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keith: [loudly playing trashy generic pop punk music about unrequited love alone in his room]
hunk: is he…okay?
shiro: yeah, he’s just pining.
keith: [yells] I’M SO GAY
hunk: what did lance do this time?
shiro: he smiled at him.
keith: [turns the music up to full volume and yells some more]
ikimaru
kiki-kit
ok this is “earring magic ken” who was introduced in 1992 (and discontinued shortly thereafter)
basically mattel had done a survey and discovered that girls didn’t think ken was “cool” enough
SO someone had the bright idea to research coolness by sending people to raves which, at the time, were mostly hosted & attended by gay men. so they went to these raves and took notes on what the fashions were and finally landed on this outfit, mesh shirt & all
this doll became the best selling ken doll in history, mostly because gay men bought it in droves. (many of them said his necklace was supposed to be a cockring) but mattel and a number of parents weren’t very amused and discontinued the doll
OH MY GOD YOU’RE LEAVING OUT THE BEST PART
SO
MAGIC EARRING KEN. This bitch gay as HELL. supposedly the aforementioned rings on him are for “magic earrings” and clip on charms. These charms are advertised as totally COMPLETELY heterosexual, not gay at ALL, see there’s a Barbie that also has Magic Earring Action with clip on charms! Ken wears them to match, because he’s STRAIGHT
Here’s the issue: THERE IS NO MATCHING BARBIE. Magic Earring Ken is out here straight up wearing cock rings on his jacket with a thinly devised advertising ploy to make it SEEM not-gay. But it’s DEFINITELY GAY.
(And if you’re thinking, why cock rings? Well way back in 1992 gay culture was HUGE on wearing cock rings, it was the in-style. Everyone who was gay wore one, even women; you sewed them to your leather jacket, and the placement indicated some of your sexual preference. In case you were wondering, Ken is a Bottom.)
AND IT GETS BETTER. Magic Earring Ken was on the shelves for six weeks before they pulled him. In that short amount of time? Magic Earring Ken became the BEST SELLING Barbie Doll Mattel has EVER SOLD.
LET THAT SINK IN. SIX WEEKS. And now every time these wheezy old hetero windbag execs go to look at their sales board, they’re forever haunted by Magic Earring Ken at the top of their charts.
Gay as hell, Cock Ring Bottom Ken, the Best Selling Mattel Doll.
Pride.
please take the time out of your day to read about Magic Earring Ken™
gay history
wintermoth
No but guys…Plagg knows now.
Now, one could say he was surprised at the situation since the jury is still out on whether or not the kwami are aware of their kiddos actions when they’re in the suits…but, honestly, I think that was him reacting to Marinette. Because Tikki doesn’t have the same reaction–which makes me wonder if she somehow knew who Adrien was already.
Look at his face, he recognizes Marinette.
And oh doesn’t this just beat all? He’s teased Adrien about Marinette from the first. (In Origins he refers to Marinette as Adrien’s new girlfriend.) And no doubt he’s noticed Marinette’s behavior at some point even if he never really cared enough to give a damn. (We know in an upcoming episode Plagg is gonna be like “Woooow she must really like you ;3″ or something to that effect to Adrien…which holy shit takes on a whole new depth all of a sudden…!!!!) And now…she’s LADYBUG. Ladybug, who Adrien is absolutely head over heals for, is the girl with a crush on him in his class.
Look what I’m saying is…Plagg is probably about to board the good ship Adrientte and try to get that shit sailing.
also i’d just like to say im disappointed there were no kwami hugs
lunian
crazycookiemaniac
panicfast
kiilea
ruinedchildhood