For those unfamiliar with Moomins (I'm so sorry you've missed out on the most wholesome thing to ever exist)
This series about the cutest cryptid and his family was authored by a Finnish lesbian (bisexual? Queer, in any case) and that, to me, qualifies it as queer media, even if none of the characters are explicitly queer themselves. Though I'll be real Snufkin gives me ace vibes, so I'll claim him.
(https://assets.moomin.com/uploads/2024/06/Snufkin-Moomintroll-cover-2048x1069.jpg)
That is my man right there. He does not fuck.
I was made aware of Moomin a little over a decade ago on Tubmlr, and it nestled into my subconscious. I never looked into it, but I now knew it existed, could identify it on sight. Flash forward to pandemic times, I'm watching two goobers play Death Stranding and one of them (the GM for Stabbyness and creator of the Sentiment system,
I told you this was my entire personality, suffer with me) tells a story about how he grew up with these stories, and based many of his earliest characters on the whimsical critters within them. What sticks in my mind in particular is the melancholy sadness of Moominvalley after the Moomin family moves away. Feeling particularly morose at the end of last year following a breakup with someone I had spent the last 6 years of my life with, I went looking for that story in particular because
fuck it I'm already hurting. I dove deep into the 90s anime adaptation as a source of comfort.
You can watch the entirety of that adaptation here (https://youtube.com/@moominofficial?si=9UFWFN0O-0_VVEXt), by the way.
Anyway I don't really have a point other than Moomins Is Gay and You Should Enjoy Moomins, Happy Pride
WHAT, I didn't know Moomin was made by a fellow queer!! Hang on, now this gives me an excuse to dive into it. :o
Queer during a VERY HARD TIME for queer people. She was writing these stories in the 1950s!
Moomin is adorable. I never grew up with them, but they are huge. they have their own little themepark in Asia too!
There's also a game that released last year starring Snufkin, and another one in the works starring Moomin himself!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1808680/Snufkin_Melody_of_Moominvalley/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3256150/Moomintroll_Winters_Warmth/
i heard of it. you are trying to discover why Moomin left while playign as Snufkin iirr