Let's Face It: "Te Blood" Hat Gay People

Contents:

• TE BLOOD BEME THE WILST FANTASY ALLEGORY THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT ULD ASK FOR
• SPOILER ALERT: TE BLOOD TURNS STRAIGHT CHARACTER GAY… BUT WHICH ONE?
• 'TE BLOOD': WHY JASON AND ERIC'S SEX SCENE WAS A TRIUMPHAND NO, NOT ONLY BEE THEY LOOKED GREAT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY SHNNA MURPHYJUNE 30, 2014/1:07 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}HBOBY SHNNA MURPHYJUNE 30, 2014 / 1:07 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'TE BLOOD': WHY JASON AND ERIC'S SEX SCENE WAS A TRIUMPH","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-06-30T17:07:14.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-06-30T17:07:14.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"SHNNA MURPHY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST SUNDAY NIGHT (JUNE 29), YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOMETHG A LTLE PECULIAR -- A LTLE OLD SCHOOL -- TRENDG ON YOUR TWTER AND/OR FACEBOOK FEED, PENDG ON YOUR PARTICULAR SOCIAL MEDIA POISON. THAT SOMETHG WAS "TE BLOOD," THE BLOODY, HYPER-SEXUAL RELIC OF THE LATE 2010'S THAT FAMOLY WENT OFF THE RAILS SOMEWHERE THE MIDDLE OF S N, BUT IS STILL CURRENTLY AIRG S FAL SEASON -- WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS MOVED ON TO "GAME OF THRON," "TEEN WOLF," AND THE 37 OTHER SUPERNATURAL TELEVISN SHOWS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT "TE BLOOD"'S REMAG LOYAL FANS WERE EAKG OUT FOR GOOD REASON. AFTER MONTHS (YEARS?) OF TEASG AND ANTICIPATN, THE SHOW AIRED A SOFT-RE "SLASH" SEX SCENE BETWEEN TWO CHARACTERS, ERIC NORTHMAN (ALEXANR SKARSGARD) AND JASON STACKHOE (RYAN KWANTEN), THAT DIDN'T EXACTLY ADVANCE ANYTHG PLOT-WISE, BUT STILL REMD EVERYBODY OF WHAT WAS SO THRILLG ABOUT THE SHOW THE FIRST PLACE -- S WILLGNS TO PICT RELATNSHIPS, SEXUAL OR OTHERWISE, THAT FIED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE REAL QUTN WAS HOW WE WOULD APPROACH , BEE HISTORILLY WH THE MEN-WH-MEN SEX DREAMS, THEY’VE JT BEEN SORT OF STRAIGHT SEX—NO SUBTEXT—AND WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHG A LTLE DIFFERENT WH THIS ONE," WRER KATE BARNOW TOLD ENTERTAMENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARNOW IS REFERRG TO THE FACT THAT "TE BLOOD" HAS AIRED MANY "LOVE" SCEN OF VARYG TENSY BETWEEN TWO MALE CHARACTERS BEFORE, BE THEY DREAMS OR OTHERWISE. THIS (THANKFULLY) DON'T SEEM LIKE SUCH A BIG AL NOWADAYS, BUT BACK WHEN THE SHOW PREMIERED 2008 -- BEFORE "THRON," "GLEE," "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" AND MORE MA LGBT CHARACTERS POPULAR TELEVISN SERI A LE, AND NOT AN EXCEPTN -- S TABOO SEX SCEN WERE A MAJOR TALKG POT. HECK, THE ENTIRE SEASON ONE PLOT ABOUT THE STGGLE FOR VAMPIRE EQUALY IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS AN ALLEGORY FOR LGBT RIGHTS. (SEE: THE "GOD HAT FANGS" POSTER THE SHOW'S OPENG.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEARS OF ILL-ADVISED PLOT L AND OTHER, EVEN MORE NC-17 BLE SERI (AGA, "THRON") HAVE CERTALY DULLED "TE BLOOD"'S CULTURAL IMPACT, BUT THE POWER OF LAST NIGHT'S JASON/ERIC SEX SCENE SHOULDN'T BE IGNORED -- NOT ONLY BEE APPEALED TO THE OFTEN-IGNORED SLASH-SHIPPER FAN BASE, BUT BEE BRILLIANTLY MANAGED TO APPEAL TO THAT FANBASE WHILE ALSO TRODUCG YET ANOTHER WILY EXPERIENCED (BUT RARELY EXPLORED) ELEMENT OF HUMAN SEXUALY TO THE MIX: THE BI-CUR SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(*OFTEN IGNORED FOR GOOD REASON, WHEN TO STORYTELLG -- JT BEE A SLASH FAN BASE, OR ANY SHIPPER FAN BASE, THKS THAT TWO CHARACTERS SHOULD END UP TOGETHER, DON'T MEAN THAT THEY SHOULD. JT WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BUCKY [SHOWNNER BRIAN BUCKNER] AND KATE ASKED ME FOR MY PUT, AND I FELT LIKE THE MORE OWNERSHIP OF THE SCENE I GAVE ALEX AND JASON, THE MORE THEY’D BE ABLE TO CHANNEL ," DIRECTOR HOWARD DTCH NTUED. "SO WOULDN’T BE ME BEG A PUPPETEER OR THEM JT ACTG, THEY ULD BE . THIS IS JASON'S DREAM, SO ALEX KEPT SAYG, 'WELL, YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO, RYAN. IT'S YOUR DREAM.' AND RYAN WOULD GO, 'WELL, I DON'T KNOW. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?' IT STARTED LIKE THAT UNTIL ALEX SAID, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I ULD F--- HIM OR I ULD KILL HIM. I'M NOT SURE.' AND OUT OF THAT ME THE NOTN THAT THERE'S VLENCE THE EROTICISM... WE DIDN’T WANT TO SHY AWAY OM WHAT A REAL LOVE SCENE WOULD LOOK LIKE WH THEM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWG THAT KWANTEN, WHO HAS BEEN PLAYG JASON STACKHOE FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW, HAD NTROL OVER THIS SCENE -- WHICH PICTED HIS OWN CHARACTER'S EPT, DARKT SIR (OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, CURSI) MAK THE WHOLE THG EVEN BETTER. THE POT OF THAT DREAM (AGA, BIS PLEASG THE FAN BASE) WAS NOT THAT JASON IS GAY OR HAS GAY FANTASI, BEE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT TE. BUT THE FACT THAT HE HAS PLITED FEELGS AND EVEN ADMIRATN TOWARD ERIC IS TOTALLY UNRSTANDABLE -- THE MAN IS A 1,000-PL YEAR OLD VIKG MI-GOD WHO N FLY, FOR GOD'S SAKE. FOR A SIMPLETON WH RAMBO-QUE ASPIRATNS LIKE JASON, ERIC IS A EAKG SUPERHERO -- AND A SUPERHERO WHO RECENTLY SAVED HIS LIFE, SO HAVG A DREAM OR TWO WH PLITED, SEXUAL UNRTON (OVERTON?) VOLVG PHYSIL POWER STGGL IS SOMETHG THAT, THEORETILLY, ULD VERY LIKELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID THE SHOW PRENT JASON'S DREAM AS A PLEX, MULTI-LAYERED ASPECT OF HUMAN SEXUALY THAT IS TYPILLY IGNORED? OF URSE NOT -- WAS AN ANNE RICE-QUE, PORNY SEX DREAM, THROUGH AND THROUGH. BUT AS "TE BLOOD" ENTERS S FAL STRETCH, THE FACT THAT THE SHOW HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY OM SHOWG S HYPER-MASCULE, HETEROSEXUAL MALE CHARACTERS EXPERIENCE FEELGS THAT AREN'T NECSARILY DITIVE OF A ZERO ON THE KSEY SLE SHOULD BE APPLD, NO MATTER WHAT YOU THK ABOUT THOSE DAMN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• TODAY TV HISTORY: ‘TE BLOOD’ GAVE US SOME GOOD GAY SEX AND VLENCE
• TE BLOOD ACTOR ALLEGEDLY LEFT OVER SHOW'S GAY PLOT LE
• LET'S FACE IT: "TE BLOOD" HAT GAY PEOPLE

