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epik_fail1
05/13/20 8:44:19 PM
#52:


UnfairRepresent posted...
Chloe is bi

And Ellie is gay

Both are established and not really all that relevant to anything, dunno why people would be mad at them.

Well the fact that she likes woman was pretty important in the prequel. Are you sure she is bi? I may have missed something. But yeah people whined about them being sjw tokenism. Same with Undertale and other game were the characters had an established personality

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BLAKUboy
05/13/20 8:45:04 PM
#53:


dave_is_slick posted...
Nobody has ever said the topic title. What they have said, right or wrong, is that they don't someone who's ONLY characteristic is being gay.
That's just a different way of saying the same thing.

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epik_fail1
05/13/20 8:46:07 PM
#54:


dave_is_slick posted...
Nobody has ever said the topic title. What they have said, right or wrong, is that they don't someone who's ONLY characteristic is being gay.

Well it would be annoying to have a character whose sole characteristic is being his sexuality (even if it's a straight one). Although I could care less if it was a random NPC who just say "I moved with my husband here recently"

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pegusus123456
05/13/20 8:47:43 PM
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He was mentioned before, but Curtis Holt in Arrow eventually devolved into this. He had no other purpose in the show. His shtick was that he was a technological guy, but the Felicity character already filled that niche. He was a vigilante, but they sort of forgot that he was an Olympic-medal winning athlete in his backstory, so he didn't do much good as a vigilante either.

What he did do is fill the LGBT quota. Extensive attention was given to his relationships with minor characters, solely to remind people that he liked dudes. The attention given to his love life was easily fourth among all of the relationships in the show. The top three both involved relationships between main characters and the fourth helped set up a villain.

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UnfairRepresent
05/13/20 8:47:47 PM
#56:


epik_fail1 posted...

Well the fact that she likes woman was pretty important in the prequel. Are you sure she is bi?

Well she has sex with men and masturbates while thinking of fucking women then makes out with a girl

She's male leaning bi or bi curious or whatever the fuck you want to call it

She's trying to make her step-dad mad
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dave_is_slick
05/13/20 8:48:20 PM
#57:


BLAKUboy posted...
That's just a different way of saying the same thing.
It's literally not.

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Illuminoius
05/13/20 8:49:07 PM
#58:


Keith_Valentine posted...
I guess no one told tc the war is over and gay people won.
it's weird that people say this, as if the civil rights and social justice battles all just suddenly ended with all the homophobes no longer being homophobic
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dave_is_slick
05/13/20 8:49:17 PM
#59:


UnfairRepresent posted...
Well she has sex with men and masturbates while thinking of fucking women then makes out with a girl

She's male leaning bi or bi curious or whatever the fuck you want to call it

She's trying to make her step-dad mad
I thought she only fucked Elliot, or whatever his name was, and highly regretted it.

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creativerealms
05/13/20 8:51:58 PM
#60:


They just don't want gay characters period.

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UnfairRepresent
05/13/20 8:57:18 PM
#61:


dave_is_slick posted...

I thought she only fucked Elliot, or whatever his name was, and highly regretted it.

I guess the number is ambigious but she has fucked men before and had boyfriends who she brings to her bedroom.

So the implication is more than one.

Either way, still bi
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epik_fail1
05/13/20 9:00:50 PM
#62:


UnfairRepresent posted...
Well she has sex with men and masturbates while thinking of fucking women then makes out with a girl

She's male leaning bi or bi curious or whatever the fuck you want to call it

She's trying to make her step-dad mad

From what I got with the prequel and even the original Rachel seems to be the love of her life

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IfGodCouldDie
05/13/20 9:03:29 PM
#63:


Bananana posted...
fixed this, but yeah
Are you confusing a vocal minority with massive amount?

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BLAKUboy
05/13/20 9:05:00 PM
#64:


IfGodCouldDie posted...
Are you confusing a vocal minority with massive amount?
No.

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IShall_Run_Amok
05/13/20 9:21:00 PM
#65:


This is all about fucking Star Wars or whatever, its not like people are deeply concerned about the next Hirokazu Kore-eda film potentially having a walk-on character who is gay for ten seconds.

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Darmik
05/13/20 9:24:00 PM
#66:


iPhone_7 posted...
Master Chief has been bisexual for a long time and nobody has cared. Theres been many times here & there where things about him & his past get mentioned, him being bi was just one of those small details. Nobody really noticed or cared or even remembers because its not important.

That Chief/Johnson sex scene in the Legendary ending was beautiful.

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Zero_Destroyer
05/13/20 9:25:18 PM
#67:


joe40001 posted...
TC, do you cuddle your strawmen as you sleep or just argue with them?

