WHO is allowed to wear WHAT (styles, fabrics, colors, accessories) have been around since ancient times. Certain clothing has denoted whether you are in the royal court and what specific rank you have (like the colors of wonsam in Korea - which also has this fascinating history with enormous wigs and whether they're legal). Prostitutes in many medieval European cities had a particular "uniform" to make them immediately visually identifiable from "virtuous" women, and Jewish people in medieval Europe likewise have been forced to wear certain kinds of clothing and accessories so everybody knew they were Jewish (yes, like the Jewish star during the Holocaust). Women in England and France during the French Revolution cut their hair hella short to indicate their sympathy with the French aristocracy, who had all their hair cut off in preparation for execution at the guillotine. Women wearing trousers in various situations from the 19th century to the late 20th century could be a revolutionary political act. Black women in the 1960s wore their hair in an afro as an expression of pride in their heritage and culture. I wear t-shirts with trans-inclusive Pride flags - and lots of other US Americans, perhaps like derek guy up there, wear Confederate flags - to advertise adherence to particular causes, political parties, and identities. Dress is inherently, universally, eternally, deeply intertwined with politics.

#Welcome Back Couch Theory

If you saw the other one no you didn’t 😂

Well there it is. Full confirmation he’s got a picture of him and Chris on his fridge 😭😭 from when they were playing that water gun game on the pier 😭😭😭 and the Photo Booth style photos strip from Mays graduation at the end of season 3 that has Eddie and Chris and then Eddie and Buck. He’s got his husband and son with him 😭😭

Update to add in 8.5 we saw this photo on his fridge as well which was them a the Christmas party at the station and you know who else we saw had that photo up in 8.5?

Eddie Diaz on his mantle

For those who said that the end of Buck/Tommy came out of nowhere, color-coded Buck & Tommy’s First & Last Dates. See? Foreshadowing. Parallels. Mirroring.

Sorry it’s not neater. I’m better at analysis.

First Date (color coded transcript below cut)

https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=111&t=68587

Notice Buck's "keeping our options open, I like it"? They aren't committed.

Notice that Tommy says the 118 was "a regressive place under Gerrard" That's unspecific, considering he was a bully. And he insists, I'm not lying about who I am" but he also doesn't mention a 2 year engagement to a woman (which is a lie of omission).

Eddie and Marisol are a foil for Buck and Tommy. Eddie has just asked Marisol to move in. After their last date, Buck asks Tommy to move in.

Eddie mentions closets in his own house. And Tommy nudges at Buck.

And then they're back at the "so many choices" (indecision), foreshadowing. And it Eddie turns out to not want Marisol's armoire/closet after all., because he's going to choose JOY!

Last Date Before Breakup (color coded transcript below cut)

https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=111&t=71583

Notice that Buck doesn't know specifically what a Kinsey

6 means. (which does NOT mean he's never heard of Kinsey). And Tommy's answer is, "I'm gay," which doesn't clarify the number, does it?

Notice that, on the first date, Tommy assures Buck that nobody's looking? And on the last, they are?

Notice the way the waiter asks, "What's the damage?" This whole date is a disaster. Tommy's insulted both Abby (crazy but great hair?) and Buck (himbo).

Notice the divorce mediator's words about "dissolution of a marriage" and trying to make it less painful? Editing lets scenes reference each other. And this provides foreshadowing for the split at the end of the episode.

Reading is FUNdamental. Or fundaMENTAL. Fandom!

(Obviously, I did this for myself, but I do like comments.)

IF YOU THINK WE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH GAY EDDIE HINT THIS SEASON I THINK YOU'RE BLIND BECAUSE YEAH HE SAID "I'M STRAIGHT" BUT IF YOU PAY ENOUGH ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY ARE SAYING AND EDDIE LITTLE MOVES YOU SEE THAT HE'S A VERY GAY MAN

Let me show you.

