I should also say that I haven't read Archie comics in years so I don't know anything about that canon version of Kevin and that his character does feel a bit like baiting without follow through.
Don't worry; I don't think you sounded like a jerk at all! And if I come across as at all frustrated or rude in my response, it's because I'm angered with the portrayal both on the show and in the media in general.
My first rant about Kevin is here, where I discussed his character in the comics compared to the show. The main aspect of Kevin Keller was that he was very much not a stereotypical character in the comics. His portrayal was so well done that the writer of Kevin's series, Dan Parent, won the Outstanding Comic Book Annual GLAAD Media Award.
The thing for me is that non-stereotypical gay characters are the exception in media, not the norm. Gay stereotypes abound in shows like Glee and Modern Family. If you watch a show that's mainly about and written by straight people, chances are, the gay character is going to play to one stereotype or another.
To me, Riverdale deciding to take a non-stereotypical gay character and make him into a walking, talking stereotype with no further personality is just another way of othering
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My first rant about Kevin is here, where I discussed his character in the comics compared to the show. The main aspect of Kevin Keller was that he was very much not a stereotypical character in the comics. His portrayal was so well done that the writer of Kevin's series, Dan Parent, won the Outstanding Comic Book Annual GLAAD Media Award.
The thing for me is that non-stereotypical gay characters are the exception in media, not the norm. Gay stereotypes abound in shows like Glee and Modern Family. If you watch a show that's mainly about and written by straight people, chances are, the gay character is going to play to one stereotype or another.
To me, Riverdale deciding to take a non-stereotypical gay character and make him into a walking, talking stereotype with no further personality is just another way of othering ( ... )
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I see what you mean if he is so divergent from canon.
I need to catch up on this show tbh. I'm now an episode I think behind.
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