{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 00:23:37 UTC","author_name":"Narwhal (narwhal)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/narwhal","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3874326","html":"I remember around a year-ish ago my brother came home from a convention and one of the things he bought was a Haruhi Suzumiya plushie, and when my dad saw it he said "Oh, is that for your girlfriend?" to which my brother responded "No, it's for me. It's a character from a show I like" and that was pretty much the end of it. Within a day my dad had totally forgotten about it. There was never a need for "coming out"."}