He does, though far more often he uses it to play the out-of-control bully. (An act that becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish from actually being an out-of-control bully, at about this season of the show.)
Olivia is a woman of style. She could totally carry off those boots. And she's the one who picks up Elliot's slack on trans PC-ness. (But secretly, I'm sure she'd totally want to know if Elliot was tiptoeing in the drag scene. Just because who wouldn't?)
Ooh, I'll have to check out that Dusty Limits song.
Though I suspect Toby wouldn't be deeply into camp culture either (aside from self-abuse). ~pulls up a chair~ So a little thing that has stuck with me and crept into numerous stories was an article many years ago about gays and lesbians who hated the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardis Gras. It blew my mind, because back then I'd never imagined anyone (except haters) not loving this week when everyone in Sydney is so joyfully pro-gay. But I'd never thought about the frustration of having the face of the movement being so sexual and slutty, or how if you were an executive at a conservative company, all those glitter-g-stringed dancing boys and drag queens might make it harder to come out. And while I'm still firmly in favour of sluttiness and glittery dancing boys, I've been fascinated by that side of it ever since. And that's definitely where I think Elliot would fall. I could see him (not yet, but eventually) outing himself at work to defend somebody, or to prove he wasn't ashamed of Toby, but I just can't see him with a rainbow bumper sticker on his car, or understanding why anyone would want their sex life paraded in the street.
He'd be utterly horrified to know we're all following his private life in such lurid detail. :-) I don't think Toby would care about privacy as much as Elliot, but I think that "Leave me alone to care for my partner and kids," mentality is where he wants to be.
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He does, though far more often he uses it to play the out-of-control bully. (An act that becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish from actually being an out-of-control bully, at about this season of the show.)
Olivia is a woman of style. She could totally carry off those boots. And she's the one who picks up Elliot's slack on trans PC-ness. (But secretly, I'm sure she'd totally want to know if Elliot was tiptoeing in the drag scene. Just because who wouldn't?)
Ooh, I'll have to check out that Dusty Limits song.
Though I suspect Toby wouldn't be deeply into camp culture either (aside from self-abuse). ~pulls up a chair~ So a little thing that has stuck with me and crept into numerous stories was an article many years ago about gays and lesbians who hated the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardis Gras. It blew my mind, because back then I'd never imagined anyone (except haters) not loving this week when everyone in Sydney is so joyfully pro-gay. But I'd never thought about the frustration of having the face of the movement being so sexual and slutty, or how if you were an executive at a conservative company, all those glitter-g-stringed dancing boys and drag queens might make it harder to come out. And while I'm still firmly in favour of sluttiness and glittery dancing boys, I've been fascinated by that side of it ever since. And that's definitely where I think Elliot would fall. I could see him (not yet, but eventually) outing himself at work to defend somebody, or to prove he wasn't ashamed of Toby, but I just can't see him with a rainbow bumper sticker on his car, or understanding why anyone would want their sex life paraded in the street.
He'd be utterly horrified to know we're all following his private life in such lurid detail. :-) I don't think Toby would care about privacy as much as Elliot, but I think that "Leave me alone to care for my partner and kids," mentality is where he wants to be.
Thanks you so much iskra!
S.