These aren't strawmen. This is exactly how certain people behave on this issue.

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mooreandrew58
05/13/20 9:36:28 PM
#68:


I agree with the statment in the title. I want well written characters. And honestly if romance or their sexuality isn't relevant I tend to prefer it not being brought up cause then i can imagine them however I want for example I imagine link being bi. This isnt definitive though like some of the sexual stuff in mgs games was amusing enough i gave it a pass.

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AlisLandale
05/13/20 9:42:44 PM
#69:


epik_fail1 posted...
Well the fact that she likes woman was pretty important in the prequel. Are you sure she is bi? I may have missed something. But yeah people whined about them being sjw tokenism. Same with Undertale and other game were the characters had an established personality

Chloe does make some lusty comments about the photography teacher at one point.

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Keith_Valentine
05/13/20 9:42:53 PM
#70:


Illuminoius posted...
it's weird that people say this, as if the civil rights and social justice battles all just suddenly ended with all the homophobes no longer being homophobic

Youll never get rid of homophobia or racism. You can make progress, sure. Can you eradicate stupidity or ignorance? No.

As far as the war I was referring to, gay people have won most of the major battles and definitely have equal - not even equal, special rights.

Gay marriage slammed through, civil unions werent enough. Boy scouts funding gutted for not allowing gay Pack leaders, they won that. Gay pastors. Anti discrimination and hate speech laws protect gay people more than non gay people. You make fun of someones gay sexuality at work? There goes your damn job. You make some joke online? Bunch of people gonna hate your ass and call you a bigot etc. Christian baker didnt wana make gay couple a cake? They got bodied and nationwide bad press. F word is like the n word mostly.

Dont Ask Dont Tell? More like loud and proud, baby. Hide in the closet? Nah, parade down the street with rainbow flags and whatever outfit you want, barely anyone will say shit and if they do, overpowered. Sexuality and queer awareness being taught to kids at younger and younger age. Sometimes alarmingly young. Gay people all over popular media and growing. Most powerful talkshow? Ellen. Tolerance, inclusion, social awareness dominate at universities. These days if you are anti gay, outside of the internet or lowlife, people keep their damn mouths shut.

Gay people won. Majority of what i said is totally fine with me, but the guys that get so heated and think theyre battling injustice? Really they are stomping on a feebly twitching dead horse. Majority has spoken and its fabulous.
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epik_fail1
05/13/20 9:43:18 PM
#71:


AlisLandale posted...
Are you asking if Chloe is bi?

She does make some lusty comments about the photography teacher at one point.

Oh yeah. I just forgot about it

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ultimate reaver
05/13/20 9:43:40 PM
#72:


pegusus123456 posted...
It's either pandering or pointless with no in-between for those people.


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epik_fail1
05/13/20 9:46:01 PM
#73:


Keith_Valentine posted...
Youll never get rid of homophobia or racism. You can make progress, sure. Can you eradicate stupidity or ignorance? No.

As far as the war I was referring to, gay people have won most of the major battles and definitely have equal - not even equal, special rights.

Gay marriage slammed through, civil unions werent enough. Boy scouts funding gutted for not allowing gay Pack leaders, they won that. Gay pastors. Anti discrimination and hate speech laws protect gay people more than non gay people. You make fun of someones gay sexuality at work? There goes your damn job. You make some joke online? Bunch of people gonna hate your ass and call you a bigot etc. Christian baker didnt wana make gay couple a cake? They got bodied and nationwide bad press. F word is like the n word mostly.

Dont Ask Dont Tell? More like loud and proud, baby. Hide in the closet? Nah, parade down the street with rainbow flags and whatever outfit you want, barely anyone will say shit and if they do, overpowered. Sexuality and queer awareness being taught to kids at younger and younger age. Sometimes alarmingly young. Gay people all over popular media and growing. Most powerful talkshow? Ellen. Tolerance, inclusion, social awareness dominate at universities. These days if you are anti gay, outside of the internet or lowlife, people keep their damn mouths shut.

Gay people won. Majority of what i said is totally fine with me, but the guys that get so heated and think theyre battling injustice? Really they are stomping on a feebly twitching dead horse. Majority has spoken and its fabulous.

For people who keep their mouth shut, they sure are vocal as hell everytime they see lgbt people.

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Summer_Ashigara
05/13/20 9:46:03 PM
#74:


the most annoying part of this "criticism" is that they never have any fucking examples yet they act like it's happening all the time

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AlisLandale
05/13/20 10:11:11 PM
#75:


Summer_Ashigara posted...
the most annoying part of this "criticism" is that they never have any fucking examples yet they act like it's happening all the time

the closest I can think of is from the movie City of Bones.

