Thread:CoolDudeAl/@comment-7345267-20160408054939/@comment-1916997-20160408210747

Eskaver wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Eskaver wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: To everyone: I wasn't trying to accuse people of being homophobic, I was just pointing out it could potentially be taken that way.

Utter: I agree it would be nice to see a fully fleshed out LGBT couple, or even multiple, but I know Once is already juggling a ton of characters, so that's why I'm okay with even a little representation. Also, as much as "the butch lesbian" or "the campy gay man" are stereotypes, those types of lesbians and gay men do exist in real life, which is why it doesn't bother me if a show desides to use them. I see it as no different as "the dumb blonde" or "the hot nerd" or "the black thug", if that makes sense.

Esk: The reason I didn't start a new thread is because I think we already have several threads about this open already. If people want to keep discussing we can always go to one of those. Of course, if the LGBT couple is in 518 then I think it is fair to discuss it in that discussion thread (when it is opened) as well. I find no issue with that but I would find it better to not have the conversation end abruptly and continue elsewhere. Another LGBT thread can't hurt XD. Oh, and stereotypes are never a good thing. Once has never done a dumb blonde or black thug and they don't need to start doing that now. I mean for Olympus' sake we just had a young, black, and wise wizard. Those were probably bad examples, but I was talking more about archtypes. Like Emma is "the savior". Stuff like that. Point is "the campy gay man" can be an archtype used in fiction, because campy gay men really exist. I know what you are getting at but they are still stereotypes. Bandit Snow is an example of a strong woman in season 1, she wasn't butch, she was still princessy, yet she defies the butch woman stuff. If you had to choose between well-developed characters and stereotypes, I hope you'd go with the first.

I'm sure you'll agree with me that things like Mulan's backstory and whomever the other individual is has more screentime and a good backstory instead of becoming steroetypes and never seen again. Yes, I'd like all the named characters on the show to get backstory and time spent on them, etc. The thing is with something like Once, there are just too many named characters for this to happen. So I take what I can get. If, let's say, Mulan and Dorothy are the couple, I will be happy to see them twice a season. because realisticly, I think that's all we can expect.