whitmerule reblogged
St. Sebastian tended by the Holy Irene (detail), Nicolas Régnier, 1650
hey now. that looks suspiciously like erasure of the gay, Nicholas. you know how St Sebastian has to be drawn, and you take him down from his tree and have a woman caressing/controlling the phallic object penetrating his thigh while he gasps erotically and another woman watches to see how it’s done?
... well, at least he’s still definitely a bottom.
Source: brittlebodies
#nsfw#nsfw text#st sebastian#is a gay icon#no i mean literally#why have i only got a couple of posts about st seb on my blog#surely i've reblogged more about him than that over the years#medieval iconography#yes i know this isn't medieval#but i'm going to class it with those posts anyway#because#i can#also#hagiography#i suppose it is still pretty gay#it's just wlw#and he's happy to be the test subject#while irene demonstrates some fine points of technique#to whoever the other lady is