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IS OROCHIMA GAY
Mans been gay, bi, a man, a women, etc and will beat yo ass. The popular Nato seri ially teased this topic years back wh Orochima's genr-fluid arc, wh many believg his obssn wh Itachi was homoerotic. Queer villa trop draw on homophobic and patriarchal notns of acceptable masculy – (that is, a masculy that is firmly opposn of femy -) orr to signify a character’s moraly by how closely they align wh their assigned genr role.
The way that which Orochima speaks about Sase and his body is sickeng, and this is large part bee echo the homophobic notn of queer men as predatory towards young boys.
I believe this is certaly te as long as the anchise ntu to gloss over the character’s roots, and reckon wh the homophobia and transphobia herent their nceptn. But the cisn to nfirm take Orochima as’s character a genrqueer directn after all their years of unsympathetic villay, predatn, and homophobic stereotypg rais a big red flag.
OROCHIMA IS GAY: PROVE IT
I'm not gay, but I jt might be for Orochima!
However, there are a few stanc where Orochima displays behavrs and mannerisms that uld be terpreted as gay, such as his fascatn wh the male body and his attractn to Sase.