Queering the Tide 2025

[isabrella]

There are many ways of queering texts and characters. This challenge is for any and all of them! The widest possible definition of queering is used here. If you think your prompt counts, then so do we.

To participate, leave a comment on this post linking to your letter, so anyone interested in queering your canon for Yuletide can find you. Tag any fics for this mini-challenge with Queering The Tide. (I suggest you tag both Queering the Tide and TransTide if the two happen to overlap.)

You can copy/paste this form below for your comment.

<strong>AO3 name:</strong>

<strong>Letter link:</strong>

<strong>Fandom: </strong>

<strong>Any specific fandom details, preferences, comments, etc:</strong>

Text copied from the 2024 post.

Comments

[nong]

AO3: users
letter

Fandom: Alien: Earth (TV 2025)
Any specific fandom details, preferences, comments, etc: Timothy Olyphant played this damn robot so fruity, please don't let it go to waste.

Fandom: Gladiator (Movies - Scott)
Any specific fandom details, preferences, comments, etc: Caracalla had male servants hanging all over him and the most codependent relationship with his twin brother. I get why having them be gay and incestuous would be a problematic representation in a major blockbuster film, but fic is not activism. Also, how are you going to have bisexual!Denzel and not do anything with it. Lastly, when will Hollywood stop trying to act like Pedro Pascal has any interest in women!?

Fandom: The Long Walk (Movie 2025)
Any specific fandom details, preferences, comments, etc: Blah blah strong male friendship is important, sure, but Pete is GAY and Ray loved him!!!

Fandom: Nosferatu (2024)
Any specific fandom details, preferences, comments, etc: Orlok was feasting on Thomas' pecs and nakedly grinding on him as he fed. Thomas seemed to have first-hand knowledge of just how horny Frederich was in their presumably isolated and all-boys school. Connect the dots.