[ SECRET POST #2151 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2151 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Scrubs/How I Met Your Mother]


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[Aladdin]


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[Russian politics]


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[World of Warcraft]


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[Hetalia]


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[Community]


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[50 Shades of Grey/Betty]


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[Wreck-It Ralph]


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[American Horror Story]


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[Tom Hiddleston]


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[Young Avengers]


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[Saint Seiya Omega]


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[The Mysterious Cities of Gold]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 022 secrets from Secret Submission Post #307.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt

I'm also gay, so I definitely understand where you're coming from and how portraying a canonical lesbian/gay guy with someone of the opposite sex can be done in an offensive way.

but...

Most fics I've seen that have a canon gay character in a m/f relationship don't actually turn the character straight (of course, this is evidence that I've mostly gathered from Kurt/Rachel fic which is a pairing that I'm a fan of). It just has them realizing that they may be a little more flexible than they previously. I can accept this, because it's...actually something I've seen more than a few times irl. I love the LGBT community but unfortunately some of the people in it (from my experience, I can't speak for everyone of course) can actually be surprisingly close minded. I've known a lot of gay people who are adamant that you're either gay or straight and that bisexuality just isn't really a thing and that the concept is mostly just a cry for attention. I've actually known women who had identified themselves as lesbians for a while and started having feelings for men but they just pushed those feelings down because they were afraid that their friends would view them as a "traitor" for even being attracted to men, which is ridiculous.

Anyway, I totally veered off track on that one. Basically: Turning a gay character straight through the power of pussy in fic? I'm side eyeing you. Having a gay character realize that they don't HAVE to pick one gender or the other to be attracted to? Sure, I can get behind that. You don't have to totally erase someone's sexuality to ship them with a character you like, after all.

[(Anonymous)]

Same anon you answered. Oh, I can understand that, indeed! In fact, it's my case - I fell in love with someone of a gender I never thought I could feel attracted to before (and still don't). I don't mind that, but many people don't do it this way. If done right, it definitely doesn't bothers me, although I have to admit it would probably disturb me if done in ANY way in the canon. In fandom, not so much, of course. Other thing that I've seen a lot is people wanting things like that to happen in the actual series, and not only in AHS, and that makes me genuinely sad, because we already have too little queer characters.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Ah yes, I understand what you mean now! I would be a lot more hesitant about something like this being done in canon too (...especially with this particular pairing). I don't think it's impossible for a show to do something like it well, but it can very easily become...not so good