Heh, I really like this meta and it makes a lot of sense. The point you make about how most asexual characters are perceived is spot on. I think media has this idea of unemotional robots being what asexual people would be like, or that they would be misanthropes and hopeless with all human relationships, which is a pretty terrible thing to think. Even gay and lesbian characters get better representation these days. I guess asexuality is still the great unknown when it comes to general knowledge. Also fuck Moffat, that guy is the worst. I have to admit that I'm still somewhat confused when it comes to asexuality vs demisexuality or people who are aromantic or the opposite of that? Uh I forgot what it's called; where you can have romantic feelings but don't want to have sex? (I think I would slot in here somewhere, but I'm also not really into labeling myself :D It's worked for me so far...)
Also it's definitely true that the people who read John as gay would pretty much pick each of these scenes as their examples. (I don't really agree with your interpretation of John's and Rodney's friendship but that wasn't really the point of this post anyway and it's been a while since I watched the show so I'm sure my view is skewed by reading a lot of fic about them.)
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28/8/13 18:15 (UTC)Also it's definitely true that the people who read John as gay would pretty much pick each of these scenes as their examples. (I don't really agree with your interpretation of John's and Rodney's friendship but that wasn't really the point of this post anyway and it's been a while since I watched the show so I'm sure my view is skewed by reading a lot of fic about them.)