Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-10280603-20160121192918/@comment-13965604-20160225143603

Scace wrote: LadyX wrote: Scace wrote: Neither Danny or Mason should be The Beast. Tyler Posey's post are directing the viewer toward Mason as the Beast. I hope it is an act of misdirection. I can not think of a bigger insult to gay fans than to have either Danny or Mason actually be the Beast. It would be wonderful to have Danny's character return because I have always felt Jeff Davis has given all of Danny's fans a raw deal. From Peter Lorre in 1931's M, 1948's Rope or 1959's Compulsion gay people have been portrayed as monsters. Mr. Davis must be aware of this. To be so insensitive to this point will be unforgivable.

Do you want to "just be characters" or do you want treated like delicate flowers who can only be portrayed certain ways?

But yea, as Paul said, Mason isn't the bad guy (assuming is wasn't a misdirection) he's a victim in all of this. Of course gay people do not want to be treated like 'delicate flowers' or any of the other stereotypically flamboyant characters such as 'Jack' in Will and Grace. Danny, a good Lacrosse player who all of his team mates liked, is an excellent gay role model. Stiles obviously didn't mind having him in his bedroom with Derek modeling shirts, nor did Stiles hesitate to consult Danny about anything 'gay'. I thought by season three Danny had become an integrated personality who could have easily slipped into an "inner circle" role had Jeff Davis wanted. MTV doesn't seem to have any problem portraying great gay characters such as Michael J. Willett in the role of Shane in "Faking It". Khylin Rhambo is doing a fine job portraying a fully formed gay character. This is why making Mason The Beast, would cause red flags to pop up among gay fans.

I'm not sure if you are misunderstanding what I said, or deliberately ignoring it. I meant does the lgbt community in real life, expect to be handled with kid gloves, given characters that can only be portrayed in certain ways and can never be "bad guys" again.

Mason is a a good well rounded character who happens to be gay, who just so happens to be a victim right now and looks like the bad guy. How is this a bad thing? He is in the same position Stiles was in in 3b, either you want gay characters to be treated normally, or you don't. It doesn't get any more blatant that Mason is being treated like Stiles(a main straight character) was.