sunny-ken:

honestly the fact that ‘anne with an e’ takes place in the later 1800s/early 1900s and has more queer character and themes than some modern shows, talks about the extremely abundant racism that was the norm at the time, and promotes equality for women in life and marriage, as well as simply encouraging friendship and creativity is wild and amazing

helpful-hardware-folk:

#AsexualAwarenessWeekFandomChallenge
Day 2: aspec characters in shows and movies

Matthew Cuthbert (drawn here in movie form) has always been on the asexual spectrum for me. He lived with his sister, and never married because he was too afraid of women (Marilla, on the other hand, never married because men were too afraid of her).

I was a little disappointed when the new Netflix version gave Matthew a romantic subplot, but he was still the same endearing Matthew, so I got over it. His love for Anne always makes my heart ache because it’s so pure.