Slash Rant

[petitecuriosity]

Disclaimer: The thoughts expressed here are purely my opinions. I apologize in advance if I offend anyone.

Comments

[a_single_plum]

I agree with all of your points, especially on friendship. It's a huge personal peeve of mine that media and even well-meaning ordinary people don't like to acknowledge that someone can have a happy, fulfilling life with non-romantic close friendships to both sexes (and no children/desire for children, but that's a different topic!).

I don't watch Glee, so I can't comment in detail, but I know there is (was?) a lesbian relationship between two of the characters, and I believe there are two male characters in a relationship as well.

I also want to add that with regards to House and House/Wilson, I agree with sassyjumper's comments above. :) But I always hoped they'd do a House/Simpsons crossover, because animation seems to be able to go farther than live-action TV. I've read that The Simpsons did the first network television male/male kiss in a Season 2 episode, which would have aired sometime in 1990, I think. Maybe it is just an animation thing, but it seems like Fox/the show producers/actors/etc. (I don't know much about the other big networks, so I won't compare) were much more willing to take risks and push boundaries 20+ years ago.

[petitecuriosity]

Glee is a good example. Thank you for listing that.

That's a good point on animation as well. Animation seems a bit more willing to go where live-action TV won't.

[cuddyclothes]

Animation goes much, much farther than the rest of television. Example: South Park! That has broken so many boundaries it's incredible.

[petitecuriosity]

South Park is a good example. Sometimes, I've watched it and wondered "How the hell is that even allowed on television?" Are you a fan of South Park, or not particularly?

[cuddyclothes]

I loved it, and I loved the movie. We bought the soundtrack album. But it's been on too long.