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Originally Posted by Traum
I can see Westopher, SkinnyPupp, and supafamous' argument for why a non-heterosexual relationship would be useful to be included in the story. To me, the inclusion for a reason like that makes it a conscious effort to pay lip service to the targeted crowd. IMO the better thing to do is to just make it seamless and contributory to the plot.
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Or maybe Billy is gay because he's.. just gay. It doesn't have to be "contributory to the plot". Gay people exist, and that's that. Why can't someone in a story just be gay?
It's like the character from Macguyver who was a little person. It didn't play to her character whatsoever. It was never mentioned, there were never short jokes even though it was a comedy. She just was.. a little person. Because they exist.
What about this makes people angry enough to put their country into the shitter?
Edit: I also remember a line from Survivor, where this guy was sad about leaving his pregnant husband at home. I laughed out loud at the absurdity, even though I was watching by myself. But again.. those people exist and they're not harming me or anyone else. Go be a pregnant man. Nothing about that makes me want to get angry. Yes they cast these people to "shove down my throat" that people different from me exist, but I am not getting mad about it.
But I stopped listening to Joe Rogan years ago, and my brain is mature; maybe that's why.