been thinking about simon giving himself wings because of Baz’s queer upbringing sort of paralleling his vampirism and how sinilar the cases are .
the fact he has grown up with it and learned to work around it or just not bring it up at family gatherings and stuff ?? its so obviously a metaphor for being queer , like they agree to just Not Discuss it and its a whole thing for him . im thinking that simons wings sort of have the same significance because it’s something that just kind of happened , he had never thought of himself as anything but straight until baz , and also all throughout the books goes from the initial just sort of “ Oh . this is a part of me now “ to him trying to embrace them [ flying around above trucks with them , going to ren faire with them on full display ] while being relatively happy within his relationship but also sort of anxious [ enjoying being close , worried about breaking up , confused as to how to navigate it all ] to trying to get them removed while BREAKING UP WITH BAZ !!!! LIKE !!! and even the way he ends with them intact and also in a good relationship ?? he learned to love EVERY part of himself even the ones not originally anticipated ??
it is so obvious i dont know how i didnt connect the two sooner