#(i just like having opinionssss on thingssss)

[sammygender]

i have this problem where i actually really like work that dwells on like. homophobia and transphobia or whatever. to a worrying extent. and always makes its gay characters face it. and makes them meet with tragedy. like of course i detest the fact that its often/was often the only thing that exists but me, personally, i sometimes LIKE it. i find it cathartic. and besides it feels realer and rawer to me than the 20th quirky bisexual on like sex education or heartbreak high or whatever new teen show there is. theres something so much realer about so much ‘problematic’ 2000s gay representation lmfao

#controversial take maybe? #IDK. it’s just more authentic to my experience. maybe it’s just that some tv is better than other tv #like it’s probably unfair to compare shameless to heartbreak high but whatever #(have not fully seen either of those shows btw) #but. yeah in the 2000s you had like. maxxie from skins who is a walking stereotype #but i prefer him as gay representation to like fabiola from never have i ever #LMFAO. sorry. i watch too much tv and especially i watch too much bad tv #(i just like having opinionssss on thingssss) #this point is a little unrelated to my own love for deeply miserable works #like that’s just me. i like it when gay people angst forever about it and hate themselves and are victims of homophobia and undergo tragedy #cause that’s so me. that shits cathartic #like cmon i hated myself SO much for being queer when i was a kid why do all these new tv characters get to skip over this phase🙁 #oliver talks #lgbt #trans #lgbt representation