Marcus Hodson: Shape-shifting demon or hyper-masculine Midlands model? With n*de merman bonus

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On Dead Hot (2024), Marcus Hodson plays a shape-shifting demon, a hermetic Magus who travels between esoteric realms through the Eye of Horus bar and its mysterious Red Phone.  I wanted to know if he plays other mysterious Pucks or Lords of Misreason, but his IMDB listing is rather basic  Five roles, all 2022-2024: 

You Like That, a short about a gay American student in Edinburgh.

The Stand-up Sketch Show, where comedians perform "a surreal reconstruction of their own material."  Marcus is a background player in five episodes.

An episode of Domino Day, about a young witch "haunted by her need to feed on others." In Episode 2, Marcus plays a hookup who smooches with her and is eaten.

Gentleman in Moscow is about a Russian aristocrat placed under house arrest in a hotel for the rest of his life after the 1917 revolution.  He befriends a girl who also lives in the hotel; Marcus plays her piano teacher.

He also plays one of the mermen in The Little Mermaid.

Only one other paranormal show, and he doesn't even play a supernatural being?

Not many biographical details available. A 2021 article in Pause magazine states that he is 25 years old, from Manchester but living in London. He began modeling at age 18, then started university, but left to go pro.

In spite of the paucity of biographical details, Marcus has a very active social media presence, with hundreds of posts about travel, food, and beefcake. Here he is in Greece

In Rome

On the beach.  Does Marcus have a palsy disorder in his left hand, or is he displaying some magickal gestures?

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Gabriel Avellar: Brazilian child actor plays two queer-coded boys, Loki, a puppy, and a fruit. And performs as Elton John. With two co-star d*cks and getting down

  

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Another guy I never heard of before: Gabriel Avellar, a Brazilian child actor who suddenly topped the Teen Idols List.  He seemed a little young for a profile, but out or curiosity, I checked his Instagram.  

A few queer-coded photos: hugging adult hunks, swishing it up as gay icon Elton John...wait, he posts a clip from one of his tv shows depicting a remarkable gay subtext scene.  Time to take a closer look.  

Gabriel's first acting role listed on the IMDB is in the  children's telenovela A Caverna Encantada (The Enchanted Cave, 2024), which seems to be about a boarding school with dark secrets (as dark as a show for preteens can go). 

 Felipe (Gabriel) is a garoto-problema, always getting into trouble, pretending that he doesn't care about anyone or anything, not even his queer-coded femme buddy Rui  (Théo Radicchi, right)-- until his façade falls.  

Gabriel (or his parent) tells us: "Felipe brings the reality of so many children who are not understood. Those who only saw the tantrums, did not see the suffering..of this character so rich and beloved"

  In later episodes Felipe joins a secret society, Os Luises, and helps uncover the secrets of the school.  

In the gay-subtext scene, quiet, shy Moises (Diego Laumar) is very angry with Felipe, yells at him, and starts crying (I completed the Duolinguo Portuguese course, but I still can't understand what he's saying).  Felipe tentatively approaches, and they hug. 

Gabriel comments: "In the end Felipe surrenders: Too exciting!"  Surrenders to what?  His romantic feelings?  Was Moises upset because Felipe rejected him?

He also posts a photo of Felipe heart-to-hearting with Professor Gabriel (Miguel Coelho), and comments: "Student and teacher, master and disciple, but primarily friends! He is the only one who believes in Felipe, and supports his transformation.  And scenes like these always provide strong emotions!"  Transformation to good guy, or recognizing that he is gay?

Miguel Coelho is a versatile actor (d*ck on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends).

Next Gabriel appeared in the animated movie Abá e Sua Banda (2024), about "a kingdom of fruits." (Okay...) Abá (Filipe Bragança, right), the young Pineapple Prince, wants to start a band and play at the Music Festival, but instead he is drawn into the fight against the evil Prime Minister Coconut,  In the end he establishes a democracy in the Tutti-Frutti Kingdom (Okay....), a place "where fruits of all colors and flavours will fit."  Maybe it's not as gay in Portuguese.

Gabriel plays his friend Coquinho, named after the fruit of the jelly palm.

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Kampan Soni: Czech-Indian boy plays a ghost-chaser and a bartender, jokes about cats, doesn't mention girls. With potential n*de photos

 

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Ride or Die on Amazon Prime, features a professional assassin named Judith, being pushed out of the business due to her age, who discovers that baddies are targeting an MP (that's Member of Parliament, to Yanks) and his wife, Debbie.  Who happens to be her "ride or die" (best friend).

I reviewed the first episode.  Not a fan. 

Not much beefcake. We see Judith's hookup (Taylor Napier, on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends) shirtless, and her mark (Ed Skrein) coming out of the shower. 

No gay characters.  Calum Lynch (left) as Judith's handler gives off a gay vibe, but he flirts with a girl.

