Dear Hollyoaks...
Dear Hollyoaks,
You can just fuck off. Seriously! I gave you a lot of lee-way in the past because you actually presented gay characters in a pretty realistic light (not completely good or bad but realistic). You even had two gay/bisexual characters who were not in a relationship together and never would be; honestly I think that was kind of a first for any soap. But tonight's episode, where you not only presented gay men as being party-hungry screaming queens but you allowed your straight characters to act appalled at being surrounded by and - god forbid - hit on by "a gay". You thought it was okay for them to make derogatory and pretty nasty comments about the possibility of being recruited (like sexuality is as simple as that). That, seriously, I'm done.
If you ever decide to grow your storylines to something a bit more socially responsible and adult than the average school yard slang I might just give you another chance but until then...
no love,
ladyoflisquill
ETA: Oh, and FYI, a twenty-something year old guy having sex with a fifteen year old is not funny. I don't care whether she "wanted" it. Statutory rape is still rape.
You can just fuck off. Seriously! I gave you a lot of lee-way in the past because you actually presented gay characters in a pretty realistic light (not completely good or bad but realistic). You even had two gay/bisexual characters who were not in a relationship together and never would be; honestly I think that was kind of a first for any soap. But tonight's episode, where you not only presented gay men as being party-hungry screaming queens but you allowed your straight characters to act appalled at being surrounded by and - god forbid - hit on by "a gay". You thought it was okay for them to make derogatory and pretty nasty comments about the possibility of being recruited (like sexuality is as simple as that). That, seriously, I'm done.
If you ever decide to grow your storylines to something a bit more socially responsible and adult than the average school yard slang I might just give you another chance but until then...
no love,
ladyoflisquill
ETA: Oh, and FYI, a twenty-something year old guy having sex with a fifteen year old is not funny. I don't care whether she "wanted" it. Statutory rape is still rape.