I was watching an anime this season that unexpectedly to me turned out to have a large gay subplot.All of the characters turned out to be gay men and they’re all infatuated with the main character.
I was surprised that I found that entire subplot and its associated scenes so incredibly tedious. It made me wonder whether gay people feel the same way watching straight romances.
I find almost all depictions of romance in fiction to be tedious, if not cringe. For me it’s less about the gender or number of participants and more about writers not knowing how to depict an authentic, realistic romance.
That being said, Academy’s depiction of Lura and Jett’s relationship is just right to me. I was skeptical about the show because all I hear from both sides of the political aisle is how bad it is, but it’s surprisingly good.
Personally, yeah usually. A poorly written sapphic romance can hold my interest, but a straight one has to have me really caring about the characters or finding the romance relatable (Sanderson is really good for that) in order for me to not be wanting it to hurry up and get back to the good stuff.
I watched the orphan black reboot. Pretty much all the women are lesbians. I think it was the only way to make the plot line work. But I’m like. … In the real world it’s just not THAT common.
I mean I laughed just cause it seemed like they had to make all the women gay to make the new story work with the previous story.
If you watch it you will get what I mean. I wasn’t bothered by it though. Just amused a bit. Never seen so many lesbians in a TV show like that.
They did do it well though. Didn’t stoop to using stereotypes or the masculine-fem pairing that is prevalent in gay media representation.
My gay friend says that cis producers can’t imagine genuine gay couples that don’t have a man-woman dynamic (mostly cause of cultural gender roles in a relationship ), So they always project this onto gay couples. I think he’s right about that.
I was watching an anime this season that unexpectedly to me turned out to have a large gay subplot.All of the characters turned out to be gay men and they’re all infatuated with the main character.
I was surprised that I found that entire subplot and its associated scenes so incredibly tedious. It made me wonder whether gay people feel the same way watching straight romances.
I find almost all depictions of romance in fiction to be tedious, if not cringe. For me it’s less about the gender or number of participants and more about writers not knowing how to depict an authentic, realistic romance.
That being said, Academy’s depiction of Lura and Jett’s relationship is just right to me. I was skeptical about the show because all I hear from both sides of the political aisle is how bad it is, but it’s surprisingly good.
Personally, yeah usually. A poorly written sapphic romance can hold my interest, but a straight one has to have me really caring about the characters or finding the romance relatable (Sanderson is really good for that) in order for me to not be wanting it to hurry up and get back to the good stuff.
Its been a good season for the gay anime. It hasn’t bored me, but it has made me actively contrast and compare them with other anime, the same as you.
I watched the orphan black reboot. Pretty much all the women are lesbians. I think it was the only way to make the plot line work. But I’m like. … In the real world it’s just not THAT common.
I mean I laughed just cause it seemed like they had to make all the women gay to make the new story work with the previous story.
If you watch it you will get what I mean. I wasn’t bothered by it though. Just amused a bit. Never seen so many lesbians in a TV show like that.
They did do it well though. Didn’t stoop to using stereotypes or the masculine-fem pairing that is prevalent in gay media representation.
My gay friend says that cis producers can’t imagine genuine gay couples that don’t have a man-woman dynamic (mostly cause of cultural gender roles in a relationship ), So they always project this onto gay couples. I think he’s right about that.