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Being a McElroy Stan in 2025 feels like being the last knight guarding the holy grail in Imdiana Jones

#mbmbam #taz #taz steeplechase

deinonychian

. ^ . \ / \ V \ \ F /-_. |/ \

the noble quetzalcoatlus

deanwinchesterapologist

nothing wrong with me

valtsv

time to make a post on tumblr. surely no one will interpret it to be as offensive and bad intentioned as possible.

valtsv

by talos this cant be happening

everydaylouie

do not. address it

monstermonger

He's worried about stepping on flowers. He loves nature. - (ref)

san-sebastienne

Dashiell Hammett, who basically invented the noir genre (think: The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man) hung out enough in the queer scene in San Francisco in the 20s-30s that he picked up some contemporary queer lingo that he folded into his stories. In The Maltese Falcon, there’s a scene where the wildly gay-coded villain shows up at a meeting with a skinny little blonde with a bad attitude and a gun in tow, and detective Sam Spade tells him to “leave the gunsel outside” — gunsel being contemporary gay slang for a young, effeminate man who probably bottoms (from the Yiddish gansl, meaning gosling). Basically, he’s saying “I’m here to talk to you, not your twink.”

However, a lot of writers mimicking Hammett did not know gay lingo or Yiddish, saw the word “gun,” and assumed “gunsel” meant “scary bodyguard with a gun.” They took off with a word they didn’t understand and spread it so fast that it’s now basically impossible to read a noir story written between 1930-1960 without someone accidentally being called a twink at least once. Look out for it next time you’re reading Raymond Chandler or his ilk, I guarantee you’ll find it.

totallynotagentphilcoulson

Much funnier is how by a decade after Hammett’s death there were a bunch of Westerns also using it to refer to gunmen up to and including the HBO series Deadwood

starbuck

“…to me” is one of the most powerful disclaimers we have on here… is this character analysis accurate? debatable. but it’s real… to me.

so-much-for-subtlety

aquilacalvitium

Write it badly or it'll never be written

aquilacalvitium

Please keep interacting with this post because when I come to tumblr to procrastinate, this shows up again in my notifications and guilts me into writing again

quinoaphoenicks

I love you guys but I think a lot of you are the kind of people who are susceptible to falling in with a cult.

teaboot

You’re right. We should all band together under a trustworthy and influential leader who can keep us safe from outside threats

rhythm-of-lesbianism

i hate the part of depression that’s like all the things that bring me joy are empty and i can’t do anything. like come on bitch i know you love book can you just be happy about book :/