Dink donk it's Pride Month and I'm here to talk about Hideduo's relationship.
I generally just use the word queer for myself, it's comfortable for me, but within that I know I'm somewhere under the ace umbrella. And with FitPac, the fact that despite all the innuendo and flirting and comments they never kissed? Never hinted at even having gotten down and dirty offscreen? Made it clear multiple times they were treating it carefully and taking things slow for everyone's comfort level?
I know they likely eventually would have, with more time on the server, I get they weren't necessarily an ace couple. But being ace (even a sex positive one) and seeing a couple you adore only getting stronger and more comfortable with each other despite never sleeping together genuinely meant so much to me.
My second take is this: Fit has never (to my knowledge) confirmed how he identifies (which is completely fine, I'm not saying it isn't) but the fact that two men from different cultures with only one shared language and a translator to communicate, who are both (to my knowledge, correct me if I'm wrong) seen as straight, can roleplay a pair of gay characters without making the relationship a joke or flinching away from it when outside of rp? That they treat it like they're roleplaying any other relationship? They're not afraid of it, they don't think it's weird, they don't get mad if you mention it to them when not in rp. It's not a dirty word or situation to them, and that is so important to me.
I just think that Morning Crew w/ oPhil and oTubbo
qFit constantly keeping an eye on oPhil because last time he was left to his own devices, the old bird tried stealing 'shinies' from qPac. But, also qFit having to remind himself to Reel It Back because That's NOT His Old War Buddy
qBagi having her flowers 'stolen' by oTubbo (she left them out on purpose after realizing that's where the bee hybrid gets his energy from) and having to keep herself from laughing hearing oTubbo asking oPhil if that gave him any 'Villain Points'
oPhil finding himself bummed out the first time he meets qPac because those blue clothes and dark hair remind him of A Certain Inch Boy
qPac and qMike taking oTubbo on his first non-minecart train ride
oTubbo scaring the shit out of all four of them by 'hitting his panic button' and exploding, and oPhil having to explain what just happened through tears of laughter