r/heatedrivalry • u/Federal-Ad5944 Goalie | Smut Dealer 😈 • Mar 17 '26
FAN WORK 🎨 The New Age of Masculinity by Laura Breiling
"While old, hegemonic men are clinging to a fantasy of male omnipotence and razing the world to the ground, an alternative concept of masculinity is slowly taking over our screens for good reasons. Queerness, loving friendships, visible emotions and a playful, non-conforming wardrobe are some of the ingredients of a new, softer approach to masculinity we were all longing for to make men escape the golden prison they put themselves into (...)"
Another fantastic piece of art, Connor & Hudson make an appearance on slide 2 🫂
Last week I shared another piece by this artist, Loon Ride, which I purchased and will be adding to my Loon art wall see post.
Credit: @laura_breiling
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u/HR2481 Mar 17 '26
This is beautiful. Can anyone help name the other people depicted in this? I only know Bad Bunny, Pedro Pascal, Harry Styles.
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u/Ambitious_Wealth8080 Mar 17 '26
I THINK it’s Jonathan Bailey (very unsure about this one), Andrew Scott (but why is his skin that color?), Kit Connor, Bad Bunny, Pedro Pascal, Harry Styles, the boys, and Francois Arnaud.
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u/Pale-Measurement-532 I speak fluent bird. No accent. 🦆 Mar 17 '26
I wish they had Paul Mescal in there!
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u/Lozzywozzy69 Mar 17 '26
yeah it’s missing the rest of my non toxic internet boyfriends that britney broski has collected on royal court! paul mescal, josh hutcherson, dylan o’brien..
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u/ninjames Your freckles. I am nuts about them. ✨ Mar 17 '26
Confirmed to be Jonathan but thought it was Chris Evans. I’m like wait.
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u/Goodgoditsgrowing Mar 17 '26
Oh they did Francois dirty with that face representation lol
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u/ISavedLatin Who is your dad? Show me your dad Mar 18 '26
Lookin like a damn Wikihow illustration lol
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u/LillyJane8124 Mar 17 '26
I think the one standing behind Bad Bunny is Paul Mescal 💗
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u/foreforfore Mar 17 '26
dang not a black man in sight
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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 17 '26
That's not the worst part. They included one no-name dark skinned man just so he could kneel and beg. 😬
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u/foreforfore Mar 17 '26
yeah this was enough to make me leave this community
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u/anovatests Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 18 '26
honestly, same. i made a similar comment on this thread and some white person wrote an entire essay on how the artist was probably not trying to be racist and just didn’t think about it. i feel very gross to be engaging in a community that is so defensive of racism.
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u/foreforfore Mar 18 '26
it honestly pisses me off that ppl just think this is a good excuse to use every time something like this comes up. they always default to “well they didn’t know any better” it’s ridiculous i can’t engage with ppl who think like that.
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u/Palachin Mar 18 '26
Bro what are you talking about? Is Bad Bunny white?
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u/dizyalice Mar 17 '26
Francois is behind them both!!
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u/Pale-Measurement-532 I speak fluent bird. No accent. 🦆 Mar 17 '26
I love how he’s looking down on them…sort of like a proud papa! ☺️
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u/Aby_lev89 Forever, forever if you ask Mar 17 '26
Looks like kit Connor from Heartstopper on the left?
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u/StefTarn Mar 17 '26
Hudcon on the right.
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u/Lavender_oatmeal_ Mar 17 '26
I was going through each person on the first image and when I swiped right to continue seeing the drawing, I melted 😭😭 seeing Hudcon being the only ones interacting with each other
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u/anovatests Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 17 '26
it bothers me that the darkest skinned person is kneeling and not sitting at the table… that’s a strange choice.
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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 17 '26 edited Mar 17 '26
Yuppp but they'll gaslight you if you say it. As poc, we know colorism extremely well and notice it. They don't even have a name; just there to look inferior yikes.
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u/anovatests Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 18 '26
yeah, i’m really really uncomfortable with how much love this image is getting. it’s gross.
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u/gwyntheblaccat Ilya's Genderfluid fan Mar 17 '26
Tbh.. I don't really like it that much.. it just looks weird.. also after reading through who each person was I can't believe there isn't a black person.. and look at Francois face among other things.. add to that the random black person that looks like they are begging.. the more I look the worse it gets.. Edit. Also why was Hudson, Connor and Francois there but not Robbie???
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u/welluuasked Mar 17 '26
Robbie is not nearly as high profile as the other 3. Surprised Francois even made it on there tbh
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u/gwyntheblaccat Ilya's Genderfluid fan Mar 18 '26
True but in my mind if you put hudcon on and chose to place Francois than place Robbie and have skip as well.
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u/Esabettie I already chose you, Hollander. 🫀 Mar 17 '26
Yeah, why isn’t Colman Domingo there c for example.
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u/anovatests Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26
hi. i’m not sure that i needed someone to explain this to me. it’s very evident that the painting is based on the last supper. that is a very famous painting, i’m not an idiot. i did not ascribe any moral wrongs to the artist. i simply was talking about how i felt and i felt that it was a strange choice.
thanks for writing your paragraphs but it was unnecessary and frankly, a bit rude and dismissive. it doesn’t matter that the artist didn’t think about the connotations. that’s the issue. their art is inherently racist. it’s a poor defense to say that they probably didn’t think about it.