TE BLOOD BEME THE WILST FANTASY ALLEGORY THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT ULD ASK FOR

And yet, I will surely follow Sookie Stackhoe and Bill Compton to the end, as I’m sure many of my Facebook -watchers—almost all gay people—will do as well, for one simple reason: Dpe gog off the rails somewhere on the way to fairyland seasons ago, Te Blood remas one of the most pendably and grippgly queer shows on televisn. Sce s start, Te Blood has been wily unrstood as a kd of allegory for the gay rights stggle the Uned Stat.

As fahful gay viewers will tell you, though, attemptg to track the analogy closely is a fool’s errand. And, though Hot Wgs, the extra-dimensnal fairy nightclub, do remd me of certa Hell’s Kchen gay parti, nizens of such spac do not (ually) turn to gobl-like creatur when provoked.

To be fair, Ball himself disuraged leral parisons early on: “To look at the vampir on the show as metaphors for gays and lbians is so simple and so easy, that ’s kd of lazy, ” he said at a prs nference 2009. “If you get really ser about , well, then the show uld be seen to be very homophobic bee vampir are dangero: They kill, they’re amoral. … I’m sure there’s a lot of people who are watchg Te Blood who are not pro–gay rights, but maybe that opened the door.

SPOILER ALERT: TE BLOOD TURNS STRAIGHT CHARACTER GAY… BUT WHICH ONE?

