Just having some thinky thoughts
Aug. 12th, 2008 06:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hilsSo, I was reading an essay about Inara last night and mention was made of the one time she takes a female client during Firefly. I started thinking about gay characters in the Jossverse.
Willow and Tara (correct me if I'm wrong) have been praised as being one of the most believeable gay couples on TV and of course Joss is praised with his feminist empowerment of female characters.
I started to think. So far we have had lesbian scenes with Willow and Tara, Willow and Kennedy, Inara and her client, and Buffy and Satsu.
Where are the male gay scenes?
It's struck me that there are few male gay characters in the Jossverse. Larry of course was there, but he was very much a background character and died at the end of Season 3. I think most people are now of the opinion that Andrew is gay but I don't recall it ever being stated in canon.
Andrew is very much a source of ridicule in the 'verse. He's comic relief. There is the obvious implied things between Spike and Angel, and Spike and Xander to a lesser extent, but I'm talking about actual relationships here. I could add Buffy/Faith and others to the list above if we're just talking about implied stuff.
I don't know about anyone else (and this isn't just because I'm a slasher) but I would love to see a believeable and true male gay relationship in Joss's universe.
And the moment it seems to me that he is just fulfilling every males obsession with lesbians.
Thoughts? Comments? I'm waiting for someone to point out a character or relationship that I've forgotten. LOL!
Willow and Tara (correct me if I'm wrong) have been praised as being one of the most believeable gay couples on TV and of course Joss is praised with his feminist empowerment of female characters.
I started to think. So far we have had lesbian scenes with Willow and Tara, Willow and Kennedy, Inara and her client, and Buffy and Satsu.
Where are the male gay scenes?
It's struck me that there are few male gay characters in the Jossverse. Larry of course was there, but he was very much a background character and died at the end of Season 3. I think most people are now of the opinion that Andrew is gay but I don't recall it ever being stated in canon.
Andrew is very much a source of ridicule in the 'verse. He's comic relief. There is the obvious implied things between Spike and Angel, and Spike and Xander to a lesser extent, but I'm talking about actual relationships here. I could add Buffy/Faith and others to the list above if we're just talking about implied stuff.
I don't know about anyone else (and this isn't just because I'm a slasher) but I would love to see a believeable and true male gay relationship in Joss's universe.
And the moment it seems to me that he is just fulfilling every males obsession with lesbians.
Thoughts? Comments? I'm waiting for someone to point out a character or relationship that I've forgotten. LOL!