ok, NOW I'm offended
I may not actually read the Harry Potter books, but I do try to keep up on the news and general info, just so I don't look like a complete idiot compared to my friends. So I've been trying to keep up with the various reactions to this whole "Dumbledore is gay" thing. My favorite is probably over at stardestroyer.net, where most of the SDNers are basically going "so?" It's also the only place I've heard anyone bringing up that one of the creators of Gargoyles apparently did the same thing with Lexington that Rowling did with Dumbledore (that is to say, outing the character through an interview).
Once I remembered which one Lexington was (the little green one with the wings attached to his arms), this actually made me pretty mad: why is it automatically the nerdy gargoyle that's gay (despite repeated attempts to make time with female gargoyles during the course of the cartoon)? Why not Brooklyn or Hudson or... the big pale green one was named Broadway, right? Why does the failure to be a badass close-in fighter equal the desire for buttsex? Who let this stupid macho BS creep into my fandom (even if it's the fandom I never managed to fully indulge due to scheduling conflicts and not having the right channels)?
And yes, if anyone feels like psychoanalysing this post, I'm probably only mad about this because it reminds me of all the kids back in school who decided I must be gay because I didn't like sports.
Once I remembered which one Lexington was (the little green one with the wings attached to his arms), this actually made me pretty mad: why is it automatically the nerdy gargoyle that's gay (despite repeated attempts to make time with female gargoyles during the course of the cartoon)? Why not Brooklyn or Hudson or... the big pale green one was named Broadway, right? Why does the failure to be a badass close-in fighter equal the desire for buttsex? Who let this stupid macho BS creep into my fandom (even if it's the fandom I never managed to fully indulge due to scheduling conflicts and not having the right channels)?
And yes, if anyone feels like psychoanalysing this post, I'm probably only mad about this because it reminds me of all the kids back in school who decided I must be gay because I didn't like sports.