morningmightcomebyaccident:

I’m going to be thinking about Perry Crofte for a while. That he’s an Asian (Canadian) who is not a nerd, was high on the high school pecking order because of his jock status, and is confident.

My initial thought was: they blind casted this character and this generic role that would have gone to a white actor 99% of the time happened to be filled by this Asian guy.

And you know what that did?

It resulted in a Western media show depicting a white woman attracted to an Asian man.

We live a social climate willing to joke about and laugh at jokes that rely on the idea that Asian men aren’t attractive, particularly to those who don’t share their ethnicity.

This is why I kept gaping at Perry.

There’s Mercedes pointing out Perry as some prime fling meat.

There’s Perry without his shirt.

There’s Wynonna putting on lipstick to go see Perry.

There’s Wynonna saying he’s hot.

There’s Wynonna saying he’s getting hotter with his suspicious, mysterious behavior.

There’s Wynonna inappropriately lusting.

There’s Doc acknowledging that Perry might have a chance–and thus acknowledging Perry is absolutely a prospect.

There’s Wynonna kissing Perry goodbye.

Every new step had me smiling. Part of me kept questioning if each stage was genuine because I’ve been programmed on some level to have that skepticism, but Wynonna Earp took us the whole way.

Thanks, Wynonna Earp, for such a pleasant surprise.