Re: Why would Narishma be a good gay character?
lilltempest Send a noteboard - 14/01/2013 09:37:27 PM
Personally I thought making Ethenielle's Sword Bearer gay fit perfectly into why she hadn't married him without being "token".
I never thought there needed to be an overt statement about there being homosexual men in the series. Seemed rather obvious that with all the lesbians that there would be gay men as well. I was always more bothered by the vilification of most of the lesbian characters in the books. The two women who were the most overt lesbians were Galina and Elaida ... I'm fairly certain lesbians aren't all mean as snakes.
I never thought there needed to be an overt statement about there being homosexual men in the series. Seemed rather obvious that with all the lesbians that there would be gay men as well. I was always more bothered by the vilification of most of the lesbian characters in the books. The two women who were the most overt lesbians were Galina and Elaida ... I'm fairly certain lesbians aren't all mean as snakes.
I never thought there needed to be an overt statement either, but some people have thrown little tantrums from the beginning that there were so many lesbians but no gay men. As far as the "vilification" of the gay women in the series, I don't think that was how RJ meant to present it. To me, it was, instead, a statement about the anti-man culture at the WT and how it affected certain women. In the beginning, he seemed to want to show the Red Ajah as a bunch of man haters so we would never suspect that someone like Pevara would be hidden within their ranks. But that's just my take on it... *shrugs*
As for why I think Narishma would've been a good gay character, it's mainly because he's bonded to Merise and it would've added a surprising twist. Here she is, Mistress Sadist from Hell, with her new boytoy-slave, Narishma. We see glimpses of the two of them, with her treating him like a total slave and him eating up the humiliation and abuse like someone's feeding him filet mignon, but we see a little flash of a spine when he told the rebels off despite Merise admonishing him (and making it seem she'd beat the shit out of him later for it). It would've been an interesting twist to see a Merise scene where she's confused about what to do because Narishma has "changed" in her eyes, then him coming to her and flat out telling her that he couldn't be her boytoy anymore and that he had true feelings for someone else...a man. It would've been worth watching her head explode, if nothing else. I really can't stand that woman, and she made me hate Narishma as well...having a scene like this would've made me like him more and, if she hadn't been a complete douche about it, it might have been a nice scene to show that her character has a heart and isn't just obsessed with beating men into submission.
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10/01/2013 12:43:22 PM
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10/01/2013 03:32:21 PM
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Political correctness, at its best.
10/01/2013 04:41:08 PM
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That you're offended at gay people for having the temerity to exist is hilarious.
13/01/2013 12:15:48 PM
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Nothing she said indicated that; she only objected to throwaway characters for the sake of gayness.
14/01/2013 06:01:36 PM
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That you jump to the conclusion that I'm offended by gay characters is both laugable and sad...
14/01/2013 06:06:30 PM
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i was disappointed that it wasnt anyone remotely close to having a POV
13/01/2013 01:33:02 AM
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Narishma would've been perfect, and would've made sense...
14/01/2013 06:50:32 PM
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Why would Narishma be a good gay character?
14/01/2013 08:18:35 PM
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Re: Why would Narishma be a good gay character?
14/01/2013 09:37:27 PM
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Lesbian does not equal man hater, which is why I never liked that the two most prominent
15/01/2013 12:05:15 AM
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Weren't Siuan and Moiriane lovers?
15/01/2013 07:35:16 AM
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Culture plays a role in how people see homosexuals, not in there being homosexuals
15/01/2013 10:50:14 PM
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I didn't say anything about that. I said that culture plays a role in determining sexual expression.
16/01/2013 02:17:45 AM
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I think we will have to agree to disagree ... People are born the way they are
16/01/2013 04:21:33 AM
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