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[Permanently A]

ok this is great

 

[Htown]

That's all it takes?

Some people decided Samurai Jack was a queer icon because he was in a commercial with Johnny Bravo one time. So they got super pissed when he had a heterosexual romance in the new season.

 

[hateradio]

I can't explain the repurposing of the Babadook but I know that this comic is hilarious

Psychological and emotional pain. Fuck, that's scary.

 

[.JayZii]

k.

 

[ERotIC]

Some people decided Samurai Jack was a queer icon because he was in a commercial with Johnny Bravo one time. So they got super pissed when he had a heterosexual romance in the new season.

Ugh, Tumblr.

 

[caliph95]

Ugh, Tumblr.

Should be a default response except maybe cool fan art though you just wait for someone else like reddit or gaf to get you the good ones and not shipping nonsense

 

[Rktk]

Find me a thing and I'll find you a community icon.

 

[kitsunelaine]

Wasn't this because Netflix listed it as an LGBT film?

 

[andythinkpad]

I am officially old these days, so I didn't come across this until I saw articles about it on Vox and Buzzfeed.

It's hilarious, of course. I particularly approve of any babadook inspired portmanteaus.

I don't come across these things until I read them on GAF.

GAF - News for Old People

 

[ghostjoke]

This is second only to the Redbone meme in wtf in how it got so popular. "You fucked up" X Tumblr is a dangerous combination.

 

[Crayons]

I just watched the movie after seeing this thread.

Pretty good movie. Babadook is definitely gay

 

[Monocle]

If only he were attached to a more satisfying movie.

I'd rather raise my flag for The Witch, whose titular hag has much to teach us about body positivity and emancipating oneself from the provincial mores of the day.

Just don't ask her where she gets her favorite unguent.

For those who don't know Netflix accidentally posted this movie under LGBTQ section and that's why he's a queer icon.

I can't explain the repurposing of the Babadook but I know that this comic is hilarious

"I was Babashook by your Babalook. Condragulations, you are the winner of this week's challenge. Now keep us Babahooked, my dear. You may join the other girls."

ok this is great

Alright I guess I'm sold, lol.

 

[Razmos]

 

[Nostremitus]

Wasn't he a twisted version of the kid's father's spirit?

 

[F0rneus]

Wasn't he a twisted version of the kid's father's spirit?

Possibly. Maybe he was just the mom's grief. One of the few movies that tries to be ambiguous and succeeds.

 

[HotHamBoy]

Isn't he the embodiment of grief?

He's the mom's grief but I think the larger metaphor is self-repression.

k.

A+

 

[A Pretty Panda]

What's Marmaduke the icon of?

 

[shinra-bansho]

Then why is he such good friends with Trump.

 

[geomon]

Why would an inhuman, non physical monster be gay? Why would anyone want that thing to be gay?

 

[T.O.P]

This is the first time in my life that thinking how "yassssss" sounded in my head hasn't made me cringe

This whole thing is incredibly funny

 

[DeathyBoy]

This is the first time in my life that thinking how "yassssss" sounded in my head hasn't made me cringe

This whole thing is incredibly funny

I thought the film was awful and borderline insulting, so I am very glad that they've reclaimed the monster in this way.

 

[Truant]

Had no idea this character was still relevant, and as a gay icon - none the less. The internet is incredible.

 

[disco]

As a gay person I find this funny but also mildly distracting, I hope straight people can see that it's just fun (and deep beneath that showing the demonstrative performative adaptability of being gay, the last drop of blood from the post-modern democratic capitalist irony stone) and that there are many many gay issues that are still extremely important. We are somewhat beholden still.

Stuff like this is still very real for a huge percentage of Pride goers and gay people in their everyday life.

 

[KarneeKarnay]

I would argue about the point of the Babadook is that it is the embodiment of Grief, but....meh.

This is harmless, who cares and if more people see this movie because of it, then good for this.

 

[azyless]

 

[Razmos]

I would argue about the point of the Babadook is that it is the embodiment of Grief, but....meh.

This is harmless, who cares and if more people see this movie because of it, then good for this.

People aren't seriously saying the character is gay or that the theme is gay, it's a joke

 

[T.O.P]

I thought the film was awful and borderline insulting

The hell bro, it's one of the best horror movies in years

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Possibly. Maybe he was just the mom's grief. One of the few movies that tries to be ambiguous and succeeds.

Ambiguous?

The movie stopped just short of having the main character say, "

Spoiler

I will defeat you Babadook by locking you away in a deep recess where you are barely contained, but can be ignored despite your posing a continuous threat to me and my son... Just like my depression!

" Before winking to the camera and cabbage patching out of frame as the credits roll.

The metaphor was so in-your-face. I spent the movie hoping that they were going to deviate to some degree--to make this its own story that happens to have allegorical elements--but it never happened. Soon I was just repeating in my mind over and over, "I get it... I get it... I get it," waiting for the credits.

And also, way to fucking over play your hand with the monster. You've got a design that's pretty unnerving in silhouette and short spurts. Then they turn him into Beetlejuice.

 

[Snagret]

Ambiguous?

