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Julien in The Shield

*SPOILERS FOR ALL 7 SEASONS OF THE SHIELD* Okay here's another rant for a show that I haven't shared to many people There is a character in a FX crime procedural The Shield named Julian Lowe. And he has one storyline for his character He's gay And how does his storyline play out T E R R I B L Y  After struggling for a while with internalized anti gay hatred he places himself into conversion therapy, forces himself to be straight and marries a woman. But guess what, that isn't the end of it. While trying to have a child he goes to a sperm bank and masturbates to gay porn and we have a scene where he aggressively reacts to a fellow cop named Tina when she says she has no problem with gay people and a brief scene that i didn't even remember until I went to the Wikipedia page to suggest he still had a desire to be himself......IN THE FINAL EPISODE!!!!!!! Wow. A great opportunity to have a good plot for a gay character dealing with anti gay sentiment and self hatred and

The Diversity in Misfits

 **WARNING THIS WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR ALL 5 SEASONS OF MISFITS!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED** OK i have been meaning to talk about this online for a while. Last year in March i finished Misfits cause i thought it was going to be removed off of Hulu (it hasn't) But after i finished it and did some thinking i came to a conclusion......The diversity in Misfits sucks To state, I am a white guy so i have plenty of privileges over many oppressed groups of people and i can't speak for a group i don't belong to but i will use my white privilege to call out instances of bigotry (whether blatant or subtle) Now let's start with the People Of Color. First off we have 3 main POC characters (Curtis, Alisha and Jess). All three are of (and for Alisha and Jess partial) African descent but notice that Curtis is basically the only dark skinned major Black character while for the Black girls (Alisha, Jess as well as Nikki who was a recurring character) are all bi-racial, light skinned gir

Introduction

 Hello There, First off Let me state some facts about myself My name is Devon. I am autistic and queer and i love media (TV shows, Books and Comics in particular) With this blog i intend to share my thoughts in mote detailed spoilery discussions as well as do some recommendations here and there. Hope you enjoy some autistic queer guy sharing his thoughts and opinions on stuff