Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25184427-20140722165407/@comment-68.33.13.242-20140726021433

DManCO wrote: The weird part, and it is much the same with Supernatural, is that Teen Wolf's core audience is by and large not only okay with homosexuality, but actually want to see more of it! Danny and Ethan's scene in "Motel California" provoked a lot more squee than disgust!

Teen Wolf panders to fans in different ways. Straight male and lesbian fans are drawn mainly to the action. Because, let's be honest, while the girls are pretty, they are very rarely shown scantily clad. In fact, the one time we saw Allison in her underwear even I was horrified by her granny panties (I'd had no idea that the Argent's were Mormons)! Straight female and gay male fans are courted with far more overt fanservice, although it has been dialed back a little recently. Still this show was built on a foundation of Colton wearing nothing but underwear or a towel!

Why is homoeroticism not only okay, but a key part of fanservice, but having gay characters in more than background roles somehow bad? If you do some YouTube surfing, you may find that about a decade or so ago MTV had a show called Undressed, which was mostly short stories, but which were far more gay-inclusive than Teen Wolf today! I think the weird part is that Jeff Davis is gay but doesn't want any main gay characters.

There are shows that represent LGBT characters better. Lost Girl, for example has a female bisexual lead-yes lead-and a lesbian main character. Their sexualities are just shown as part of who they are. They are also a badass rebel/PI and brilliant doctor, respectively, with back stories and one liners and stuff. We know Danny's gay, plays lacrosse, is smart and had a run in with the law for hacking. That's it.

Also it's kind of weird to have a majority white cast in a majority minority state.