belovedblabber:

My little brother loves the adventure zone, and his favorite character is Taako.

My little brother is 8, and he just told my mom he thinks he’s gay. “sort of gay now” he said, noting that he’s a kid. But he told her he knows he’ll be gay when he grows up.

My little brother knows I’m gay, and he’s been asking me about it. Tonight he asked me about what gay weddings were like. “Not crazy?” he said, because he’d been to one recently, and it had been a little ceremony on the beach. I didn’t realize at the moment that he might be trying to feel something out. It took me so long to come to terms with who I am, I didn’t consider that some people start thinking on it earlier.

My little brother read the Taz graphic novel with me a few months ago, and Taako was his favorite. I told him “Taako’s dating the grim reaper, his name is Kravitz”. He looked up really fast. “Taako’s gay?” he said it in a voice I now realize was peaked with interest. I thought he was just curious, but I think it was delight, and a feeling of something dawning on him.

Taako’s gay, and he’s my brothers favorite. Taako’s gay, and this was one of the first things my little brother told my mom when he told her he thinks he’s gay. he told her about a podcast with a gay wizard.

I don’t know the nuances of this story yet, and I don’t know how things will shake out down the line, but I know one thing: my little brother saw Taako as a way to help him work on figuring out who he was.

Taako’s gay, and my little brother found this fact and felt brave.

I can’t really articulate everything I’m feeling right now, but I know that representation is important, and I know that a wizard named Taako helped my little brother feel brave enough to start voicing who he is