i find it deeply ironic how in-fandom u see countless jokes of lovro being a diva, receiving princess treatment, looking visibly gay etc. and then the same audience asks What exactly lovro is afraid of.
oh my god this is exactly, spot ON what i had in mind while the space was going on about lovro being the most alt and stereotypically queer-presenting of other isaks, and within sram dont mind me rehashing points that have been surely exhausted before- not an original thought to come- lovro is The quote unquote Blue Hair With Pronouns guy. his story was not told independent of his appearance. like of course there's always the even character who has the 'safety net' of being straight-passing whereas the isak character typically doesn't feel like they have that privilege, but lovro in particular begins the season nowhere near integrated into the straight act. even when he tries he doesn't do it very well. unlike the other isaks who have to mop away a haze of heteronormativity before they can peer through the glass into who they really are lovro has to do that WHILE being acutely aware that his appearance singles him out. in an environment so restrictive too.
and you're right, just like when Ivan was posting fourth wall breaks on instagram the Fandom is put into two pairs of shoes- Lovro's, and the world around him's! we were following the exact sentiments of the voices in his head that he is Different. the world will Never see him equally to others. he Cannot experience the world in the same way as his peers do. that realization- be it as a queer person, as a person of colour, as a woman- that the way you interact with society was determined for you by merit of preconceived notions of the group to which you belong, shakes the ground out from beneath you. you realize to some people you are not an individual. that is the core of all the isak characters' homophobia but Particularly with lovro.
a tiny appendix- it's 100% okay to joke around and make headcanons about characters and write indulgent fun fanfiction about them because that's what fandom is for- trying to eliminate that dichotomy is like you willingly signing up to help Sisyphus roll that boulder up a hill. but when we're talking about the shame show about shame about how the character experiences being gay, how the world views that character... and when the fandom almost BECOMES the world... hmmmm
i'm like 99.99999% sure there's been a wonderfully insightful post made about literally all of this somewhere out there but ok
adding to the reblog train here: when lovro is calling ivan during the strah clip @magickl0ve said, and i quote, “im very sorry for him but this is also how every woman feels outside after 9:00pm”. its dević for a reason isnt it
