#so. imo it's kind of disingenuous to make it about just a pen name

[tonyglowheart]

Josh Lanyon has a fanlore page?? lmao wild

#see so many more people than you may think are involved w the fan scene #but yeah lmao any time ppl declare they can just Tell when sth is written by a gay man vs an Interloping Woman I just think of Josh Lanyon #who was absolutely TOUTED as like. a paragon of Gay Man Writing M/M and finding massive success #and then. well. #lmao #* #okay reading back some of the stuff is wild #bc. it's not just 'the matter of a pen name' #like m/m on gr comm was quite centralized and like. people WOULD want to support gay men writing m/m #and I'm sure Lanyon's writing holds up on its own bc I did like quite a few of their works #but also I do think part of the reason Lanyon was so hyped up was bc they were - supposedly - a notable example of a gay man writing in m/m #so. imo it's kind of disingenuous to make it about just a pen name #m/m community drama was wild tho I wonder if there are wikis for it