Thoughtses on Adam, Kradam, and fandom
Y'know, stage make-up is different from tv make-up is different from going-about-town makeup, right? Same with clothes. Really. So Adam's bedazzled pants are *fine* for the stage when people are far away and performers need sparklies so their movements can be properly seen. Which doesn't mean, of course, that Adam wouldn't wear his stage-clothes out and about. Still. It kinda bugs me when people harsh on stage clothes and make-up as if they'd just encountered someone on the street.
Also, IME, frequent use of stage make-up will fuck up your skin. Many long-term theatre people are gonna have rough, pocked facial skin. Just like most dancers will have fucked-up feet.
Adam is a big boy. In an alternate universe, he's a linebacker. (Or something. Do I know anything about football? No.) To look like an emo naif he'd have to starve himself. Or get on the cocaine, which he's on the record as not liking. You don't have to be all bones to be beautiful. :`(
It's entirely possible for people to have multiple long-term sexual/romantic relationships without lying to their partners. Even if they're married. It's entirely possible to date someone and have it be a) not casual, b) open, c) neither party considering marriage. You don't have to do despicable things to everyone's significant others to get your pairing together.
Gay/bi boys in urban queer culture touch and kiss and flirt a lot. Often with women as well as men. It doesn't have to imply anything. (Though it could.) Multiply that for guys involved with arts/music/drama.
The thing about these manips? The only thing that makes them all that far from reality is how little attention they're paying to each other. They've already been hugging all over the place. And Adam's on camera pecking Kris. So... very well done though they are, I don't see any reason to flip out about the concept.
Watching Adam try not to touch himself or emulate sex on stage is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. (Hint: he's not so successful.) And I'd be kinda surprised if the Idol JumboTron cameras don't have the Elvis filter turned on for any mid-range views while Adam (hunh-hunh-ughnnnn) is performing. Also, the fact that performing gives Adam a hard-on? :D
It is pure glee to see Adam's big goofy smile after he's finished doing something naughty on stage. ♥
I love a good Bowie impersonation. That said, I look forward with glee to Adam performing his own damn stuff. In an uncensored manner.
That musical theatre gesture with the hands (will have to find appropriate gif) - arm extended in front, palm out - Adam does over and over and over again? He should stop doing it over and over and over again.
I am so happy to have a fandom with an actual real-live out queer man in it. As long as writers aren't making him a scared little child who weeps constantly and can't handle his own goddamn life just because he's crushing on another guy. ((facepalm))
Also, oral sex? Is sex. Fingering? Is sex. Frottage? Is sex. Anal sex? Yep, that's sex, too. Just one of the many kinds of sex people can have. What the hell, people. It is fucking confusing when you've just read 2 pages of hand-jobs and blow-jobs and orgasms and then the writer says (or has her character say), next time there will be sex! ((eyeroll))
I'm kinda really doubting that a 24 year old guy is constantly thinking of a 27 year old friend/lover as "the older man". Yeah, yeah, I know. Pronoun confusion. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. But seriously. Lay off that, please, writers.
The opportunities for excruciating second-hand embarrassment for fan/principle interaction in this fandom are so very many. I'm cringing already.
Also, IME, frequent use of stage make-up will fuck up your skin. Many long-term theatre people are gonna have rough, pocked facial skin. Just like most dancers will have fucked-up feet.
Adam is a big boy. In an alternate universe, he's a linebacker. (Or something. Do I know anything about football? No.) To look like an emo naif he'd have to starve himself. Or get on the cocaine, which he's on the record as not liking. You don't have to be all bones to be beautiful. :`(
It's entirely possible for people to have multiple long-term sexual/romantic relationships without lying to their partners. Even if they're married. It's entirely possible to date someone and have it be a) not casual, b) open, c) neither party considering marriage. You don't have to do despicable things to everyone's significant others to get your pairing together.
Gay/bi boys in urban queer culture touch and kiss and flirt a lot. Often with women as well as men. It doesn't have to imply anything. (Though it could.) Multiply that for guys involved with arts/music/drama.
The thing about these manips? The only thing that makes them all that far from reality is how little attention they're paying to each other. They've already been hugging all over the place. And Adam's on camera pecking Kris. So... very well done though they are, I don't see any reason to flip out about the concept.
Watching Adam try not to touch himself or emulate sex on stage is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. (Hint: he's not so successful.) And I'd be kinda surprised if the Idol JumboTron cameras don't have the Elvis filter turned on for any mid-range views while Adam (hunh-hunh-ughnnnn) is performing. Also, the fact that performing gives Adam a hard-on? :D
It is pure glee to see Adam's big goofy smile after he's finished doing something naughty on stage. ♥
I love a good Bowie impersonation. That said, I look forward with glee to Adam performing his own damn stuff. In an uncensored manner.
That musical theatre gesture with the hands (will have to find appropriate gif) - arm extended in front, palm out - Adam does over and over and over again? He should stop doing it over and over and over again.
I am so happy to have a fandom with an actual real-live out queer man in it. As long as writers aren't making him a scared little child who weeps constantly and can't handle his own goddamn life just because he's crushing on another guy. ((facepalm))
Also, oral sex? Is sex. Fingering? Is sex. Frottage? Is sex. Anal sex? Yep, that's sex, too. Just one of the many kinds of sex people can have. What the hell, people. It is fucking confusing when you've just read 2 pages of hand-jobs and blow-jobs and orgasms and then the writer says (or has her character say), next time there will be sex! ((eyeroll))
I'm kinda really doubting that a 24 year old guy is constantly thinking of a 27 year old friend/lover as "the older man". Yeah, yeah, I know. Pronoun confusion. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. But seriously. Lay off that, please, writers.
The opportunities for excruciating second-hand embarrassment for fan/principle interaction in this fandom are so very many. I'm cringing already.