Even crowd scenes display endless arrays of male-female couples. 

And there's a nasty bit of queerbaiting.  In an antique warehouse, the PM's wife Debbie gets to a prized apothecary cabinet before celebrity antique dealer Drew Pritchard and his boyfriend.  They fume with envy.  Except the real-life guy is straight.  They just pretended he was gay to fool viewers. 

The only bright spot was Kampan Soni, the  cute bartender who Debbie complains to as she downs tequila after tequila.

Kampan grew up in Ahmendabad, in Gujarat State in western India, and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 2018.

He then moved to Prague, where he received a B.Sci. in Agriculture and Food Sciences in 2022.  He is currently a Global Mobility Specialist at   Amazon Prague, which means working in Human Resources.

There are two n*de photos on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends.

Plus he does comedy povs: "Making you question things you never noticed: Facts, Psychology, Hidden History"

"Why does the ATM pin have only four digits?"

"What do cats really think about?" 

"Why do we like horror movies?"

"Why are popcorns so expensive?"

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Adults: Yet another "Friends" clone, but with more gay/bi guys, kissing, and c*cks

 

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Awhile ago I reviewed the first episode of Adults (2025): a contemporary Friends with five young adult friends  in New York, three guys and two girls, one Black and one South Asian.  They hate their jobs and pursue "will they or won't they?" romances; I don't know if they dance in a fountain while singing "Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's DOA."  

I didn't make it past the first episode. I was annoyed at the showrunners making an obviously gay character straight, just so they could increase the number of hetero-romances.  

But I recently had a bagel sandwich in my hands and no time to search, so I clicked on whatever popped up first on Hulu.  It was Adults Episode 1.8, with the not-gay black guy and a random white guy being victimized by a bullying teenage girl.  I fast-forwarded through the all-girl scenes, and ended up near the end, with the two in a car, consoling each other with  "You're not as bad as she says." They move in for a kiss, but the bully interrupts them: "I knew you were doing bedroom stuff with each other."  

WTF?  Did they decide to have the "not gay" black guy come out after all, and give him a boyfriend?  But the first episode went into excruciating detail about the Girl of His Dreams, who lives next door but he is always too tongue-tied to ask out. 

After extensive research, I figured it out.  I've never seen Adults before.  The show I reviewed was Not Suitable for Work (2026), which is also about five young adult friends in New York, three guys and two girls, one Black, one South Asian.  They hate their jobs and pursue "will they or won't they?" romances, and probably dance in a fountain while singing "Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's DOA."

Would you be able to tell them apart?

I think the Adults guys who almost kissed were Anton (Owen Thiele), who is canonically gay, and Paul Baker, always use both names (Jack Innanen), who is canonically straight. He dated both of the female friends, Issa and Billie, and now he's back to Issa.  Or is he starting on Anton?  We'll see what happens in Episode 1.9

 

Scene 1: The Friends haven't checked their mailbox in months.  They go through it. 

"My parents are in Jackson Hole," Samir (Malik Elassal, doing gay stuff on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends) announces.

"Who's Jackson, and how do they both fit inside? Paul Baker asks.  Kind of a sleazoid, aren't you, buddy?

Paul Baker gets a notice that his visa is expiring, so he has to leave the U.S. and move back to Canada. Everyone is horrified.  Can I come with you?

Scene 2:  The immigration lawyer says that he has no choice: go back to Canada and apply for a new visa.  

"How does this happen to our most well-hung countrymen?" Girlfriend Issa moans.   We have a backside on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends, but no d*cks, so I'll have to take your word for it.

"You could get married," Blond Billie suggests.

"That's visa fraud!  It's against the law!"

"But it's not illegal," Samir points out. I guess he's the Joey, the Stupid One of the group.

Girlfriend Issa offers to marry Paul Baker: "We have a beautiful spiritual connection, and you obviously worship my lady parts."

He consents.  Everyone hugs and congratulates him.  Near-Kiss Anton (Owen Thiele, right) looks uncomfortable, thinking that they were going to start a romance.  Well, ask him yourself.  

Problem: Years ago, Girlfriend Issa married a guy named Zach-Carlos as a joke.  They have to convince him to grant her a divorce.

Scene 3:  Appointment with the priest. She's Catholic?  88% of the population of India is Hindu, so I figured.... Paul Baker doesn't want to lie to a Man of God, so he reveals that they're actually getting married so he can stay in the country.  

"Have you consummated your relationship yet?" The priests asks.

"No," Girlfriend Issa responds.  "Well, in my mouth, and sometimes in my bottom, but no s*x."  Those things don't count?

The priest is satisfied that they're living chastely, but Paul Baker blurts out "That's not true.  We have s*x all the time."

He refuses to perform the wedding, but because of the visa fraud, not because of the bedroom stuff.

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