First of 8x04, makes us show a man and his kid who split up as Eddie and Chris did and we see how much Eddie was devasted by it. But more we learned about their relantionship more it makes sense that they aren’t talking about Eddie and Chris but they're talking about Eddie and Ramon relantionship:

Like Ramon did at Eddie when he was little because he was always at work:

And when the that dad told him he was tired to argue with his son because he didn’t want him to be a cheerleader. Yep, that was the hint because cheerleader was always used before for men to says he's gay. And we see how Eddie got angry at the dad because of it, but he doesn’t know why though. He thinks he's talking to this dad to make the same mistake he did on Chris, but in the end it wasn’t this relantionship is have to fix first:

(As his parents weren’t there when Eddie got shot)

Then 8x06, it show a little of his catholic guilt and how the hot priest said he chose to drink water (something simple and clean as heterosexuality) instead of juice (something complicate and a mix of fruit like being gay) because he feels like he has to punish himself for what he did when instead as father Brian said he should start to earn his forgiviness and start to do something joyfull and taking care of himself (both for what he did to Chris but also to come to terms with himself and who he really is)

Also we want to talk about how the hot priest flirt with him and Eddie was all giggle and smilying?!

While when he discover his ex gf was an ex nun he couldn't have sex with her anymore??!!

Also all the things he could have done to express joy he chose to do a Risky Buisness dance and it was just screaming GAY 💅🏳️‍🌈

PLUS COME ON THE SEXUAL TENSION ON THIS SCENE!! HELLO!!

And could you see a future there?

imagine being in the 911 universe! you wake up there’s a disaster you go get a snack there’s a disaster you get on the train there’s a disaster you go to the beach there’s a disaster you go to the juice bar you’re gay now. the hits just do not stop coming.

Btw on hindsight, Eddie's self-imposed misery moustache really is so freaking funny.

Because as we learn, after the whole clusterfuck of Eddie basically cheating on his girlfriend with his dead wife (!) and also cheating on-- I mean... And also betraying his best friend, and of course, traumatizing his son...

Eddie decides That's it, I'm done giving into my selfish desires! I shall live like a MONK now! I'm done dating, will not have any of that sweet, sweet nectar that life tempts me with! No, I'm all about pure, plain water, and will not say one extra word to this pretty cashier lady 😳!! Oh, a pretty man is approaching me? BACK OFF FOR I AM THE STRAIGHTEST MAN TO EVER STRAIGHT!!! 😳

So basically, we learn that Eddie is really trying to avoid temptation. And also, apparently, doesn't like his own moustache!! He sprouts the moustache very soon after he fucks up AND then shaves it as soon as he is told that he is allowed to have JOY in his life.

So the timing of the moustache, alongside with his brand new monk lifestyle...?

This silly man really went:

Oh no. I fucked up. I should have resisted my desires.

How can I avoid doing that again?

How can I stick to avoiding temptation.

Oh, I know. I will grow a terrible porn 'stache, for that will surely keep the hot people at an arm's length, and resisting all these desires will thus be much easier.

Because let's face it;

I am a very bad, very beautiful man, and will obviously need to utilize every trick in my sleeve in order to succeed in this mission to become a firefighting monk!!!

Post-Canon, Domestic Hangster + Social Media

when the cowboys are gay fighter pilots…. or when the fighter pilots are gay cowboys…? they are gay and fighter pilots and also cowboys

my absolute favourite genre of Hangster fic might be "are they really enemies with benefits or is Bradley just stupid"

polaroids from @childlikegoblinqueen's comm for Sweet Child O' Mine <3

Beautiful!!!!!!

I dont think i ever posted this on main but i no longer have any shame

So I was thinking about pirates of the Caribbean, and each characters unique moral code and way of approaching life, as one does, when I remembered a particular scene about our beloved James Norrington... the very first scene in which Jack and James meet. Now, as a long time Sparrington shipper, I adore the Sparrington fandoms adopted head canon of Jack's compass pointing directly at Jack when James is holding it as having a romantic connotation too it, but this is Disney we're talking about, and a Disney from 20 years ago at that, so it is of course just a head canon. And while it is a beloved head canon, I will always be a writer before a shipper, and what that scene says about Norrington from a writer's perspective is far too juicy not to share... So buckle up for a very long meta post about who James Norrington is as a person, and how it was set up in this scene(and later reinforced in the second and third movie). This is my first real meta post, and I'm very excited for it, so let's jump right in.

bringing the potc fandom back one meme at a time #27

Calling myself out