Plus Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I remember a few weeks ago someone mentioned the show Glee how they have gays and trans' and lesbians etc. but never mention asexuality. Me and @Foxz have been watching Modern Family and then talking about the episodes, they mentioned asexuality in the 7th minute of this episode http://tvonline.cc/play/Modern-Family/enbnyenvy.htm Link to post Share on other sites
SpadeofAces Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Very encouraging. Link to post Share on other sites
Vara Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Every little mention helps--and hey they didn't reference asexuality in a mocking or derogatory manner so that's good! Link to post Share on other sites
Qwerty Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Well I found that pretty offensive. I've never seen the show before so I don't know the characters or anything about the background story. That just looks like a flamboyantly gay man being asked to hide his sexuality (from the parents or from the child?) and does so by just *saying* that he's asexual. It's making fun of asexuality. A clown is normally an asexual character. Of course Rule 34 means you can probably find porn of "clown sex" but really if the gay man is making the clown appear homosexual then he's doing it wrong. He doesn't need to explicitly say that the clown is an asexual clown. Link to post Share on other sites
Redballoon Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I wasn't really offended by the clown thing, and the tone that they mention it isn't derogatory in my opinion. I think that his response that the character was asexual was more to explain that the character was different from the person portraying it, and that his own orientation really didn't matter as far as the clown was concerned. They could have maybe mentioned it under a different light, but overall, it just seemed that they were explaining what a cartoon character was like versus your average person. I'd personally like to see an asexual character in a show, or just more in general; spamming them wouldn't really help, I think, since that would be somewhat unrealistic (we are less than one percent of the population, supposedly), but I think that people would be able to better understand asexual orientations as a realistic thing to other people through a realistic/believable/enjoyable character, rather than the appearance of a "cartoon character" in a show about other characters. In general, I actually prefer to flat out ignore orientations when it comes to any kind of media, be it a book or a movie. The orientations, genders, and colors of a person I really could care less about; it's the story that I care about, and the characters that undergo the situations. For these reasons, I've found that I enjoy things created by Hayao Miyazaki, as there's usually very little romance, and the story/characters are really all that matters. Most everything else is platonic, and based on powerful bonds that I'm more comfortable with. Also, I enjoy reading and writing quite a bit. I'm not exactly talented with the medium, but I'm interested in going to college to learn more, and I do occasionally write/illustrate asexual characters. Sometimes, if you're not satisfied with what's out there media-wise, the best thing you can do for yourself and others is to put your own opinion out there, with your own content, and show others what you enjoy/how to do it right. Maybe we at Aven could start some kind of a story-sharing center, where we submit things we've written and review each other's work? I'm sure that could go in free talk - it sounds like a fun thread, or series of threads. Link to post Share on other sites
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Plus Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 Well I found that pretty offensive. I've never seen the show before so I don't know the characters or anything about the background story. That just looks like a flamboyantly gay man being asked to hide his sexuality (from the parents or from the child?) and does so by just *saying* that he's asexual. It's making fun of asexuality. A clown is normally an asexual character. Of course Rule 34 means you can probably find porn of "clown sex" but really if the gay man is making the clown appear homosexual then he's doing it wrong. He doesn't need to explicitly say that the clown is an asexual clown. He is a flamboyant gay and he was a clown when he was younger and going to a birthday party, I am sure it was no of fence meant. Link to post Share on other sites
skymessenger Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 What episode exactly? I can't access the link and I wanted to see the episode mentioned Link to post Share on other sites
fallwoman Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I think Plus was referencing Modern Family 1.09 "Fizbo." Link to post Share on other sites
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