A lot was going on in this morning’s trailer for the new Ghostbusters, but we don’t remember what any of it was because Kate McKinnon strutted onscreen looking like the cutest butch lesbian ever, and, like the rest of the Internet, we lost our minds.
Mark it down: 3/3/16, the day the entire internet had a Kate McKinnon-induced sexual awakening.
— Allison Adler (@in_a_partydress) March 3, 2016
As the engineer Jillian Holtzmann, McKinnon strolls into our lives with giant safety goggles, combat boots, and her no-fucks-given roots showing. Even if you’ve somehow missed McKinnon’s habitual brilliance on Saturday Night Live, this is a face that’s impossible to ignore:
Screengrab via YouTube
https://twitter.com/gerrit_SF/status/705419446232313856
And then there was the wink.
We are here for this. #Ghostbusters pic.twitter.com/QhfOJa66lm
— tumblr dot com the website and app (@tumblr) March 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/supernasst/status/705417288942493698
@retconning Also I’m having a full on Kate McKinnon SITUATION. that wink? LICKING HER GUN?! WHAT?!?!
— .jes. (@pomegranateink) March 3, 2016
Kate McKinnon’s sly smile in this I’m still hikjsfhglkjsdfhgalsf
— AB (@AlannaBennett) March 3, 2016
There’s even already fanart, because of course there is:
As you’ll notice, a lot of the people losing their minds over Kate McKinnon’s powers of seduction aren’t dudes. If there’s a god of Hollywood, McKinnon will surely be a queer character. That wink is too precious to waste on only half the population.
https://twitter.com/dogunderwater/status/705405872009138176
And there’s another burgeoning campaign to which we are paying attention—Kate for young Han Solo:
I think Ghostbusters has solved your Young Han Solo casting problem, there. https://t.co/f6sZs7OOXB
— Chris Thursten (@CThursten) March 3, 2016
Let’s face it: With that hair, that jacket, and that smirk, she’s already closer to the casting than this guy or any of these guys.
Plus, you know the only thing that could make Star Wars better is a Han Solo who can really rock a blaster backpack.
Screengrab via Sony Pictures Entertainment/YouTube
