Am I being over sensitive?

[galadriel1010]

'Miracle Gay'. Not big and not clever. More immature and damaging, actually. If I thought it were a comment on how over the top the gay jokes are and the fact that it comes across as vaguely homophobic, then maybe. But I really don't get that feeling, I think it's more of the 'it's so gay' that's hurting young LGBT people so badly.

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[beesandbrews.livejournal.com]

Maybe it'll help, and maybe it won't, but it is possible for words to have more than one meaning. In this case 'gay' has the traditional meaning of 'happy', the older slang meaning of 'stupid' which is the way it's being used here and had nothing to do with sexual orientation (at least it didn't when I was a kid), and the contemporary prefered in some quarters meaning of homosexual.

(It's also possible, and this is pure speculation, that because the inevitable 'cause' of the miracle is going to be Jack and something to do with his past lover, that it's clumsy wordplay spoiler on the plot.)

[fiwen1010.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd be happy with the dual meaning of happy and homosexual, but the 'bad' seems to have come from it meaning homosexual (in my experience, anyway) and it's hurting gay kids.

If the miracle is because of Jack I will... write that fic where Gwen turns herself into a stick insect and lives out the rest of her life in a jar on Jack's desk. Jack has suffered more than enough already, considering we've only had four series.

[beesandbrews.livejournal.com]

I'd get a head start on it. Episode 7 airs on Friday and there's going to be a major reveal.

[fiwen1010.livejournal.com]

I'll finish the honeymoon fic first for the happies (and the deadline) and then have it ready to go up on Saturday morning.

[beesandbrews.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to it. :)