The movie stopped just short of having the main character say, "

Spoiler

I will defeat you Babadook by locking you away in a deep recess where you are barely contained, but can be ignored despite your posing a continuous threat to me and my son... Just like my depression!

" Before winking to the camera and cabbage patching out of frame as the credits roll.

The metaphor was so in-your-face. I spent the movie hoping that they were going to deviate to some degree--to make this its own story that happens to have allegorical elements--but it never happened. Soon I was just repeating in my mind over and over, "I get it... I get it... I get it," waiting for the credits.

And also, way to fucking over play your hand with the monster. You've got a design that's pretty unnerving in silhouette and short spurts. Then they turn him into Beetlejuice.

*pterodactyl noise*

Even in when it was just artwork in a book in the movie I didn't find it particularly frightening or creepy. "Baba dook dook dook" is a goofy sounding phrase no matter how much throat rumbling you try and spin onto it.

 

[Violet_0]

I can't explain the repurposing of the Babadook but I know that this comic is hilarious

worth it for this alone

 

[Dandy Crocodile]

I'm so glad the Babadook found the strength to come out. It's times like these that we need strong gay icons to represent our community and come into the light.

 

[VegiHam]

A terrifying threat that horrifies suburban traditional families and they try to get rid of but it won't go away and they kinda just have to learn to live with it?

Like yeah that sounds pretty gay tbf.

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

For those who don't know Netflix accidentally posted this movie under LGBTQ section and that's why he's a queer icon.

What the... lol

 

[Aarglefarg]

No fun allowed, but I get uneasy when I see straight people on my timeline using a meme to casually reinforce gay stereotypes.

I know it's a joke, but the repeating the especially egregious "the B in LGBT stands for babadook" cuts me in a way I feel difficult articulating.


Fellow queer people making queer jokes though-- it's all good.

At least they realise there is a B.

 

[DeathyBoy]

The hell bro, it's one of the best horror movies in years

Lionel says it better than I could.

Ambiguous?

The movie stopped just short of having the main character say, "

Spoiler

I will defeat you Babadook by locking you away in a deep recess where you are barely contained, but can be ignored despite your posing a continuous threat to me and my son... Just like my depression!

" Before winking to the camera and cabbage patching out of frame as the credits roll.

The metaphor was so in-your-face. I spent the movie hoping that they were going to deviate to some degree--to make this its own story that happens to have allegorical elements--but it never happened. Soon I was just repeating in my mind over and over, "I get it... I get it... I get it," waiting for the credits.

And also, way to fucking over play your hand with the monster. You've got a design that's pretty unnerving in silhouette and short spurts. Then they turn him into Beetlejuice.

For me The Witch, It Follows, Neon Demon. Liked Conjuring films a fair bit. Babadook was really, really below.

 

[Spudnik Sweetheart]

This is honestly pretty offensive to me. Not all gay people speak using recycled stock sound effects...

/makes Laugh Track sounds/

 

[sixteen-bit]

style reminds me of undertale

 

[Messofanego]

I still don't know what that movie was supposed to make me feel

Babashook

 

[Shy Fingers]

I was aware of this going into pride last weekend, but for those who didn't, all those cosplays most have had them really confused.

 

[wild wild rice]

It's fun. Folks should lighten up. Novelty is fun sometimes.

 

[Red Liquorice]

I wondered what this thing was, it kept popping up on certain tumblr blogs I visit.

 

[Dany]

I wondered what this thing was, it kept popping up on certain tumblr blogs I visit.

gay tumblr????

 

[Razmos]

A terrifying threat that horrifies suburban traditional families and they try to get rid of but it won't go away and they kinda just have to learn to live with it?

Like yeah that sounds pretty gay tbf.

Best post

 

[Spuck-uk]

LGBTQBabadook

 

[God Dayumm]

For those who don't know Netflix accidentally posted this movie under LGBTQ section and that's why he's a queer icon.

I thought it was because he came out of closets or something

 

[Kaiser Swayze]

It's fun. Folks should lighten up. Novelty is fun sometimes.

I was thinking about this. I'm not sure whether to consider this harmless fun or another stupid fucking try-hard meme. I'll go with both.

 

[Extra Sauce]

Does that mean the dragons in Warcraft II are gay as well?

 

[HStallion]

Isn't the Babadook basically a physical representation of mental illness and that it can take over your life and change you into something you never wanted to be if it gets out of control? Not sure that's the best character to use as a queer icon but I'm not so perhaps I don't understand.

 

[Wilsongt]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaas.

 

[jorgeton]

Does that mean the dragons in Warcraft II are gay as well?

Yes. Dragons are gay. It is known.

Isn't the Babadook basically a physical representation of mental illness and that it can take over your life and change you into something you never wanted to be if it gets out of control? Not sure that's the best character to use as a queer icon but I'm not so perhaps I don't understand.

It's about a dapper gay man with a top hat trying to come out of the closet/basement and live his best life in Australia.

Spoiler

this sums it up pretty well https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomvellner/i-am-babashook?utm_term=.xxoY9lmEE#.qnXWx0k11