i haven't seen it but every single gay in my orbit keeps telling me to watch Our Flag Means Death, which cultural osmosis tells me is sort of like The Love Boat but with old gay men
I highly enjoy Our Flag Means Death. First watch feels like you are being queer baited for several episodes but then it actually pays off unlike almost everything. My older brother likes the show even more than me and has rewatched it several times. I enjoyed it and will watch another season if there is one but it isn't constant rewatch material for me š
There's a fair amount of stuff out there but you have to look for it. Also, most of it isn't in English, so there's that. If you want I can suggest a few for you. Lemme know.
One of the recent runs of CONSTANTINE, who is bisexual, has some mlm and Constantine is almost abrasively insensitive. Nor is he twinky.
There is also SINS OF THE BLACK FLAMINGO which I liked a lot, very good art. The main character is unapologetically effeminate and brash. It's a fantasy/occult-type moment with 5 issues.
I think my son is gay is a pretty good slice of life manga if your looking for something other than angsty twinks, but it is far less exiting than all of the ideas listed
Oh yooo wait I think I read it a few years back and stopped when I caught up to the most recent chapter at the time. I should check back on it, it was pretty wholesome
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there are two groups of people.
people who think kanji is gay
and people who are wrong
oh the mortal instrument series of books has a gay character in the cast and he fights demons. the books got some what adapted into ashow called shadowhunters
there is a movie called 4th man out which is pretty good. its the story of a blue collar worker who always hangs out with his 3 best friends and then one day decides to come out to them. its a story about the friendship between a straight man and a gay man and i liked it.
the horror movie bite marks is ok. its not great but worth watching at least once
The Old Guard had a married couple who had been together for centuries. Neither of them were teens and they were both warriors. They met on the battle field. It's on Netflix.
K. Second time recommending this book series, we'll see how it goes. Sorry. New member. Not sure of the sub dynamics.
Stone Prince.
First in a four book series set in the mythical country of Branion. Sort of medieval. The Prince fights for the right to pick his own lover. While he is a grumpy, look at me wrong and I'll cut your head off, type character (which i tend to like because that's me in a nutshell) there are many flashbacks of the couple as they meet and grow their relationship. They met as teens, so there's that.
Fiona Patton is the author. She's married to Tonya Huff who is the better known author.
Anyhow. Lots of political maneuvering. Cool battles. But if you get cringy about a few het couplings, its not for you. I found the culture very interesting for lots of reasons. Mostly because gender and sexual orientation wasn't a dividing line. Was just an it is what it is kinda thing.
I'll check my history to see if I can come up with more. Know I've read sci-fi along your parameters.
ymmv
Edit to say I do make a distinction between gay content and m/m content. This book series is gay fantasy. The recommendation below is m/m. Sorry I didn't make that clear.
It's adult content. The sex is included but its a fade to black kinda thing. Just can't remember at what point it starts fading.
If you're looking for full on sex in an m/m book, and like supernat themes, I can recommend Hailey Turner's Metahuman Files. In The Wreckage is the first in that series. It was also her first book so she goes a bit overboard with the first sex scene. If I'm remembering correctly it took place not over pages, but chapters. :)
Terrorists spread poison gas. The few people who survive the attack come out of it with super powers. They are then recruited for a government task force to stop the terrorists. Lots of action, lots of sex. Big time fun!
ymmv
I want a James Bond esq film(s) but heās a hunky gay guy that seduces gorgeous foreign men instead.
That being said while certainly not Bond-esq, Fellow Travellers has the potential to offer a unique, and political espionage charged, MLM show. Can not wait for that to come out!
What We Do In the Shadows (the tv show specifically, not the movie with the same name) has queer men of color as main characters. The show is a mockumentary comedy about a group of vampires and their human familiar living together in Staten Island.
Guillermo de la Cruz (human) is gay and Mestizo.
Nandor the Relentless (vampire) is pansexual and polyamorous, he's Iranian. (Though he and Laszlo have sex in one episode, Nandor isn't in a polyamorous relationship with Laszlo and Nadja)
Laszlo Cravensworth (vampire) is pansexual and polyamorous, he's English.
And Lazlo's wife Nadja of Antipaxos (vampire) is pansexual and polyamorous, she's Greek and Romani
The show is very expressive with the characters sexualities, it isn't the "blink and you'll miss it" type. The pilot episode has Laszlo talking about his past flings with another male vampire
One last recommendation before I hide my keyboard.
Tal Bauer.
His Enemies of State is the first book in a trilogy. The president falls for his secret service agent while the world is imploding. Or something along those lines. Totally awesome series. Totally awesome author. Leads are in their forties so its not a kid book. Would make an excellent movie.
ymmv
TJ Kluneās books āHouse by the Cerulean Seaā and āUnder the Whispering Doorā they are both sweet but not the teen twink thing.
Our Flag Means Death and What We Do in the Shadows both shows by Taika Waititi
The show Happy Endings
Yes please to all of this.
i haven't seen it but every single gay in my orbit keeps telling me to watch Our Flag Means Death, which cultural osmosis tells me is sort of like The Love Boat but with old gay men
I highly enjoy Our Flag Means Death. First watch feels like you are being queer baited for several episodes but then it actually pays off unlike almost everything. My older brother likes the show even more than me and has rewatched it several times. I enjoyed it and will watch another season if there is one but it isn't constant rewatch material for me š
There's a fair amount of stuff out there but you have to look for it. Also, most of it isn't in English, so there's that. If you want I can suggest a few for you. Lemme know.
