#straight characters

[xombilog]

I might be hung (metaphorically) for this—

But I did make my only two female main characters end up with two of my main male characters.

Yes romance is an important topic in my book.

I’ve had enough books and media be shoved down that a woman can’t be independent and strong AND be in a relationship with a man.

Because she can, and that’s what I want to portray, she doesn’t have to be lesbian to be masculine

She doesn’t have to be masculine to be strong.

My character Eleanor is strongly based off my older sister, she’s strong, independent and still feminine.

[soanywayimscreaming]

Can we all stop making straight characters go around matchmaking gay characters it feels so violating

[rosecorcoranwrites]

Just saw someone posting a pic from Shadow House were Patrick gives Emilico a bouquet of roses and tagged it "lesbian Patrick". This is the same comic where Ricky is embarrassed about his crush on on a girl (living dolls aren't supposed to have any feelings), and a fan took this as evidence of him being a trans girl. The same comic where multiple people head canon Patrick--who is the first character to internally admit his love for a girl, and then gets embroiled with another girl (it's complicated ;-;), and whose soot power literally manifests as hearts shooting out of him --and multiple people headcanon this guy as aromantic.

You know, maybe we DO need a straight awareness day?

[koolaidmansbitch]

Genuine question so please no hate

When it comes to canon character sexuality/gender, why is it okay to make a cishet character queer for fanfics and headcanons but not already queer characters?

(Want to preface this by saying I meant absolutely no hate to any of the examples I mention, I’m only trying to clarify my thoughts)

Like I’ve seen so many people get up in arms about a queer character’s canon gender/sexuality and people wanting to change it for fanfics (mainly talking about Gay>>Bi kind of thing) which I understand with turning them fully straight because of erasure but even when the author just makes them a different flavor of queer or acknowledges the canon sexuality/gender or specifically says [fanfic sexuality] AU, they can still get hate.

But people will take cishet characters and make them any and every type of queer for fics or headcanons with no problem whatsoever, even fully uprooting key parts of the character to do so* or changing the very foundations of the character’s canon relationship(s) like making a healthy long term relationship all a façade for show or only for financial stability, sometimes even saying they’re “trapped” in the relationship for one reason or another.

*like making a very masculine man who’s very confident and proud of being a man(not in a toxic masculinity way) and saying that the character is actually transfemme.

So why is it okay to force* their queer headcanons/wants onto these straight characters but you’re not allowed to change anything about canon queer characters?

*only using force as a way to use the same terminology I’ve seen used for posts about people writing canon queer characters as a different gender identity/sexuality

[stanlunter]

Characters that I think are actually straight even tho a lot of people consider them as queer:

Bc I have the whole hour before Pride Month and I'm bored, lol

Rainer. Well, he didn't show to have feelings for any male characters (and no, I don't think he likes Bertholomulo, he litterally ships him with Annie), only to Historia, plus he just doesn't give me this vibes, so yeah

Bojack main five. All of them have shown interest only to the opposite gender, so there are no reasons for them to be anything rather than straight. The only exception can be Mr Peanutbutter with his interest in Bojack bc of which I don't mind people hc him as bi, but I think it was just a platonic admiration, nothing more. Also hc any of them as aro or ace (except Todd, obviously) doesn't make sense either, since we know damn well that all of them are very romantic and almost all of them are very sexual

Howleen. I can see her being bi, but I personally don't think she's actually interested in women. She was shown to have interest in men, but women? Just no. Twyls is her bestie, not a gf. I don't mind headcanons ofc, but I just don't see it

Denji. I mean, this guy is obsessed with women and never shown interest in men, he's straight as a line, sorry

Rika & Momoe. I really don't know where it even comes from, but a lot of people hc Rika as lesbian, while she's pretty much canon straight. She litterally says "I wish you was a boy" line and you still don't get it?

What about Momoe... This one confuses me even more. For some reason the whole fandom thinks Momoe is barely canon bi/trans, I have to fully desagree with this, cuz it basically goes against her whole arc

No, she wasn't in love with her friend that killed herself. That basically was the point that her friend killed herself bc Momoe didn't like her back (at least I read it this way). In fact, Momoe litterally was sad bc only women were attracted to her bc they thought she waa a boy. While she wanted a man to find her attracted. So it makes no sense for her to like girls.

