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politedemon · 3 years

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Hello!! I just wanted to comment on why I think people are so obsessed with the captain coming out. Before I say anything I just want to add that omg there are so many other things I’m excited about like seeing more from Mary and her backstory maybe learning a lot more about Humphrey because I love those two a lot. I want to see more of Mike I absolutely adore him and omg I know she’s technically one of the main characters but I want to know everything about Allison she is wonderful and need I even mention kitty she’s also just an absolute gem. Point being I love them all and am excited for all of them to return

That being out of the way I think people get a bad rep with the whole captain thing. I don’t think many people are excited about season 4 just because of the captain I would argue that everyone who watches the show, like me, is at least partly attached to all the characters and excited for all of them to return. I think people are just being more vocal about the prospect of him coming out because it’s exciting. I’m bisexual and gay characters that are developed well, not poked fun at on a basis of ‘being gay is wierd/wrong’ and robbed of all potential happiness is somewhat of an oddity even today, especially in a dumb comedy that isn’t really trying to make any huge world changing declarations. It’s nice that the show doesn’t feel the need to continuously Pat themselves on the back for daring to have a gay character and I do genuinely love that.

Anyways; the point I’m rambling on and trying (probably failing) to make is that people are attached to characters like this because it’s nice for people to feel represented. I think people are excited about him coming out because it’s encouraging. It sounds so stupid but I literally came out to my mum because I watched a show ages ago and one of the characters in it had this bisexual coming out scene.

I personally don’t think it’s a problem if people come to the show and stay for one particular character, particularly if the reason for doing so is because they feel represented because of the inclusion of said character. After all, a huge amount of people started watching ghosts because of Matthew baynton and I think that’s great! Watch it for whatever reason as long as you watch it because it’s funny!

Anyways, I was basically just trying to explain why I think people are so excited.

I hope you’re having a good day :)

hi! so i do get where you are coming from with this, but that post was made over a week ago in response to there being several posts along the lines of 'there has to be an s4! cap hasn't come out yet!' which was getting really annoying to me. i didn't even tag it and the post still got 90 notes so clearly i wasn't the only one getting frustrated.

now i know that ppl have their faves, or even watch for one character, but that does get really annoying for people who enjoy the show as a whole to try and seek content for that show to only be able to find people talking about one or a few characters, especially considering those characters tend to be the white men only.

and on top of that, i've never been a fan of ppl insisting cap needs to come out. i don't think he does. that isn't to say that i would be mad if he did, but the idea that gay characters only 'count' as gay characters if they come out. like, i'm a lesbian, i love being a lesbian, i'm not out to my family bc i don't see the point for me, personally. does that make me any less gay? ofc not. the captain has clearly accepted himself internally, has clearly gone through character development from s1 wrt his sexuality and is undoubtedly a gay character. that's what the post was about and it was again untagged and intended to just be an annoyed thought on my own blog. i know there are people who disagree with me and i don't mind that! and idc that people are excited about the idea, just that ppl were acting like it was the only thing to be excited about

#i do get the representation thing a little bc ghosts isnt great with representation but personally i dont think him coming out affects that

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