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during the 2016
san diego comic con steven moffat
participated in a panel on queer
representation
he proclaimed that queer representation
should be subtle
that it should be portrayed as a normal
thing without anything to campaign about
with these comments and others many fans
of the show began to take these
statements
to demonstrate that mafat was secretly
planning to confirm that the characters
in his show
john watson and sherlock holmes were a
couple for a few moments
people rejoiced finally after years of
analyzing and scrutinizing the show
the meta writers of complex subtext
analysis
were happy to be validated however a few
days later
moffat cleared his statements in an
interview his statements weren't about
him
john locke wasn't going to be confirmed
he's not a part of the problem he claims
he's an advocate but his show no it's
clear that his show isn't a part
of the problem the subject of who you
prefer to date is unlikely to come up in
the middle of the crisis you know
damn it homes you are flesh and blood
you have feelings you have
you must have impulses
he yells that the fans are actually the
problem here because
begging for representation where we see
it to him
is trivializing the issue i've talked
about the history of subtext before
how before the 1970s portrayals of lgbt
people had to
legally be only subtextual in the united
states
this historical tradition of making any
lgbt undertone subtextual
has resulted in the unique skill of lgbt
people to spot subtextual portrayals of
themselves
for example a bisexual person is more
likely to spot when a person in the
media is actually bisexual
but a new phenomenon has been popping up
in relatively
recent history shows will hint that an
lgbt romance is taking place
but disregard that back later now many
of the fans can differentiate between
friendship and romance
they're not opposed to heterosexual
pairings but there are times when
looks words and actions combine to
indicate a romance
how aware is moffat of his own fanbase
that he claims that asking for
representation that is desperately
needed
is somehow trivializing the issue after
people have dedicated years of their
lives to the pairing
he not only shoots them down but he does
it in a completely disrespectful way
and it completely fazes me how
co-creator mark gadis could even stand
for such a practice being queer himself
sherlock isn't the only show that does
this it's a phenomenon
supernatural is often called out as
another prime offender
the characters deed and castiel have a
relationship that's been built up for
years and yet
we have yet to see the outcome that fans
have been expecting
uh i love being character having more
confidence
i'm bisexual and i've noticed impossible
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not only extends to the queer community
but race to some issues in other areas
nowadays so many shows and movies will
bring in a female character
and after a few minutes of screen time
automatically expect the audience to
believe that a love story is brewing
and the audience buys it they allow
female characters to be nothing more
than a love interest
while at the same time declaring that a
pairing with much more build up and
romance is invalid
just because they're lgbt at times
you'll get the creators of show being
asked questions that make it seem like
they're alluding to a gay romance
in merlin merlin and arthur are often
shown as being very close to the point
of a romance being suspected
the creators have often said that merlin
was a love story between two men
we have show creators saying that these
pairings are love stories
but then show no payoff for their claims
they hide under the thinly veiled
excuses of audience interpretation and
platonic romances while at the same time
advocating for the visible and
recognizable representation of queer
people
the same thing happened with x-men once
again charles xavier and eric langer had
a long and very
intimate relationship the actors agreed
with the statements of love stories
simon kinberg stated that the newest
film would be the culmination of a
three-act love story between eric and
charles
and yet they laugh at a fan made music
video about the two characters
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what exactly are they laughing at at the
fact that they're just realizing the
story was a love story
would the same thing happen if they
showed a heterosexual pairing fan video
and then the actual turnout of the movie
they brought back the female love
interest and stuck to the same old
storyline that we've always
seen they could have made history done
something revolutionary made their movie
memorable
but what do they do instead nothing
they were too afraid but throughout all
of this
i can't disregard our glimmer of hope
alongside steven moffat on that now
infamous comic-con panel
was brian fuller brian fuller did
something unique with the show hannibal
he explored the depths of the
relationships between two male
characters
he knew that while their relationship
was complex
that didn't mean it couldn't be a
romance he knows what
love's story actually means he knows
when
dynamics turn from platonic to romantic
he allowed it he played with it he
embraced it
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in love with me i think hannibal is a
very broadly spectrum human being
fallen angel who probably is capable and
interested in everything humanity has to
offer
whereas will graham is very definitely
heterosexual
but that does not necessarily prevent us
from a homoerotic subtext
it's practically text in a couple of
episodes just because we really want to
explore the intimacy of these two men
in an unexpected way without sexualizing
them
but including a perception of sexuality
that the cinema is actually
portraying to the audience more than the
characters are
what fuller is doing here is
acknowledging that even if the
characters don't kiss
he's well aware that the film and story
suggests a romance
he's open about it and he's not afraid
to talk about it rather than
being afraid of fan questions like
people involved in other shows
although brian fuller's hannibal isn't
the perfect and all-encompassing
representation that we are looking for
it's an immense step forward it's
changing the way
that queer characters are being
portrayed it shows
that what the viewers are seeing is
valid and
that the romance isn't a delusion in the
legend of korra a romance was hinted at
between the two characters
korra and asami the same thing was said
among fans
they aren't in love you guys just want
to see the gay and everything
and in the finale their romance was
confirmed
did the creators intentionally set out
from the beginning to make it a romance
no but they understand the concerns of
fans
they understand that this is what the
fans wanted and
it's what queer people need they
understood that the story they were
putting out began to border on romantic
and instead of dismissing the subtext as
if it wasn't there
they embraced it too though the creators
of content have a right to make tv shows
and films
that correspond to their visions they
should also be able to listen to the
valid criticism of fans rather than
saying they're
trivializing an important issue no
steven moffat this
isn't silly we are not just delusional
people with silly ideas
we're the people you're advocating the
representation of
we're the people that you want to help
you're the one who's trivializing the
struggle for representation
to all the creators out there listen to
your fans
think about the dynamics you're
portraying make us visible without
killing us off
make us visible without making us a
token stereotype
please make us visible
you decide
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so everybody have a nice day thanks for
everything
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