Trans think is mb arguble, but I interpritate her story as an experience of being gender nonconforming: she doesn't look like a gender she is. I don't see any trans allegories here, especially considering the fact that we have a canon trans character there, Im pretty sure, if the creators wanted Momoe to be trans, they would say she is. Also the fact that she could get in this "magical world" , since only afab can go there (considering the fact that Kaoru, as a transman, got there)

Shinji & Kaoru. Yes, this one is super objectionable. Tbh, I can see him being bi, as everybody thinks he is. However, I do like another explanation of his character arc and his relationship with Kaoru, bc It's just much more interesting than him just being bisexual

Well, in the way I see it, Shinji is straight and basically can be only attracted to girls, however, Kaoru is the only person that showed "love" to Shinji and who "cared" about him. While everyone else were rejecting and just using him, Kaoru is the first person who said Shinji he loves him and the only one that basically didn't want anything from him. Who could give Shinji unconditional love he can't get from others. And I really do not think that Shinji loved him "back" in romantic way. Imo, he didn't love him at all, but since Kaoru was the only one who gave Shinji at least some love, Shinji had no other choice than take this love anyways. Just bc it was the only way for him to feel loved in general. And to me this idea reveales Shinji's character much better than just "he's bisexual, that's why he hang out with Kaoru" and "Kaoru exists only for lgbt rep" (also have to add that It's only about original anime, not rebuilds, bc I basically haven't watched it and mb It's different there)

What about Kaoru? Kaoru isn't a human to have feelings or love. In reality he doesn't care about Shinji, he just pretended to love him only to find out what love for humans is. So ofc I don't think he's straight either. He just doesn't have feelings bc he's not a human and not even a person. He's just an angel who pretended to be a boy to know humans better

Ramona (from the movie). I thought this one is basically canon, but for some reason some people still think she's bi. Yes, she had relationship with another girl, but she has litterally said that she was just "a little bi-curious" - which literally means that she's straight and just wanted to have this experience and that she's not wlw in any way, unlike Roxie. Imo, headcanoning movie Ramona is bi is kinda even biphobic, since it sounds exactly like this stereotype that bi girls only play with girls and always chose men anyways

Higuchi. This take isn't as strong, but I just personally don't see her as wlw. She's obsessed with Ryunosuke and has never shown any sign of being interested in Gin, so yeah, I think she's just straight and gives me these vibes tbh

Annie & Hitch. Again, both girls that have shown interest only to men. Annie loves Armin, and, even tho I don't like Aruani, It's litterally canon and even has some build up. And Hitch talks only about men as well. Also I really love her relationship with Marlo and their love was really so important. Yeah, both of them could be bisexual, but I just don't see this. The only hc Im really against is any of them being lesbian, bc it just doesn't make sense

Lute. I mean, she's litterally homophobic and It's basically canon. And she didn't show any signs of being closest gay/bi anyways and Imo she loves Adam. Idk why would she be anything besides homophobic straight. Like, I can see Adam being bi, but Lute? Nah

And yeah, if anyone thinks me seing some characters as straights makes me homophobic, I advise you to use your brain or smth. Anyways, that's just my vision which I'm not trying to impose on anyone, lol

[bluemoonytoast]

I think the Voltron Legendary Defender fandom is the only one where we can make gay characters date a girl without being homophobic

[taekookrecsx]

Hello, can you recommend me a taekook ff where one of them is straight and he struggle to understand his feelings and attraction towards the other ? ( maybe he is religious or it's prohibited in his culture)

To summarize : a complicated (prohibited) love story between taekook (with a happy ending please 🥺)

Thank you!

heyy! honestly i havent read many such fics though i love this trope and the ones that i have read are amazingg.

The only heaven I'll be sent to, is when I'm alone with you by BTSLarryAf  {76k words} (well if you have read the other works by the author then you know how amazing the fic is gonna be, its a perfect mixture of angst and drama with them exploring love)

baseball au by yooniversee_ (star baseball player tae x new transfer student kook au - this was literally the first ever au in read on twitter, its so good! the main confession scene was so beautiful...)

sinners au by yooniversee_ (religious jeongguk x gang leader tae au - again one of my first aus, the dynamics is too good and even the plot is interesting)

the fics linked below are the ones that i have in my ‘marked for later’ which may be similar to what you are looking for. i am yet to read these fics...

if i tell you what i want (don't call me crazy) by orphan_account {33k words}

put me together (and throw me against the wall) by taecafune {60k words}

Sunflower by Blue_Bamboo {94k words}

Of Greek Gods And True Love by Simona_Tkook {123k words}

i'm bob the builder (but you pulled my walls down pretty fast) by orphan_account {151k words}

Must be sunny by AlainaMill {383k words}

hope this helps. enjoyyy!!

[alicewhimzy]

I mean, if we don't like the toxic straight characters™, then how can we rely on them to make us look better?