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queer_fest, that the bisexual H. G. Wells on Warehouse 13, whom I've been eager to meet, is not the H. G. Wells but an original character, and a woman.
I thought there was going to be an actual queer man on a US-ian sff show. How stupid am I?
*sigh* I'm disappointed. Obviously it's good to have any (non-offensive) queer representation, but a queer female character isn't as thrilling for me personally as a queer man would have been. And my disappointment isn't helped by the feeling that showrunners tend to write in bisexual women rather than lesbians or gay or bi men because they think it's the form of queer sexuality that will piss off the fewest viewers, especially straight male viewers (who as we all know are the only ones that really matter).
I haven't actually met the character yet. I don't know if she's going to be written in an offensive way, as the "hot bi chick" out of a straight man's wank fantasy. Presumably she's not, since people whose judgment I respect think she's awesome.
But I'm sick of there not being any non-straight male characters on any science fiction and fantasy shows (except Torchwood, of course, and as some of you know, I have serious issues with the way Torchwood depicted same-sex relationships in comparison to female/male relationships). I want to see gay men and bi men. And lesbians, too! Why can't shows have several queer characters? Why can't a variety of queer sexualities be included?
Why is sff, which pats itself on the back as the genre that's about exploration and breaking boundaries and going beyond the mundane, so fucking gutless?
ETA: And having now met W13's H. G. Wells, I'm afraid I would much rather have James MacPherson back.
And I'm still trying to figure out why James's original crime, using the Phoenix to save his wife while knowing that doing so would kill other people, was supposed to be so evil. It's not the most ethical of decisions, and it's certainly a decision that it's not acceptable for a W13 agent to make, but it's also one that a hell of a lot of people would make in similar circumstances. It was never sufficiently explained how we got from that James to murdering!semi-sociopath!James.
It would've been so awesome if James had got to live and beArtie's boyfriend redeemed instead of turning to dust.
queer_fest, that the bisexual H. G. Wells on Warehouse 13, whom I've been eager to meet, is not the H. G. Wells but an original character, and a woman.I thought there was going to be an actual queer man on a US-ian sff show. How stupid am I?
*sigh* I'm disappointed. Obviously it's good to have any (non-offensive) queer representation, but a queer female character isn't as thrilling for me personally as a queer man would have been. And my disappointment isn't helped by the feeling that showrunners tend to write in bisexual women rather than lesbians or gay or bi men because they think it's the form of queer sexuality that will piss off the fewest viewers, especially straight male viewers (who as we all know are the only ones that really matter).
I haven't actually met the character yet. I don't know if she's going to be written in an offensive way, as the "hot bi chick" out of a straight man's wank fantasy. Presumably she's not, since people whose judgment I respect think she's awesome.
But I'm sick of there not being any non-straight male characters on any science fiction and fantasy shows (except Torchwood, of course, and as some of you know, I have serious issues with the way Torchwood depicted same-sex relationships in comparison to female/male relationships). I want to see gay men and bi men. And lesbians, too! Why can't shows have several queer characters? Why can't a variety of queer sexualities be included?
Why is sff, which pats itself on the back as the genre that's about exploration and breaking boundaries and going beyond the mundane, so fucking gutless?
ETA: And having now met W13's H. G. Wells, I'm afraid I would much rather have James MacPherson back.
And I'm still trying to figure out why James's original crime, using the Phoenix to save his wife while knowing that doing so would kill other people, was supposed to be so evil. It's not the most ethical of decisions, and it's certainly a decision that it's not acceptable for a W13 agent to make, but it's also one that a hell of a lot of people would make in similar circumstances. It was never sufficiently explained how we got from that James to murdering!semi-sociopath!James.
It would've been so awesome if James had got to live and be
