[ SECRET POST #3339 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3339 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Taylor Swift]


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03.
(Hamilton the Musical)


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04.
[Pokemon]


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05.
[Supernatural - Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins]


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06.
[Pokemon]


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07. [titc]


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08.
[Battlestar Galactica]


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09.
[Fried Green Tomatoes]


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10. [TW: rape]






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11.
[Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman]
















Notes:

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Am I missing something?

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, to me, none of those pictures suggests anything but friendship. Unless you're saying they're not actually friends.

Re: Am I missing something?

[(Anonymous)]

Do you know a lot of straight male friends who are as affectionate as that left middle photo? I don't know any, and I don't know many that hang around with their arms around each other's shoulders.

Re: Am I missing something?

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, I do. I'm sorry you know shit people.

Re: Am I missing something?

[(Anonymous)]

Whoa, hey. There's nothing inherently shitty about not being affectionate, just like there's nothing inherently gay about BEING affectionate.

Re: Am I missing something?

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Yes, I know men who are straight and affectionate with each other (I also know gay guys that are affectionate with their straight guy friends). And, I know lots of guys who hang around with their arms around each other - like, pretty much every guy on any sort sports team, even a casual two-on-two pick-up game.

Re: Am I missing something?

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, idk, I'm with the other anons here, most of my guy friends are affectionate with each other. This idea that men are afraid of being seen as ~gay~ so they won't be in any way affectionate with each other is actually really dated, and it embarrasses me that so many fangirls still cling to it.

Re: Am I missing something?

[(Anonymous)]

Poor Jensen, the fandom bicycle. Secretly married to Jared, fake married to Daneel ( or whatever that hot redhead is called) and banging Misha on the side. He must be exhausted.

Re: Am I missing something?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm with you anon. Of all the guys I know (as well as all the guys I went to high school and post secondary with) I can think of...practically none who really touched each other at all, unless they were playing sports or pretend-fighting.

Re: Am I missing something?

[(Anonymous)]

It's different in different cultures, I guess.
I personally think there's nothing wrong with friends sharing hugs and stuff. I know I do it all the time :) None of my friends ever objected.

Re: Am I missing something?

[(Anonymous)]

It's different in different cultures, I guess.

Yeah, I guess so.

And for the record, I definitely don't think there's anything wrong with friends being physically affectionate with each other (as long as they're both comfortable with it, of course). I think it would be a good thing if guys in particular felt more free to be physically affectionate with each other. And I definitely wouldn't presume they were secretly gay/bi or anything like that.

I think it can be enjoyable, if you ship a couple of characters together, to squee over every look and touch and crow about their epic luurrrvvve and all that. I mean, that's just the way a huge chunk of fandom rolls. But when it comes to reality, I don't do that kind of thing. Two male friends hugging is just two male friends hugging.

Re: Am I missing something?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think there's anything wrong with it; it's just not something I see a much of.