I AM OBSESSED with this sexually-fluid season of Are You the One? on MTV. I canât believe there isnât more on tumblr about it except for a few Justin/Max gifsets. YâALL, we finally got the messy reality dating show treatment and it is being slept on!!!!
Let me introduce you to this epic cast real quick:
We have Basit, who uses they/them pronouns, they are the best, sweetest, most loving, beautiful and patient person Iâve seen on a show like this who helps everyone be their best selves and serves looks!
We have Remy, who is the mischievous, debonair, hookup king, fun-loving seems-like-bad-news-at-first-but-actually-has-a-heart-of-GOLD-and-deserves-all-the-love scene-stealer of the show!
We have Kai, a charming transmasculine gender fluid heartbreaker who just wants to have fun and make connections, living his best life and learning a bit about his more destructive tendencies along the way!
We have total snack Brandon being too mature for this show!
We have the beautiful and fun and funny Aasha (who unfortunately imo hasnât gotten enough screentime)!
We have sweet, sexy, naked-gymnastics-ing, Harry Potter tattoo having Jenna overcoming her pattern of jumping into toxic relationships and stealing my heart!
We have Clark Kent in a skirt Danny just wanting to be desired and loved while taking care to make everyone sandwiches and be the person people need!
We have queen Nour jumping into every possible fight but falling almost obsessively into whoever she decides might be her match every minute and bringing the drama!
We have Max going on a journey of vulnerability and facing his own internalized homophobia falling head over-heals for the first time!
We have Jonathan being a messy obsessed annoying person lol with a sweet heart somewhere under his obliviousness learning more about they/them pronouns and learning to shed his masc 4 masc bullshit!
We have Amber who just wants loyalty opening herself up to fun again being so bubbly and sweet and beautiful and trying her best!
We have Kari who wants to win the damn show and who is really practical and cute and seems like she would be very easy to be besties with!
We have Jasmine, Mississippi queen who you donât want to fight with but who will also have your back and who is one of the most unapologetically herself people iâve seen on a show like this, she is just so funny and chill andâŠI have heart-eyes!
We have the beautiful and wise Kylie who honestly needs more screen time because she is stunninnnng and seems incredibly intuitive and funny but maybe she just has no time for the drama ;)!
We have BAD BITCH PAIGE who just came out to the world for this show and is guarded as all hell trying to let down her walls, she seems so sweet but she is also a STUNNER like music video worthy looks every week and a hilarious and tough side that isnât immediately obvious!
And last but not least we have Justin who is a major flirty flirt and loves to get his drink on and have fun but who is also really open and vulnerable about his past and his desire for lasting love and has really sweet surprisingly insightful moments in between his more party-loving ways ;)!
There is drunk fighting! Kissing in a literal closet! Queer Prom! A Mermaid Party! Crying over being misunderstood and wanting love! Sweet kisses! Sexy kisses! Awkward kisses! Honestly this show is so fun and I wish theyâd keep a sexually fluid or lgbt spinoff going forever.
Please do yourselves a favor and watch season 8 of this trashy reality tv show!!! Finally finally a show is giving us gender and sexually fluid representation and allowing the cast to be just as messy as any heterosexual dating show! It really made me cry honestly watching people feel safe expressing themselves around eachother and seeing us represented as not just the token-lgbt person but a whole cast of people who would normally have to worry about not being âtoo muchâ for the straights around them on a reality show like this but now they get to just be themselves and it is so free and beautiful!!!! Donât get me wrong it is plenttyyyy messy but it feels different, it feels like these people want the best for each other and understand each other (at least some of the time but they arenât without their drama), there isnât nearly as much misogyny as a straight season of this show has, there are heartfelt talks about coming out and about transitioning and about internalized homophobia and issues unique to the lgbt experience. There is also a ton of hooking up and some drunken fights and many trips to the âboom boom roomâ but thatâs all part of the fun!