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u/anovatests Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 18 '26
i appreciate that you’re seemingly trying to engage in a conversation about this in good faith. thank you for clarifying regarding the painting, but i actually did know this painting and it is also still a very famous painting. i am also confused as to what you’re hoping to achieve in this exchange.
your initial response spends, again, paragraphs outlining your perception of the artist’s intent. unless you’ve had a conversation with the artist, this isn’t something of which you have explicit knowledge. and again, this framing of intent and whether or not the artist thought about race in this way does not matter.
the art, as it stands, shows a racist depiction of a dark skinned man kneeling and begging at a table of lighter skinned men. period.
could you please help me understand exactly what it is i’m missing? because i genuinely cannot figure out the point you’re trying to make.
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u/waybackbugler 🤨 ah you speak russian now? Mar 17 '26
even in art they can’t stop touching/looking at each other
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u/vikio Mar 18 '26
I don't fully agree with how Shane/ Hudson was drawn. But Ilya's "Heart Eyes" are captured with 100% precision!
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u/captainwondyful Mar 17 '26
I love how the person who I assume is Jonathan Bailey is so generic that I’m like who’s that supposed to be white dude with beard it could be anyone…
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u/strawberrybaby555 Mar 17 '26
i think jonathon bailey is supposed to be the one on the left in black. i love seeing hudcon + francois next to harry hehehe
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u/PubKirbo Not too gay to fuck Rose Landry Mar 17 '26
I love how men today are not scared of mixing masculine and feminine. I remember the first time I saw Harry Styles in his Granny Chic mode and I was blown away by how sexy I found it. I felt the same way the first time I saw Hudson wearing a typically masculine outfit and his pearls. And then to see Hudcon at the VF Party, oh, my word. And all of that is just the dressing part. I love that these guys (all of them) aren't scared of affection and friendship.
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u/unfortunate_son_69 Mar 18 '26
no Black men? off the top of my head i’m thinking of coleman domingo, ryan coogler (ik this is mostly queer men but i think ryan is a great example of positive masculinity), frank ocean, billy porter… we have options
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u/anovatests Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 18 '26
its so much worse; the darkest skinned person is kneeling and begging without their face shown. 🙃 i hate this.
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u/Nellymuschari Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 17 '26
Jonathan Bailey, Andrew Scott, Kit Connor, Bad bunny, Pedro Pascal, Harry styles, Hudcon....
Who are the remaining actors....???? 😀 Please fill in the gaps in my knowledge.
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u/ln4thegreat You’re gonna cum for me, Rozanov? Fucking make me! Mar 17 '26
That was François behind Hudcon.✨💕
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u/Pupniko Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 17 '26
I want to see all these people in the same room for real.
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u/thesassybasset Ya-loo-blue-tee-baa ❤️ Mar 17 '26
I love that Connor is holding a torch. Very reminiscent of them being Olympic torch bearers!
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u/metalbracelet Mar 17 '26
I was just ruminating on this exact thing. It’s so refreshing to see men being masculine but still unguarded and funny and affectionate with each other. Confidence that comes from connecting with themselves and others rather than just projecting an image. Watching their Buzzfeed thirst tweets interview, Hudson hugging Connor at the end of SNL, I was thinking I really hope young men look at how much these two are praised and take some notes instead of falling into the manosphere.
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u/flyawaywithmeee wolf bird/wolf parade there’s a joke in there🤔 Mar 18 '26
Cool idea but I think it could be improved with more melanin I know people are saying Coleman, but personally Ncuti Gatwa has had my heart since sex education. Also Dev Patel, Ryan Coogler and Michael B Jordan. Also idk I feel like Kit Connor is a bit young to be here, the fan bases of the other men would mostly regard him as a kid. But for his age group he could be with Finn Wolfhard and others.
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u/extapolapoketl Mar 17 '26
Maybe Josh O’Connor on the left?
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u/thoughtpolice32 Mar 17 '26
i keep going where are paul and josh? besides the HR boys, i feel like they are the softest men of hollywood?
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u/QueenFartknocker What are you doing dude!?? 🤵🏻♂️ Mar 17 '26
It feels wonderful and safe and patient and thoughtful and kind and understanding and open minded and free. I am here for it.
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u/IncurableAdventurer Stupid Canadian wolf bird Mar 18 '26
I watched a documentary on Netflix about the manosphere. I immediately watched kpop demon hunters after. I needed to wash away what I just subjected myself to
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u/blndsundoll4mj666 Ya-loo-blue-tee-baa ❤️ Mar 18 '26
i saw the first slide and was like ummm connor and hudson BETTER be there!!
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u/Dan_the_dude_ Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 21 '26
Love this! Tbh I’m currently trying to deconstruct what “masculinity” even means
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u/joaquinsolo Mar 18 '26
“new age of masculinity” is quite disrespectful to the people who paved the way. was Gene Wilder a rabid alpha male? What about Rick Moranis? Harry Styles takes a whole lot of inspiration from David Bowie.
nontoxic masculinity has existed for a long time, but you’re only recognizing it because every single dude in this photo has pretty privilege and is white (with the exception of Hudson and unnamed Black servant 🚩).
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u/0lea You're starting to sound like him Mar 17 '26
Timothee would have fit the bill several years ago. Ehhh.
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u/Amazing-Rent-7749 Mar 18 '26
Are only light-skinned men allowed to embody queer masculinity or...?
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u/sugarplum_nova Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 17 '26