Homoerotic Bromances: An Answer To Male Loneliness

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• LX

  @lxlxxl6217 · 1 year ago

  what cracks me up tho is when the “bromance” has 10x better chemistry, communication, and loyalty than they do w their girlfriends/wives.

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• SC

  @scottlemay3386 · 1 year ago

  When Shaun said, "If I wanted to sabotage your wedding day, I'd do this." I thought he was going to kiss him.

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• AB

  @abbliee5439 · 1 year ago

  My brother has a close male friend he's known for years. They literally call each other every day to talk and play games. They're so comfortable with each other that they can be silent on the call without it being awkward.  They just assume that when a topic comes up, it will come up. My mom and I jokingly call him his wife and even my brother does it to tease him, to which his friend always wholesomely replies: fuck you. Friendship is beautiful

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• MA

  @margarita2003 · 1 year ago

  The "but they're attracted to women!" thing never worked for me lol. Those writers didn't seem aware that bisexual men exist. And as much as I love mlm pairings, portraying close friendships between men is important too. Great video! Really enjoyed the analysis and the examples.

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• YI

  @yikesdani123 · 1 year ago

  eric and jack from boy meets world were such a good bromance as well. they were never afraid to show their affection for each other

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• AV

  @avsambart · 1 year ago

  If your relationship with your bestie doesn't sound, look, and act like a old married couple, you're doing it wrong.

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• TH

  @thevoid1506 · 1 year ago

  if people dont mistake you and your best friend as a gay couple then you're not really best friends 🤷

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• AJ

  @AJ-xc4qe · 1 year ago

  We need bromances AND bisexual or pansexual male protagonists or male love interests of female characters in fiction.

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• CE

  @cencent2189 · 1 year ago

  As a male myself, I have a 100% plantonic relationship with another man that is like most of these bromances. Except we are both open about our emotional intimacy and needs, and it's the best relationship I've had in my life.

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• CO

  @coolbluetj · 1 year ago

  As a kid, watching Shawn and Corey and Chandler and Joey helped me be comfort being vulnerable with my male friends without concerns of being seen as gay.

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• IT

  @Itsuchi2 · 1 year ago (edited)

  This is quite upsetting. 😢 The writers acknowledge the meaningfulness of male-male bonds but doubles down that being gay is something to be ashamed of. And having a male-male bond is only acceptable as long as you 1) keep it a secret, and/or 2) counterbalance it with a surplus of heterosexual activity and/or homophobic behaviors. This is soooo flustering. Writers do know how to write fantastic gay stories but always make them “straight”. But then when they do include lgbtq+ characters, they’re the most shallow and sidelined storylines, mostly just intrusive to the primary story, which is almost always heterosexual. It hurts both homosexuals in their accepting of themselves and heterosexuals in their sexual confidence. BOTH can and deserve to exist in a healthy human culture and be equally positive.

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• MI

  @mikebane2866 · 1 year ago

  My best friend, my “bromance”, the man who was going to be my best man at my wedding next year, killed himself last December. It was this that really made me realize that I have a ton of real-life acquaintances, but my truly close lifelong friends have all either moved far away, been killed, or killed themselves. I have no one but my fiancé to really trust and talk to. No real dude friends. And that’s really hard to recognize for myself, but the older I get, the more I understand why it’s so important to have those kind of relationships in your life.

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