Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-29471604-20160806214603/@comment-27547895-20160819042836

NervousShipper wrote: You are not a pretty boy vampire.

But I'd like the vampire stories if they weren't ALL FCKING STRAIGHT. I am so sick of hetero relationships in every goddamn thing I read, watch and hear. I get it. They're a majority. but why the hell does it have to be in horror? why does it have to be in sci-fi? Is friendship not a thing? Faith? Gays? it's depressing. Media is supposed to be where we can escape the shite in our lives. It's where we're supposed to be able to root for someone like us. It's where we're supposed to feel welcome. not as "other" as we do in day to day. I kind of have to disagree with you. There's been an influx of homosexual character throughout media. PLEASE read all of this, before passing judgment. It needs to be taken in context, which will only happen if you read this all.

Hell, The 100's main character was what would be considered bi-sexual, but was very much in love with a female.

I get what you are saying. I appreciate that you are bothered by the fact that the majority of TV shows portray more hetero couples. However, there are more hetero people than homosexual people. So, basically, TV shows these days are portraying an appropriate and realistic amount of homosexuality.

I DO understand the struggle. I have a friend who is a police officer. He's gay. We live in a small town. So, he is already limited with the pool of potential mates, and being a police officer discourages many of those. It's a double wammy. We've talked about it. For him, finding a partner was nightmarishly difficult to the point of depression. He's engaged now. Finally found that someone.

BUT, my point is to say that I understand. And I get that it sucks. But, because homosexuality falls into such a minority, most mainstream media will portray it as such. That means more straight stuff and less homosexual stuff. And, if you attempt to put an unrealistic amount of homosexuality into a show, that show fills a niche, for a homosexual audience.

HOWEVER, on an entirely different note: Teen Wolf (there are others, but I'm going to rant about TW, for a minute) very clearly put the storylines and quality of actors for homosexual characters on the back burners. It took me a bit to figure this out, I couldn't put my finger on it.... the Corey came along. Mason was/is amazing. Mason deserved much better writing than the clusterf*ck that was the relationship with Corey. Corey's actor was bad, the writing for the relationship was atrocious. It's frustrating. We didn't get that build that Stiles/Malia, or Stiles/Lidia, or Scott/Allison. NO. We got - Mason meets a horny guy who digs him. Then they somehow have an instant relationship that makes little to no sense.

SO, basically, I don't think the prevalence of heterosexuality. I think the portrayal of the AMOUNT of homosexuality in the media is alligning quite well with reality. The problem is that the effort of storytelling for those homosexual characters and their relationships is terrible.

WHY? My theory is that the majority of staff writers are straight males. As a straight male, if I was going to produce a show, I'd try to have several members on staff that fell into the minorities they are portraying. You can't fault straight writers for not understanding how to write homosexual characters and romance. Their perspective is limited. I wouldn't expect a homosexual writer to accurately portray heterosexuality. Their perspectives are limited, too.

HOWEVER, I very much can blame the producers for not having the give-a-damn or foresight to ensure they had writers from a variety of perspectives, to ensure that amazing characters like Mason are not neglected. I mean, damn, even if you don't care about the character, Mason had the potential to wrangle in a ton of fans from the gay community. BUT, instead, they only disappoint and alienate (if not outright disrespect) fans from that community.

To give you an example of what I mean, though.... I'm currently working on some mock-ups for a semi-ero novel targeting females. Think cheap romance novel in comic form. But, when I get an artist for it, I want that artist to be female. Female artists know how to draw things in such a way that it is appealing to female viewers. Were I to get a straight male artist, the hot and heavy scenes would end up looking like Skinemax. Chicks aren't into that. Also, I'm very well aware that I'm trying to fill a niche. So, my choice to focus on a hetero couple's journey is deliberate. It isn't intended to offend, but I am targeting a very specific audience.

Bah, that's the end of my rant.