#seeing butch characters be put in makeup to counteract their usual “laziness” and somehow demonstrate improvement.... biting and killing

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gideon's butch portrayal is so fucking important to me i've always been really protective of butch characters in media, just because i so often see them forced into the "confident, predatory masc" who is basically a cishet dude written with no regard for butch history box. often fanworks will suddenly put them in makeup and a dress and all their friends marvel at how they clean up nicely if they put some effort into it, as if lesbian masculinity is in any way inferior or a lack of effort. gideon being so well written (with understanding of queer history) as a young butch genuinely means the world to me and i love her beyond words

#this was inspired by a ff i just read that pissed me the fuck off #its something really personal to me #seeing butch characters be put in makeup to counteract their usual “laziness” and somehow demonstrate improvement.... biting and killing #tlt #gideon nav