lettersfromeleanorrigby:

OK, this gifset defines the female gaze. Not just because Pine is a vulnerable, blue-lit fit as heck goofball in this scene (though it is true, he is fit and funny), but also because this movie has been out for a MONTH and this is the first gifset I’ve seen to focus exclusively on Pine’s above average physique.

In the meantime, fandom has been rightfully swooning over:

armored Amazons of all colors and sizes being badasses
Etta Candy, adventure secretary
Media representation of PTSD, racism, genocide of the Native American people and the horrid, brutal waste that is war
Diana’s hero’s journey, and how her naivete and sheer delight in new things is never mocked
Diana’s “bitch you thought” smirk and headshake before she smites Ares
baby!Diana
General Antiope (she can get it)
Queen Hippolyta (she also can get it)
(all the Amazons can get it)
Diana and Steve’s romance being non-cheesy and plot-furthering, because Steve is an intelligent humanist and feminist

… and a bunch of other stuff.

None of those things is Naked Steve Trevor, but he also deserves his own meta.

Naked Steve Trevor doesn’t yell at Diana to get out, nor does he swagger because: masculinity.

Instead, he’s embarrassed and trying to save what he believes to be Diana’s modesty until he sees that she is merely curious and in the end, doesn’t care… at which point he seems to realize “eh, shame about nudity is a social construct, when in Themiscyra, whatever,” and gets on with the conversation.

He is also, incidentally, naked and handsome and fit as heck, but the real focus for me in this scene is him continuing the conversation Diana’s begun despite his initial discomfort, making eye contact with her and never ogling her despite her own (by Western standards) scanty attire.

Naked Steve Trevor matters, but not just for the obvious role reversal of Gratuitous Hollywood Female Nudity by having Pine be naked and in the best shape of his life. Naked Steve Trevor matters because of what doesn’t happen (sexytimes) immediately upon the interruption of his Naked Time. There is no sexual tension in this scene. That doesn’t happen until later, when they are both fully clothed, and even then it’s a fade to black before they (presumably) figure out if men are useful at pleasure after all. The sexual interest only happens after they’ve taken each other’s measure, and it’s never a distraction from the main story, which is about Diana’s journey.

Naked Steve Trevor matters, because his being naked doesn’t matter at all.