This took foreverrrrr
What do you actually call this character archetype?
I’ve seen it a lot in anime and it has enough motifs that I’m starting to think it’s its own genre of character. The motifs include:
-male
-gay or queer coded
-villain/antagonistic force/source of conflict
-moderately to severely emotionally unstable
-deep emotional attachment to another male character, almost always with dark hair
-non masculine build (at least not stereotypically masculine)
-light colored/grey hair (maybe albino??? They’re all pale with light eyes as well)
PS: I haven’t actually seen Future Diary but I heard someone say Aru fits the archetype so I thought I’d include him.
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I have no respect for ai people on tumblr.
Oh you have no ideas?
Suffer in feelings of inadequacy like the rest of us.
“Oh my childhood crush was weird” and then it’s something normal like Megatron.
Do you know what my childhood crush was, at age 6-8 to be specific?
Rod Serling. Yes, American mid-20th century screenplay writer Rod Serling.
Rodman fucking Serling.
Don’t ask me why, but I was in ENAMORED with Rod Serling as a child. Not in a “Oh, he made my favorite show that’s so cool” kind of way, but more like a “I want to marry someone who looks and speaks and dresses like and also likely is Rod Serling” way. This was funny for multiple reasons:
1 : I had a crush on someone who had been dead for 30+ years
2 : I, at age 6-8, had a crush on someone the that a good amount of people my age had never heard of, let alone would think is attractive.
3 : I hated, HATED smoking as a kid. Like, I would do the whole fake cough thing/ hold my breath in public when walking past someone smoking. For those that don’t know, Rod Serling smoked. A lot. Like, A LOT a lot. Nearly every photo/ video of him has him either smoking or holding a cigarette. He literally smoked five packs of cigarettes a DAY. NOT FIVE CIGARETTES, FIVE PACKS. Apparently, child me was capable of insane cognitive dissonance back then.
4 : I’m still attracted to him. I genuinely don’t know why but I am😭
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@perpetuallyb0red finally got this bad boy up