i’m always so happy about seeing mlm feeling comfortable about publicly crushing on tom holland, bc he and the rest of the mcu spidey cast/crew have made sure they feel safe in the fanbase. like seeing tom at photo ops doing cute romantic poses with guys the same way he would with the girls, that’s so refreshing. seeing guys show up to the spidey set wearing “mentally dating tom holland” shirts and the cast takes pics of his shirt and give him thumbs up for it?? good ass shit there. it might not seem like a big deal to everyone, but it really is.
i’m getting some messages asking for “proof” of this so, here’s some con pics of tom with some male/masc fans doing romantic poses, and one of him holding up the trans pride flag:
here’s the male/masc fan wearing a “mentally dating tom holland shirt” happily posing for the cast/crew when they asked for pics of him in it, this is from remy hii’s instagram:
and here’s a question that jacob batalon and laura harrier got during the “homecoming” press tour, when doing an answertime on tumblr’s stardom blog:
and then when later asked about it in an interview jacob added this:
on top of that, “far from home” will have two trans male actors playing some of peter parker’s classmates. the mcu spider-man franchise is a safe space for lgbt+ fans.
In which Tony is a former weapons manufacturer with his faithful automaton Jarvis, the hellicarrier is a mechanical balloon and the Avengers are a group drawn together by a new villain.
clint can have an entire secret family w a shitty ass throw away explanation?? bruce can fall on Natasha’s boobs and we’ll call that a romance?? steve can kiss the niece of one of his great loves right after her funeral, even tho there’s no build up and no tension? we can have an Android // human romance???? but it’s too far fetched to give us one (1) scene showing that valkyrie is canonically bisexual? or keep a scene with a lesbian couple in black panther?? or let steve rogers b bisexual with a soft spot for brunettes, especially considering the most consistent and intricate relationship built in the mcu is between two males(steve // buck)?? OKAY