Maybe unsurprisingly, this wonderful weirdness originated on Tumblr, an online stronghold and blog collective perhaps best known for being a bit of a cesspool of tears, fanwork, infighting, and imaginary bullshit. Pride 2017 has been bombarded with what people are simply calling the “Babadook is gay” meme. The Babadook is “one thicc bih” and the internet is not here for your slander against him or his status as a queer icon.
He’s out there, fighting the good fight, draped in feather boas and donning rainbow suspenders, marching in Pride parades.
The Babadook, the villain in a 2014 Australian film, has come a long way from eating bugs in the basement of a single mother’s home in Australia.
