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geebsOkay, I can see the frustration of the "nerdsbians" and the clear queer baiting SyFy is pulling. This was on the OFFICIAL Warehouse 13 page this afternoon:
What the frick?! Contrast this with the Rizzles Season 4 promotional poster:
The Rizzoli and Isles poster is very lesbionic, but the characters supposedly aren't lesbians, and nothing in the poster necessarily says they are gay. Its subtext. Pretty blatant subtext, but subtext nonetheless.
That WH13 pic though, that is not subtext, that is literally text. They are outright saying Myka is Helena's ex when on the show she is not. And mind you, this isn't some fan made thing, this is "official" promotional material. I can see lesbians feeling like the show is pulling the old bait and switch on them. Its like, the promos act all, "Hey, these two ladies are gay for each other!" But then in the actual show, there is nothing of the sort. They talk about how they're just really good friends. As I said in my post about the ep, sure, you could easily read subtext into all their interactions if you are so inclined. But it is kinda insulting for the show to acknowledge outside of the actual show that the two have chemistry and are all in lesbians with each other, but then straight it all up on the show itself. Would it really take away from the show if either were lesbians?
What the frick?! Contrast this with the Rizzles Season 4 promotional poster:
The Rizzoli and Isles poster is very lesbionic, but the characters supposedly aren't lesbians, and nothing in the poster necessarily says they are gay. Its subtext. Pretty blatant subtext, but subtext nonetheless.
That WH13 pic though, that is not subtext, that is literally text. They are outright saying Myka is Helena's ex when on the show she is not. And mind you, this isn't some fan made thing, this is "official" promotional material. I can see lesbians feeling like the show is pulling the old bait and switch on them. Its like, the promos act all, "Hey, these two ladies are gay for each other!" But then in the actual show, there is nothing of the sort. They talk about how they're just really good friends. As I said in my post about the ep, sure, you could easily read subtext into all their interactions if you are so inclined. But it is kinda insulting for the show to acknowledge outside of the actual show that the two have chemistry and are all in lesbians with each other, but then straight it all up on the show itself. Would it really take away from the show if either were lesbians?
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Date: 2013-06-08 06:08 am (UTC)I did get the impression that part of the reason in the next season Jinks was just matter-of-fact gay is that they took some heat on 'ok, so either be a lesbian/bi/whatever and own it or don't bother with the subtext.'
I haven't seen any W13 yet this season! I'm so behind.
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Date: 2013-06-14 01:57 am (UTC)Regarding Jinks though, yeah he's out, and everyone is cool with it, no big deal, but it wasn't until this past weeks ep that they actually had him have a love interest. It is interesting that that came on the heels of that last ep, like they anticipated the LGBT TV watching community would be up in arms, so they said, "Okay, let's give Jinks something to calm them down!"