Others simply see it as a matter of fan interaction, such as if the fandom surrounding that character draw/write the character as being sexier than they are in canon. Tumblr users often argue about just who does or doesn't count as a "Tumblr sexyman." Some may see popularity as being a defining factor, insinuating less popular male characters cannot be deemed a Tumblr sexyman. In fact, with benry, could we be seeing a subversion of the sexyman phenomenon in certain places? Where some people have seen the jokes comparing him to sans or whatever, and are deliberately subverting the sexyman-nearing branch of fanon by portraying him as unappealing or average on purpose? This isn’t new, this has been seen with sexymen before, but, like almost everything else, seems to be happening faster, almost preemptively. How much of this reflects this particular fanbase, and how much reflects the times? I think the creation of this document itself, the patterns everyone’s been bringing to the table, is itself a manifestation of how aware we’ve become over time. People were calling him as “2020’s sans” (not completely accurate but they’ve got the spirit) when he was barely beginning to emerge as one, and the joke is out there now. The Sexypedia, using Benry as a case study, said:ĥ/3/20: Yknow, the real interesting thing about benry is how self-aware (ha) the whole thing is. Instead of being dapper, Sans remained relatively chubby, gross, and in some cases heavily monstrous. Sans may arguably be where this change began, as he is one of the first "Tumblr sexymen" to not receive frequent humanization into a white skinny boy. Using this comparison, some users have begun identifying new desirable traits across time for Tumblr users that no longer align with the Once-ler. Whenever Tumblr users point out a new "sexyman" they ultimately compare him to the Once-ler, since he his considered the first. While the blog and document are useful and in some places cover occurrences in detail, it is also full of personal opinions that other Tumblr users may disagree with (such as Benry counting as a sexyman). The user then started a publicly viewable Google Doc to compile the information on Apr 24, 2020, called the Sexypedia. To document cases of and discussion surrounding the Tumblr sexyman, a Tumblr blog called sicklywhitedudes was created. The original post that coined the phrase is still unknown. It may have been between 2013-2014 when the idea of the "Tumblr sexyman" took off, as this is when Bill Cipher and Tony the Talking Clock ( Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2, 2014) were latched onto by the Tumblr community. Only when it became clear that taking a popular male character and running with them was a trend did the phrase come into existence. Wheatley, who came before the Once-ler, was often given the same treatment as a Tumblr sexyman, but never reached the same mass popularity across the website. Arguably, Wheatley ( Portal 2, 2011) may have been a proto-Tumblr sexyman. During 2012-2013 The Lorax and the Once-ler fandom were at their peak, however the term "Tumblr sexyman" would not come until later, after the fandom had begun to dip. That said, the oldest character to be given this title may have been the Once-ler. The concept of the Tumblr sexyman was, of course, started on Tumblr, meaning it cannot be older than Tumblr itself. (See Characters Considered to be Tumblr Sexymen). For this reason, they use differing Class levels to show the popularity of a given character. Ī dedicated wiki, Sexypedia, exists to catalogue the various characters given the Fandom Sexyman treatment, of which Tumblr Sexymen are a subset, although there may be varying levels of agreement around the extent to which each character qualifies for the title. Video essayist Izzzyzzz stated that the early 2010s Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons and similar crossovers that focused on generic, attractive characters at the time, could be considered a "PG-13" version of the Tumblr sexyman. However, these criteria may have begun to change circa 2015 with Sans ( Undertale, 2015) and then Benry ( HLVRAI, 2020), whose depictions in fandom seem to subvert the typical Sexyman trope (while still qualifying them for the title in other ways). A tumblr sexy man is a character from any sort of media classified as hot by tumblr.
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