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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] A gay character, added simply to HAVE a token gay character, will already BE a cliched character. Anything used to refer to the character's homosexuality will be cliched. Se, that's the problem with this idea. There's not a whole lot of original ideas you can do about a gay character that aren't comedic. With different races/creeds, generally all you need is to be SEEN, and people go 'oh, he's Patagonian. Cool.' But only rarely will stories revolve around a non-alien character's race, because humans are supposed to have progresed beyond that. 'Beyond the Farthest Stars' being a notable exception, but the only one I can think of. Further focus on a character's ethnic heritage runs the risk of becoming a 'Chekov joke' - "It vas inwented in RUSSIA!" It's not worth creating a character JUST for a throwaway reference. I can see it now... "Lieutenant, these aliens live according to the Arisiotaelian Ideals." "Aristotle was gay, you know." "Oh, shut UP about it already!" [/QB][/QUOTE]
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