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Queer tropes of Thad Castle

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The Gay Bravado is your typical heterosexual macho character. Most of the time the male will make homoerotic remarks to his peers because he feels like they are not being manly enough. The first person that came to my mind in this scenario would be Thad Castle from spikes TV series Blue Mountain State. The show is about your average college football team living the dream as a student-athlete with things such as school, parties, and football. Thad Castle reinforces this Gay Bravado since he is the energizer bunny and also captain of the team. He is your typical macho character knowing that he does play linebacker and tries to sleep with almost every girl. He feels the need to make jokes about his teammates to feel like he is the most dominant on the team. This is because Thad Castle has his own personal problems, he feels the need to mock others because he feels the need to assert his dominance. Although Thad does criticize his own teammates, he does care about

Gender Swapping of Drake & Josh

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Coming home from elementary school had to be one of the greatest feelings in the world. Getting home and my mother making me and my sisters food while we watched some of our favorite TV shows. Our go-to show had to be Drake and Josh featured on Nickelodeon. The show stars two stepbrothers Drake Parker and Josh Nichols who have completely different personalities both living their teenage lifestyle in the same household. Two characters that would be ideal for this gender swap would the little sister Megan, and Josh Nichols himself. The first character Megan Parker, who is the younger sister of Drake Parker is seen as this perfect little angel in the eyes of both her mother and step-father. But while the parents aren’t looking, Megan thrives off of finding ways to prank her older brothers. Her brothers often portray her as troublesome and mischievous to the point where if they sense any sort of trouble, they conclude that it is most likely Megan. Now looking at