#bidenominational

[ingravinoveritas]

Oh, Michael...what exactly are you trying to tell us here, hmm?

[ingravinoveritas]

in my opinion michael is the high key bisexual and david the low key. michael has even admitted that his first crush was on a man and is constantly complimenting (and honestly, thirsting would be the correct word) over other men jdjdjjdjs

Hah…I am absolutely  with you there, Anon! I originally used a tag about a month ago that said exactly that (#david is lowkey bi and michael is highkey bi), but then I switched it the other day because I kept going back and forth about it in my mind.

As you mentioned, Michael has been quite vocal about his attraction to men, such as his first crush on John Taylor of Duran Duran, his description of Tom Jones in his 1960s heyday as “sexy,” talking about being sexually attracted to several members of the Manic Street Preachers back in the day, Kate Beckinsale detailing Michael’s crush on Jude Law during the filming of Wilde. …and of course, the seemingly endless number of flagrant instances of his thirst for David–one of the most flagrant being a video of him talking about David’s hips (essentially telling us that Michael has not only checked out David and looked at his hips, but has looked at them long enough to classify them as “slinky”).

David, by contrast, tends to play things more coy. He isn’t as expressive as Michael is with words, preferring to allude to what he wants with his body/body language instead. He’s had no compunction about kissing men (John Barrowman, John Bishop) with hardly any pretext involved, or about being the object of desire for men (Michael - and this is only one example out of about a zillion). But when it comes to conveying his own attraction, he’s more subtle about it, drawing the person he wants to him and making them do all the work so he can simply lie back and enjoy the attention.

But sexuality is, as we know, quite a spectrum, and I think what it comes down to is that both Michael and David are fluid in their bisexuality and the expression of that bisexuality–meaning that they have been and can be both highkey and lowkey about it depending on contexts, the person, and many other factors. Which is really what makes them such interesting and multidimensional people, and so hot to watch.So thanks for writing in, Anon! Always tickled to have a stimulating conversation about these two delicious men…

[ingravinoveritas]

I love the contrasts in these pictures. The boyish lines of David’s face melting into the trail of stubble and beard...the youthful t-shirt juxtaposed against the grown-up blazer. Tangible, external reflections of his internal duality. So lovely...

[ingravinoveritas]

There is a moment that happens, when you’re getting into a new actor. You’ve watched their work, some interviews, even fantasized about them on an appropriately filthy level, and can say “Oh, yeah, I like him, he’s cool and hot,” and such.  But then that moment happens where they totally endear themselves to you, and instead it becomes, “Oh my god, I love him.”

So here it is, ladies and gentlemen (and those of other gender persuasions): The 2007 interview that made me love David Tennant.

To explain what is going on in these gifs: Graham and David were discussing his role in Casanova, and how he’d sort of break the ice with the female extras in these one-off sex scenes by saying “Hello, I’m David, I’m going to take you from behind.” Graham Norton--being Graham Norton--places this chat-up (pick-up) line in the “Lonely Hearts” (personal ads) of a magazine called Glory Hole and reveals that David has received one response to the ad, from a half-Greek Doctor Who fan named Derek.

David not only does not bat an eye at any of this for a single goddamn second, he also 1) goes along with it when Derek asks for a “sexy pic” and Graham tells him to pose; and then 2) calls the guy’s fucking mobile phone when he/they receive a text from him later in the show (which reads “Stop wasting my time, wanker” because obvs. poor Derek does not believe he could be getting hit on by Doctor bloody Who himself). And overall he is just incredibly cute, charming, funny, and breezy and so delightful in this entire interview that he completely won me over and made me love him, the cheeky Scottish bastard.

So thank you, David, for being the embodiment of soft Scottish chaos (in contrast to Craig Ferguson, who is loud Scottish chaos) and adorable and lovely. You will forever have a place in my heart (and my pants)...