Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25184427-20140722165407/@comment-19765459-20140728182539

LSWatcher wrote:

Anyway, shall we speak about gays again? Sure. :-)

I will give credit to Jeff for showing us gay characters that those of us who are not like Kurt from Glee can relate to. Myself, I am into hiking, off-roading (ATV's or Jeep) and guns. Can't stand theater (musical or otherwise). Have no "feminine side" that is trying to get out and express itself.

There are a LOT of guys like me.

So the gay jock is not really a fantasy or propaganda. They're a real thing. Of course, that means that Danny's sexuality had to be mentioned in dialogue a lot because otherwise he was not obviously gay.

Where we get annoyed is that it had to be mentioned in dialogue a lot because otherwise he was not a significant character, and thus not developed. He became a token gay by virtue of the fact that it was his primary character trait. Since he did not participate in the show's action (except as a victim) there was really nothing else to it. Ethan was a little better, but not much. He and Danny, as a couple, were like actors who had wandered onto the Teen Wolf set from another show and that was why their relationship was portrayed so vaguely.