The gay characters
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Cosima324 — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 02:34 AM)
Well you are quite right, if a storyline is poorly written, or perceived as being poorly written- the show could potentially suffer. (At least in the eyes of the beholder.) And yes- your personal experiences don't have anything to do with the acceptance of poor story telling, if that's what you feel is happening.
However, a large portion of my sentiments were directed at the fact that the previous poster was dismissing the difficulties of being gay these days, inferring that it should be easy being gay and coming out. That's all. We sort of got away from discussing the show itself and moved more on to personal opinions. I have mine and the previous poster has his/hers- I can respect that.
I've yet to comment on the legitimacy of the writing of Alex's storyline, but I can see that many people truly don't care that she's gay, they care that it seems to be a poorly written arc. I think it's written and playing out naturally, but I also feel as though it does take up a large percentage of screen time right now. For me, I don't mind, but I can see how some others may want less screentime on that topic and more screentime on the actual show about the alien fighting crime. I get it.
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DebLovesBeccy — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 03:46 AM)
Really, being gay and coming out isn't difficult these days?? Because people like Pence who support conversion therapy of LGBT youth and a bill to allow discrimination against gays to protect "religious freedoms" and Trump who included the desire to appoint a Conservative Supreme Court justice in the hopes of overturning the gay marriage ruling in his campaign push (which he has since reversed that sentiment) proves that even in 2016- gays are NOT widely accepted. And yes- it's a huge struggle because of that fact. Unless you've walked in those shoes, please don't assume to know how easy it should be. Many people still hate gays, plain and simple. Look at the backlash and nasty posts on this board alone!!
Well said.
We still face a lot of discrimination in our day to day lives and the suicide rates for homosexual people are very high here in Australia and many people blame that on bullying homosexual people face in schools, universities and the workplace which is at the highest it has been in the past 5 years. I have been lucky not to face any myself lately but I know of people that do and there was a guy that was killed by two people at his work just for being homosexual not far away from where I lived. I grew up with a homophobic Mother and Father who abandoned me when I came out and my Father was always putting homosexual people down when I was a kid and it made me hate myself and feel like a freak when I started having feeling for my best friend. Her parents were devout Christians and they have very old and outdated views about homosexuality and were very controlling and when they started to suspect there was something going on between us they wouldnt let her see me anymore. We are together now but we should have never been kept apart for all those years.
Unless you ARE gay, you don't know the struggles and triumphs personally
No. They don't and never will but the truth is they don't care 'cause they think we deserve the discrimination we have gotten over the years. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and it was really bad here in Australia back then and even though it is not as bad now same sex marriages are still not legal here thanks to our backwards Liberal government and to try and say it doesn't exist when it still happens every day shows how homophobic they are.
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Cosima324 — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 04:46 AM)
Thanks for the support. Being in America- I still face discrimination. I had a person in the healthcare field treat me horribly once she found out I was gay, only 1 year ago! And no, I didn't throw it in her face as some like to think gays do. She was making conversation, connecting with me as a patient, and asked about my personal life. The face she had when she found out was horrifying, her affect changed and she was no longer cordial or kind after that. So, the hate does still occur in this day and age, sadly.
I'm sorry you've faced such struggles, I know how hard it can be. My parents, while they weren't outwardly anti-gay, certainly were not supportive of it. My mom has since passed and my dad is now accepting. luckily. I feel for you, losing family due to your orientation. Sad.
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LithMaethor — 9 years ago(November 26, 2016 11:13 PM)
Not necessarily true. You can be not-homophobic (or even gay, shocking) and still have an issue with how gay characters are presented, for a variety of reasons. And that's without even putting ideologies into the mix.
You're suffering from delusions of adequacy.
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monkeyjeebusx — 9 years ago(November 27, 2016 09:10 AM)
it was so pushed. like you cant just have gay characters you have to force it on a regular character so she could try to fit in. not that hey maggie youre a cool friend i want to sleep with you and not just be friends cause like all friends are supposed to make moves on eachother. everything has to be sexual.
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davidb10010 — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 01:36 AM)
I don't believe there was any "Let me jump in your pants." issue here.
Yes, Alex wanted to be with Maggie, but I don't see it as a "Instant gratification." thing.
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rushmoras — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 02:30 AM)
Nope, I did not stop watching the show. The gay plot-line does not bother me, of course, it could have been handled way more professionally. Also, I have no issue with political messages in this show, however, again, it could be done way more professionally.
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Totemkauf — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 06:57 AM)
Yeah it's bad writing. They're so obviously forcing Supergirl being a hero , they keep showing her save people. Don't get me wrong , I have nothing against super people , I have several super friends. But every time I see a super do something heroic on this show I feel like it's being forced down my throat.
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Totemkauf — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 08:29 AM)
No , I'm just someone who believes in replying to the latest post to keep things linear. As opposed to having sub replies where it gets inserted higher up on the list of posts.
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davidb10010 — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 02:45 PM)
I don't think it's a very wise idea to state you stopped watching a show because of gay characters.
This is 2016. That kind of stuff really doesn't belong after 2010.
Heck, the fact that there's still hatred and bigotry towards gays makes me mad, and I'm straight. I hate bigotry.
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nostairwaydenied — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 03:20 PM)
Dumbass that wasn't the point of my post. I didn't stop watching because of this issue alone. I said it was one of the many if not the biggest part why I stopped watching because I did at one point like parts of Season 1. There's only so many times I can skip scenes of a forced gay story line taking place while the characters act like Alex was struggling with something really traumatic. I feel bad for Chyler who's better when she's an agent than some teenager from the 70s with an identity crisis.
Being gay isn't a life struggle. People don't hate gays, a good majority don't care. What they do care about is their agenda being forced in their faces in entertainment just to string along the PC messages loud and clear. Berlanti needs to stop injecting his own personal opinions into the show and maybe it can become tolerable to watch again. It's too far leftist to just be entertained anymore. I could even bypass the feminine gobbledy**** they normally throw in there to appease the SJW that overpraise this show. I don't think it's going away, the ratings aren't exactly Flash's. They need to dial back the social justice crap to win back their audience. -
drawsdakcab — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 10:59 PM)
You're wrong. I tried to think of a subtler way of saying that but I couldn't. You are simply wrong. You seem to believe because homophobia isn't actively encouraged by society as a whole it doesn't exist. People hate gays the same way they hate every other group on this planet. And the majority of people you mention (which includes me) do support discrimination passively. This show isn't pushing a leftist agenda. The feminine gobbledy**** isn't ruining the show. You think this show needs to win back its audience. I think the audience needs to embrace the show as is.
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Cosima324 — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 04:16 AM)
Clearly it's your right to believe what you believe. I've seen it first hand, there ARE people who hate gays, much the same as there are people who hate minorities, middle eastern folks, Canadians- you name it there's hate.
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