There was this one supporting character who said and did almost nothing of relevance for the entire movie. Then during one of the scenes, another supporting character had a line that amounted to oh, by the way, hes gay.

Now *granted*, City of Bones had a myriad of other problems and was a generally terrible movie. I cant recall any instances off-hand in something thats generally good.

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Keith_Valentine
05/13/20 10:36:53 PM
#76:


epik_fail1 posted...
For people who keep their mouth shut, they sure are vocal as hell everytime they see lgbt people.

Irl that is increasingly rare and thats the way the trend is moving. It wont change. If you wanna confront the strongest homophobic attitudes in 2020, its more prevalent in certain minority cultures. Obama bravely called attention to this. Anyways you cant stop internet trolls from posting their dumb shit, and usually they are Trying to piss people off. Gay people won dude.
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Blue_Inigo
05/13/20 11:22:51 PM
#77:


Keith_Valentine posted...
Irl that is increasingly rare and thats the way the trend is moving. It wont change. If you wanna confront the strongest homophobic attitudes in 2020, its more prevalent in certain minority cultures. Obama bravely called attention to this. Anyways you cant stop internet trolls from posting their dumb shit, and usually they are Trying to piss people off. Gay people won dude.
Very admiral type of post

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averagejoel
05/13/20 11:29:32 PM
#78:


Illuminoius posted...
tvtropes is the fucking worst
do you actually think the term "trope" originated with the website tvtropes

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Keith_Valentine
05/13/20 11:30:30 PM
#79:


Blue_Inigo posted...
Very admiral type of post

Why? Cuz it pisses you off but you cant rebuttal it?
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Blue_Inigo
05/13/20 11:33:18 PM
#80:


Keith_Valentine posted...
Why? Cuz it pisses you off but you cant rebuttal it?
No because it's thinly veiled racism and bigotry with idiotic generalizations with no backing.

The usual kinda stupid antics for you

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Keith_Valentine
05/13/20 11:46:00 PM
#81:


Blue_Inigo posted...
No because it's thinly veiled racism and bigotry with idiotic generalizations with no backing.

The usual kinda stupid antics for you

Whats racist or bigoted? Any backing i link you would ignore.

It was an observation about how its usually white guys calling other white guys bigots in the US for example, cuz its safe. But macho homophobic culture is more common in among minorities but those accusers, like you, would never say shit to them irl. Some of it is due to having stronger religious views, being more patriarchal, and preferring traditional gender roles. Realistically thats the way it is across majority of third or second world countries. Duh
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Spellcaster
05/13/20 11:46:49 PM
#82:


That dude from THE MIST series though

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Keith_Valentine
05/13/20 11:49:01 PM
#83:


He says im stupid, idiotic, racist, and bigot in 2 sentences. Haha thats so 2020.
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Illuminoius
05/13/20 11:51:53 PM
#84:


averagejoel posted...
do you actually think the term "trope" originated with the website tvtropes
weird leap in logic for you to make, there
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UnfairRepresent
05/13/20 11:54:52 PM
#85:


Summer_Ashigara posted...
the most annoying part of this "criticism" is that they never have any fucking examples yet they act like it's happening all the time

Literally the first thing I did in the entire topic was cite an example....
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DeathDeathSong
05/14/20 12:01:52 AM
#86:


i think the real question here is

why do cishets think their voices matter in any way when it comes to lgbt characters

i promise you guys we dont give two shits about ur opinions

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legendarylemur
05/14/20 12:04:33 AM
#87:


Regular guy who happens to be gay is the best way to go about it. I don't like it when homosexuality ends up defining an entire character

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UnfairRepresent
05/14/20 12:04:33 AM
#88:


DeathDeathSong posted...
i think the real question here is

why do cishets think their voices matter in any way when it comes to lgbt characters

i promise you guys we dont give two shits about ur opinions

Well that's pretty dumb and awful

1. Everyone's opinion matters dude.

2. Almost the entire population is straight. If you go against what the majority want then your shit doesn't sell in a capitalist enviroment.

Do you want the only incarnations of LGBT characters in fiction to be kickstarted low budget indy shit?

