Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25184427-20140722165407/@comment-26879545-20160426122109

Shadowstorm1000 wrote:

I had a boyfriend for four years. We broke up and remained friends. Why? Because we had a lot of commonalities, allowing for a friendship within the relationship and has continued on to this day. When I play characters in different role playing games, said pcs are of any kind. Mason and Corey are not token gay characters. Each has played an integral role and should the series continue beyond S6, I hope Liam and Mason take over the main roles. Not to be rude or anything, but what does this have to do with the discussion at hand? Stiles and Derek were never together in the first place, and one could hardly call them friends.

As for the last two sentences, in s4, Mason was the "Token Gay Character." He contributed nothing to the overall story except to be Liam's best friend and serve as a distraction from Liam's fear of the Berserkers. Plus, one of his first lines to Liam was literally "Find me some [lacrosse] players that play for my team." So yes, by the unofficial rules of being a token character, Mason checked most, if not all, the boxes during s4. That changed during s5 when he was shoehorned into being the new host for The Beast. If the show goes on passed season 6, then Mason will most likely be upped to a series regular and subsequently might be developed further. If Corey sticks around as well, then the same might happen to him, too.