My gay aunt married a gay man and they had two kids. It completely doesn't ping me.
Angel: I appreciate you guys looking out for Connor all summer. It's just—he's confused. He needs time. That's all. Fred: Right. Time, and some corporal punishment with a large heavy mallet. Not that I'm bitter.
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§ ita § - Nov 05, 2010 5:43:51 pm PDT #6868 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 05, 2010 6:23:02 pm PDT #6869 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Interestingly enough, my ex didn't consciously realize he was gay until he was pushing 30. I can't personally imagine what it feels like being that deep in denial (hey, I figured things out when the hormones hit at 13 and just made a pragmatic decision not to share), but apparently a lot of guys are.
§ ita § - Nov 05, 2010 6:37:53 pm PDT #6870 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wait, so you mean he didn't just wake up gay? But I thought that happened all the time.
I don't think I met many guys who identified as gay at the time in university, but I sure knew a whole bunch by the time I graduated. Even the most apparently obvious were not willing to share for a while. And even after they shared, they still made out with chicks and copped the odd feel.
Most of my gay family members are lesbians, and most of them came out in their mid teens. So it's seemed to me that it's easier for women--but then again, all of them have slept with men anyway.
brenda m - Nov 05, 2010 6:38:00 pm PDT #6871 of 10434
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hmm. I think of all the bisexual guys I know only a handful are openly so, and more than a few of the gay ones (including my ex) gave every appearance of being actively het at some point in their adult lives.
It's funny, because when meara was staying with me we were talking about someone who had been in a long term het relationship and...changed. And it seemed very strange.
But at the same time - I am way more interested in women than I used to be. And it wasn't ignorance or denial, as far as I can tell. Right now, I think sexually I am good either direction. The person we were talking about was coming out of a five -plus year het relationship, and saying he'd been gay all along and didn't know it.
For me? Emotionally, I'm not sure where I fall. And I'm 40, and I've been involved with more men than women. And right now I'm so disassociated from *anyone* that I wonder if some of my draw toward women isn't just because it's easier.
§ ita § - Nov 05, 2010 6:40:47 pm PDT #6872 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
gay all along and didn't know it
Semantically, how does that differ from being in denial, I wonder? I mean, you thought that was as good as it got? Didn't properly feel the feelings for the same sex?
I say all this, and I'll be gay tomorrow, just watch.
Laga - Nov 05, 2010 7:18:56 pm PDT #6873 of 10434
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I say all this, and I'll be gay tomorrow, just watch.
Call me?
P.M. Marc - Nov 05, 2010 8:47:33 pm PDT #6874 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I've known enough gay guys that have a sexual history with women that it completely doesn't ping me. And I've known bisexual guys. It's really not an issue for me to imagine someone going from sleeping with women onscreen with sleeping with men offscreen if it's written well.
Yeah. Same. I mean, I know straight guys who've had sex with men. Sure, they prefer women, wouldn't date a guy, but go down on one? What the hell, why not?
SailAweigh - Nov 09, 2010 4:30:05 pm PST #6875 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
And Then There Were Bras. Kirk/Sulu, Spock/McCoy, genderswap. This cartoon (by a couple of very good friends of mine) is absolutely hilarious. Go read and give them love. Ka-Dude!
ETA: NSFW. Naked sexy times abound.
§ ita § - Nov 09, 2010 5:25:34 pm PST #6876 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
NSFW, for the record.
SailAweigh - Nov 09, 2010 5:55:40 pm PST #6877 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Der, yeah. Sorry about that.