"You don't like the same genitals I like so your opinion doesn;t matter" is a pretty damn grotesque piece of dehumanization
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Heavy_D_Forever
05/14/20 12:04:54 AM
#89:


DeathDeathSong posted...
i think the real question here is

why do cishets think their voices matter in any way when it comes to lgbt characters

i promise you guys we dont give two shits about ur opinions

What if the LGBT character is written by a cishet? Do you care about their opinion, or do you just hate all straight people? lol

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Keith_Valentine
05/14/20 12:06:17 AM
#90:


DeathDeathSong posted...
i think the real question here is

why do cishets think their voices matter in any way when it comes to lgbt characters

i promise you guys we dont give two shits about ur opinions

Thats funny. You are a small minority. Imagine if 'cishets' treated you the way you are acting itt. Lol you would never have any representation at all. You are the ones demanding to be in popular culture. If i said to you what you just said, i would be Warned on this site.

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Sackgurl
05/14/20 12:06:36 AM
#91:


Blue_Inigo posted...
Those same people also ignore the various playboy type characters that they love who flaunt their straightness

if by ignore you mean idolize

these are the kinds of people who think that by eating steak and drinking whiskey they are emulating ron swanson

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DeathDeathSong
05/14/20 12:07:45 AM
#92:


im like super surprised that the two biggest trolls on this board got upset at my post lol

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mooreandrew58
05/14/20 12:09:36 AM
#93:


Sackgurl posted...
if by ignore you mean idolize

these are the kinds of people who think that by eating steak and drinking whiskey they are emulating ron swanson

Nothing straight about steak and whiskey. I love that shit.

Well ok I dont drink whiskey straight I like Jack and coke but still.

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Sackgurl
05/14/20 12:13:30 AM
#94:


mooreandrew58 posted...
Nothing straight about steak and whiskey. I love that shit.

Well ok I dont drink whiskey straight I like Jack and coke but still.

dietary habits are linked to heterosexual male concepts of masculinity because of media presentation of the enjoyment of these things as unique to men

as if enjoyment of salt, protein, and fat (or aged liquor) required some special level of fortitude.

it's important to note that for such people, it is only the dietary habits and other personal pleasure habits that are being copied from their idols

not the physical fitness or stoicism or bravery

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mooreandrew58
05/14/20 12:18:34 AM
#95:


legendarylemur posted...
Regular guy who happens to be gay is the best way to go about it. I don't like it when homosexuality ends up defining an entire character

I think "flaming" or flamboyant characters have a place too. They exist. Sticking with otherwise normal would be like picking one personality for straight characters and never deviating from it. Just dont make it all there is about them get into what their personal interests are like maybe they make music or a maybe a gamer nerd.

Not saying it happens all the time I just don't care for it when thats how it's done.

Guess what I'm saying is i dont care for one dimensional characters in general with the exception being video games with little story.

Like say ocelot in mgs. If they just stuck with his love of revolvers and westerns and never developed him further I wouldnt like him as a character. And at that I do feel they lean on that aspect of his character too much in mgs 3

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Illuminoius
05/14/20 12:18:53 AM
#96:


was keith always this bad a poster?
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Keith_Valentine
05/14/20 12:20:46 AM
#97:


DeathDeathSong posted...
im like super surprised that the two biggest trolls on this board got upset at my post lol

Id be super surprised if you managed to defend that post in any way. I like how you exposed yourself as an actual bigot because it makes the guy who called me that look even more dumb. If i said "us straight folk dont give two shits about LGBT peoples opinions" you would break your finger smashing the report button. Its pretty funny

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UnfairRepresent
05/14/20 12:21:01 AM
#98:


Sackgurl posted...


if by ignore you mean idolize

these are the kinds of people who think that by eating steak and drinking whiskey they are emulating ron swanson

To be fair, I think capitalism is to blame for this

If you made Duke Nukem but he was gay and went around fucking and saving hunky men all game, no one would buy it.

When 98% of the population biologically feels a certain way, characters in media are going to reflect that and it's not hypocrisy, it's a different situation.
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IShall_Run_Amok
05/14/20 12:25:12 AM
#99:


UnfairRepresent posted...
If you made Duke Nukem but he was gay and went around f***ing and saving hunky men all game, no one would buy it.
I would play the shit out of a Tom of Finland FPS and I'm not even all that gay.

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UnfairRepresent
05/14/20 12:26:06 AM
#100:


IShall_Run_Amok posted...

I would play the shit out of a Tom of Finland FPS and I'm not even all that gay.

I'd probably play it too because it sounds hilarious

But it wouldn't sell many copies. It wouldn't make a profit as a Triple A game.
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epik_fail1
05/14/20 12:28:28 AM
#101:


Keith_Valentine posted...
Thats funny. You are a small minority. Imagine if 'cishets' treated you the way you are acting itt. Lol you would never have any representation at all. You are the ones demanding to be in popular culture. If i said to you what you just said, i would be Warned on this site.

Check your privilege and elitism. Thanks for instantly proving my point, bud.

I mean technically most lgbt are "cishets" anyway...

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