Thanks for the link. If I adored Neil as much as I think I do, you'd think I'd read his page more often on my own.
I like what he said about only keeping things relevant to the story in the story, certainly. But I also like what was said in a recent EW editorial arguing that gay presence in the entertainment medium is down (a mere 1.1% of characters in network TV), and that's a drastic underrepresentation.
I personally don't think making kids aware of gays is a bad thing. I'm not asking for JKR to throw in a blowjob scene, for heaven's sake. And I read so much slash nowadays that the lines are blurry, but wasn't Harry's intense admiration of the Half-Blood Prince given mildly homosexual overtones in the book (or at the very least gentle ribbing from his friends), or is that just fanfic?
Re: Yeah, but he had at least one entry before, I'm sure of it.
I like what he said about only keeping things relevant to the story in the story, certainly. But I also like what was said in a recent EW editorial arguing that gay presence in the entertainment medium is down (a mere 1.1% of characters in network TV), and that's a drastic underrepresentation.
I personally don't think making kids aware of gays is a bad thing. I'm not asking for JKR to throw in a blowjob scene, for heaven's sake. And I read so much slash nowadays that the lines are blurry, but wasn't Harry's intense admiration of the Half-Blood Prince given mildly homosexual overtones in the book (or at the very least gentle ribbing from his friends), or is that just fanfic?