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The comments on that entry make me want to throttle some fanbrats.
http://community.livejournal.com/merlinxarthur/896122.html
My comment:
I must say that I find the overall consensus that it can't happen because it is a 'family show' repulsive.
There still seems to be this idea that a romance between two men can only be expressed through sex or sexualised acts.
Well, here's some shocking news. Gay men do other things together, besides fucking, even when they are attracted to each other. And children don't naturally differentiate between the love between men and men or men and women, they are taught to.
I realise that this general misconception of relationships between gay men is likely a result of networks like HBO portraying them as masturbatory fantasies for frustrated singles. But it annoys me to see how quickly slashers, who imo would identify as homophile, fall back into line with traditionalistic ideas of family friendly values and limits.
The overall opinion on homosexual relationships in a family orientated show seems to be 'this can never happen, even if I want to see them making out'.
I'm always glad to discover that an evidently not so small proportion of slashers view gay men as one-dimensional sex fantasies for their own viewing pleasure, and obviously something children must be protected from.
http://community.livejournal.com/merlinxarthur/896122.html
My comment:
I must say that I find the overall consensus that it can't happen because it is a 'family show' repulsive.
There still seems to be this idea that a romance between two men can only be expressed through sex or sexualised acts.
Well, here's some shocking news. Gay men do other things together, besides fucking, even when they are attracted to each other. And children don't naturally differentiate between the love between men and men or men and women, they are taught to.
I realise that this general misconception of relationships between gay men is likely a result of networks like HBO portraying them as masturbatory fantasies for frustrated singles. But it annoys me to see how quickly slashers, who imo would identify as homophile, fall back into line with traditionalistic ideas of family friendly values and limits.
The overall opinion on homosexual relationships in a family orientated show seems to be 'this can never happen, even if I want to see them making out'.
I'm always glad to discover that an evidently not so small proportion of slashers view gay men as one-dimensional sex fantasies for their own viewing pleasure, and obviously something children must be protected from.