Citations:Tumblr sexyman

Noun: "(fandom slang) a male fictional character (often conventionally unattractive or non-human) with a particularly devoted fanbase on Tumblr"

 * 2021, Belle, "Tumblr Sexymen: A Never-Ending Cycle of Questionable Taste", LOCO Mag, 2 August 2021:
 * The most iconic Tumblr sexymen [sic] of all Tumblr sexymen: The Onceler. Oh my god did the Onceler take Tumblr by its neck and wring it until it died horribly.  I have never seen such a trend.
 * 2021, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, quoted in Andrew Court, "Twitter slams Timothée Chalamet’s ‘sexification’ of Willy Wonka", New York Post, 11 October 2021:
 * “Timothee Chalamet Willy Wonka is what happens when a Hollywood focus group tries to create a Tumblr sexyman,” another remarked, referencing the famous 2010s blogging site.
 * 2022, Andrew Kolondra Jr., "Marvel Studios’ ‘Moon Knight’ has unrealized potential", The Vanderbilt Hustler (Vanderbilt University), 3 April 2022:
 * With both the voice and the mental age of a 14-year-old, Grant seems like Marvel’s latest misguided attempt at creating an eccentric Tumblr sexyman.
 * 2022, Isaiah Colbert, "Good News, Undertale Fans: Toby Fox Just Wrote A Sans x Mob Psycho 100 Story", Kotaku, 8 September 2022:
 * Fox’s dramatization of Sans’ Tumblr Sexyman triumph damn well could’ve been an episode of Mob Psycho 100 because it’s pretty on the money with its depiction of the con-man psychic and his bowl-cut ward.
 * 2022, Joshua Wolens, "Toby Fox wrote a fanfic to explain why Undertale's Sans is the 'ultimate Tumblr sexyman'", PC Gamer, 15 September 2022:
 * A Tumblr sexyman, my many hours of research tell me, is pretty much just a, uh, sexy man? But on Tumblr? A sexy man on Tumblr. But, crucially, one with a sizable (and oh so vocal) fanbase.
 * 2022, Jack Doyle, "The Most Popular Male Anime Characters of All Time", The Mary Sue, 20 October 2022:
 * He’s like the #1 Tumblr Sexyman right now. The Onceler could never.
 * 2022, Ruby Innes, "The ‘Babygirlification’ Of Ghost From Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II", Kotaku, 7 November 2022:
 * From my perspective, Ghost from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is what I would consider to be a ‘TikTok Sexyman’, which is TikTok’s own version of the Tumblr Sexyman (this will make more sense of that [link redacted]).
 * 2022, Ana Diaz, "TikTok’s dabloon cat meme, explained", Polygon, 22 November 2022:
 * I went into dabloon debt when a cat version of Tumblr sexyman Reigen Arataka, named Reigen Meowata, charged me 10 dabloons for legal services.
 * 2022, BJ Colangelo, "Why Animation Fans Are Going Wild For Hazbin Hotel's King Of Hell Read More", Slash Film, 1 December 2022:
 * Congratulations, Lucifer Morningstar, on joining the esteemed ranks of Tumblr Sexymen like Alastor, The Once-ler, Bill Cipher of "Gravity Falls," Waluigi, King Dice of "Cuphead," and for some reason, Sans from "Undertale."
 * 2023, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, "Here’s what Tumblr is doing to your boyfriend", The Daily Dot, 19 January 2023:
 * The traditional Tumblr Boyfriend is usually a celebrity, sometimes (but not always) overlapping with the more fictional trope of Tumblr Sexymen.
 * 2023, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, "Tumblr users have voted on the ultimate Sexyman, and it’s Cecil from ‘Welcome to Night Vale’", The Daily Dot, 31 January 2023:
 * After testing the waters with a viral bug race poll, Tumblr’s userbase turned its attention to a more contentious topic: Selecting the ultimate Tumblr Sexyman.
 * 2023, Jack Doyle, "The Internet Has Many Theories About This Lopsided Mystery Shirt, But They’re All Wrong", The Mary Sue, 6 February 2023:
 * Just take a little stroll down the Champs d’Internet and you’ll find all sorts of oddities to treasure. What’s in the storefront of Tumblr? Why, it’s the sexiest of the Tumblr Sexymen, of course!
 * 2023, Carola Ríos Pérez, "TikTok's Babygirlification: Explained!", Her Campus, 2 March 2023:
 * The Tumblr Sexyman is believed to have started with the release of the Lorax movie, according to The Mary Sue. Their article on Tumblr Sexymen says that what makes a character a sexyman lies between being evil or a series of unique traits that separate them from being “normal”.