Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26385535-20160127061149/@comment-1916997-20160408053034

Bot of Solitude wrote: Eskaver is just trying to keep us on topic. He's pretty hardcore about it XD it's not some obscure attempt to stop the conversation for any other reason. I'm not sure why you'd assume that to be the case. It's not just Esk and Hmcooper, other users were also using language that although not intentional, sounds a bit homophobic. Things like (and I'm paraphrasing) "it just needs to be swept under the rug" and "I don't want it done because they can't do it justice", can be inturpeted as "lots of people, including the writers, don't understand homosexuals, and are not homosexual, so it's better if they just don't have them on the show". And this is dangerous thinking, because let's take that sentence and change homosexual to black. Would you be okay if the show didn't include black people, because the majority of the people watching the show are not black, and the writers are not black? No, you would still think it is a problem. We should view lack of LGBT representation the same way. It exists, it should be on the show. I don't care if it is hard for the writers, or if it has to be with side characters, or if it make some religious zealots stop watching the show. It needs to be done. Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox now. XD