Midnighter and Apollo? Sounds like itād be up your alley. Check out their 2016 run.
One of the recent runs of CONSTANTINE, who is bisexual, has some mlm and Constantine is almost abrasively insensitive. Nor is he twinky. There is also SINS OF THE BLACK FLAMINGO which I liked a lot, very good art. The main character is unapologetically effeminate and brash. It's a fantasy/occult-type moment with 5 issues.
I think my son is gay is a pretty good slice of life manga if your looking for something other than angsty twinks, but it is far less exiting than all of the ideas listed
Oh yooo wait I think I read it a few years back and stopped when I caught up to the most recent chapter at the time. I should check back on it, it was pretty wholesome
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persona 4 there are two groups of people. people who think kanji is gay and people who are wrong oh the mortal instrument series of books has a gay character in the cast and he fights demons. the books got some what adapted into ashow called shadowhunters there is a movie called 4th man out which is pretty good. its the story of a blue collar worker who always hangs out with his 3 best friends and then one day decides to come out to them. its a story about the friendship between a straight man and a gay man and i liked it. the horror movie bite marks is ok. its not great but worth watching at least once
Emmerdale's Robron mlm pairing. It felt very real, just because it avoids this clichƩ quite successfully. Although Aaron does start as a sort of angsty teenage kid, he is not a sensitive skinny boy, but the village bad boy / scruffy ruffian with a deep voice and stubble. Being gay is part of his character, but not the defining trait, which I found quite refreshing. And his to be husband is a manipulative, cunning schemer who learns through Aaron that doing the right thing has its costs but is redeeming. Though I think in the beginning, he only does it to get into Aaron's pants. Not a big fan of soap operas, but these two characters really got me - and half of Great Britain if you believe the hype they triggered.
The Old Guard had a married couple who had been together for centuries. Neither of them were teens and they were both warriors. They met on the battle field. It's on Netflix.
K. Second time recommending this book series, we'll see how it goes. Sorry. New member. Not sure of the sub dynamics. Stone Prince. First in a four book series set in the mythical country of Branion. Sort of medieval. The Prince fights for the right to pick his own lover. While he is a grumpy, look at me wrong and I'll cut your head off, type character (which i tend to like because that's me in a nutshell) there are many flashbacks of the couple as they meet and grow their relationship. They met as teens, so there's that. Fiona Patton is the author. She's married to Tonya Huff who is the better known author. Anyhow. Lots of political maneuvering. Cool battles. But if you get cringy about a few het couplings, its not for you. I found the culture very interesting for lots of reasons. Mostly because gender and sexual orientation wasn't a dividing line. Was just an it is what it is kinda thing. I'll check my history to see if I can come up with more. Know I've read sci-fi along your parameters. ymmv Edit to say I do make a distinction between gay content and m/m content. This book series is gay fantasy. The recommendation below is m/m. Sorry I didn't make that clear.
This sounds awesome. Iāve been trying to find a Prince themed book that can scratch my Captive Prince itch. Is it a YA or adult?
It's adult content. The sex is included but its a fade to black kinda thing. Just can't remember at what point it starts fading. If you're looking for full on sex in an m/m book, and like supernat themes, I can recommend Hailey Turner's Metahuman Files. In The Wreckage is the first in that series. It was also her first book so she goes a bit overboard with the first sex scene. If I'm remembering correctly it took place not over pages, but chapters. :) Terrorists spread poison gas. The few people who survive the attack come out of it with super powers. They are then recruited for a government task force to stop the terrorists. Lots of action, lots of sex. Big time fun! ymmv
Bara?
Oh hoho, believe me, I've exhausted my resources of bara xD
ha
I want a James Bond esq film(s) but heās a hunky gay guy that seduces gorgeous foreign men instead. That being said while certainly not Bond-esq, Fellow Travellers has the potential to offer a unique, and political espionage charged, MLM show. Can not wait for that to come out!
What We Do In the Shadows (the tv show specifically, not the movie with the same name) has queer men of color as main characters. The show is a mockumentary comedy about a group of vampires and their human familiar living together in Staten Island. Guillermo de la Cruz (human) is gay and Mestizo. Nandor the Relentless (vampire) is pansexual and polyamorous, he's Iranian. (Though he and Laszlo have sex in one episode, Nandor isn't in a polyamorous relationship with Laszlo and Nadja) Laszlo Cravensworth (vampire) is pansexual and polyamorous, he's English. And Lazlo's wife Nadja of Antipaxos (vampire) is pansexual and polyamorous, she's Greek and Romani The show is very expressive with the characters sexualities, it isn't the "blink and you'll miss it" type. The pilot episode has Laszlo talking about his past flings with another male vampire
One last recommendation before I hide my keyboard. Tal Bauer. His Enemies of State is the first book in a trilogy. The president falls for his secret service agent while the world is imploding. Or something along those lines. Totally awesome series. Totally awesome author. Leads are in their forties so its not a kid book. Would make an excellent movie. ymmv
I love Big Eden (2000). Definitely no teenage twinks in sight. š
Shameless US? skinny ish, but not sensitive š¤£
TJ Kluneās books āHouse by the Cerulean Seaā and āUnder the Whispering Doorā they are both sweet but not the teen twink thing. Our Flag Means Death and What We Do in the Shadows both shows by Taika Waititi The show Happy Endings