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People seem to be very concerned about ‘unnecessary’ gay characters all of a sudden, like there haven& #39;t been thousands of unnecessary straight characters in the history of fiction.
People also seem to be very concerned about gay characters being ‘defined’ by their gayness, like there haven& #39;t been thousands of characters whose entire narrative is based around their attraction to a person of the opposite sex.
People also seem to be very concerned about having gayness ‘shoved in their faces’ – as if straightness hasn& #39;t been shoved in our faces for centuries, relentlessly, through every form of media.
I& #39;m exhausted. It is impossible to reason with this level of wilful ignorance.
I& #39;m exhausted. It is impossible to reason with this level of wilful ignorance.
They see straightness as default, as neuter. They seem to genuinely think TV shows ‘don& #39;t make a big deal’ out of straight characters& #39; sexualities – just because the word ‘heterosexual‘ is never used. Like their heterosexuality isn& #39;t hammered across in every other way.
I& #39;m tired of the mere presence of a gay character being described as pandering, point-scoring, shoehorning and/or an agenda.
I& #39;m tired of parents moaning that they& #39;ll have to ‘explain’ a same-sex kiss to their kids. You have to explain EVERYTHING to kids, you absolute pillock.
I& #39;m tired of parents moaning that they& #39;ll have to ‘explain’ a same-sex kiss to their kids. You have to explain EVERYTHING to kids, you absolute pillock.
I& #39;m tired of people who have more mirrors than they could ever need doing 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 in their power to take away the few mirrors that others have.
I& #39;m tired of these hidebound, self-righteous, boring people who can& #39;t handle others not being exactly like them.
I& #39;m tired of these hidebound, self-righteous, boring people who can& #39;t handle others not being exactly like them.
Okay, I need . . . a coffee.
And then I& #39;m going off to shoehorn a few more flagrantly and unnecessarily gay characters and their big gay agenda into a book, almost definitely to perplex the righteous, score points with who-knows-who, and sow the earth with chaos and confusion
And then I& #39;m going off to shoehorn a few more flagrantly and unnecessarily gay characters and their big gay agenda into a book, almost definitely to perplex the righteous, score points with who-knows-who, and sow the earth with chaos and confusion