While Ball’s fears regardg straights gettg the wrong ia about gay moraly om Te Blood is well-taken, the fact that the show allows s opprsed mory a range of fairly nuanced reprentatns, whether polil, moral, or otherwise, has always been the primary source of s appeal my timatn. There may be no pal-G gay agenda, but that don’t mean the HRC don’t have one of s own, and that’s the msage that most straight Amerins hear. For s, gay advot had amed their arguments terms of equal rights and ernment benefs, often g rhetoric that was nontatnal (“We’re here, we’re queer, get ed to ”) and mandg (“We serve equal rights now!

'TE BLOOD': WHY JASON AND ERIC'S SEX SCENE WAS A TRIUMPHAND NO, NOT ONLY BEE THEY LOOKED GREAT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY SHNNA MURPHYJUNE 30, 2014/1:07 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}HBOBY SHNNA MURPHYJUNE 30, 2014 / 1:07 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'TE BLOOD': WHY JASON AND ERIC'S SEX SCENE WAS A TRIUMPH","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-06-30T17:07:14.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-06-30T17:07:14.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"SHNNA MURPHY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST SUNDAY NIGHT (JUNE 29), YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOMETHG A LTLE PECULIAR -- A LTLE OLD SCHOOL -- TRENDG ON YOUR TWTER AND/OR FACEBOOK FEED, PENDG ON YOUR PARTICULAR SOCIAL MEDIA POISON. THAT SOMETHG WAS "TE BLOOD," THE BLOODY, HYPER-SEXUAL RELIC OF THE LATE 2010'S THAT FAMOLY WENT OFF THE RAILS SOMEWHERE THE MIDDLE OF S N, BUT IS STILL CURRENTLY AIRG S FAL SEASON -- WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS MOVED ON TO "GAME OF THRON," "TEEN WOLF," AND THE 37 OTHER SUPERNATURAL TELEVISN SHOWS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT "TE BLOOD"'S REMAG LOYAL FANS WERE EAKG OUT FOR GOOD REASON. AFTER MONTHS (YEARS?) OF TEASG AND ANTICIPATN, THE SHOW AIRED A SOFT-RE "SLASH" SEX SCENE BETWEEN TWO CHARACTERS, ERIC NORTHMAN (ALEXANR SKARSGARD) AND JASON STACKHOE (RYAN KWANTEN), THAT DIDN'T EXACTLY ADVANCE ANYTHG PLOT-WISE, BUT STILL REMD EVERYBODY OF WHAT WAS SO THRILLG ABOUT THE SHOW THE FIRST PLACE -- S WILLGNS TO PICT RELATNSHIPS, SEXUAL OR OTHERWISE, THAT FIED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE REAL QUTN WAS HOW WE WOULD APPROACH , BEE HISTORILLY WH THE MEN-WH-MEN SEX DREAMS, THEY’VE JT BEEN SORT OF STRAIGHT SEX—NO SUBTEXT—AND WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHG A LTLE DIFFERENT WH THIS ONE," WRER KATE BARNOW TOLD ENTERTAMENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARNOW IS REFERRG TO THE FACT THAT "TE BLOOD" HAS AIRED MANY "LOVE" SCEN OF VARYG TENSY BETWEEN TWO MALE CHARACTERS BEFORE, BE THEY DREAMS OR OTHERWISE. THIS (THANKFULLY) DON'T SEEM LIKE SUCH A BIG AL NOWADAYS, BUT BACK WHEN THE SHOW PREMIERED 2008 -- BEFORE "THRON," "GLEE," "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" AND MORE MA LGBT CHARACTERS POPULAR TELEVISN SERI A LE, AND NOT AN EXCEPTN -- S TABOO SEX SCEN WERE A MAJOR TALKG POT. HECK, THE ENTIRE SEASON ONE PLOT ABOUT THE STGGLE FOR VAMPIRE EQUALY IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS AN ALLEGORY FOR LGBT RIGHTS. (SEE: THE "GOD HAT FANGS" POSTER THE SHOW'S OPENG.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEARS OF ILL-ADVISED PLOT L AND OTHER, EVEN MORE NC-17 BLE SERI (AGA, "THRON") HAVE CERTALY DULLED "TE BLOOD"'S CULTURAL IMPACT, BUT THE POWER OF LAST NIGHT'S JASON/ERIC SEX SCENE SHOULDN'T BE IGNORED -- NOT ONLY BEE APPEALED TO THE OFTEN-IGNORED SLASH-SHIPPER FAN BASE, BUT BEE BRILLIANTLY MANAGED TO APPEAL TO THAT FANBASE WHILE ALSO TRODUCG YET ANOTHER WILY EXPERIENCED (BUT RARELY EXPLORED) ELEMENT OF HUMAN SEXUALY TO THE MIX: THE BI-CUR SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(*OFTEN IGNORED FOR GOOD REASON, WHEN TO STORYTELLG -- JT BEE A SLASH FAN BASE, OR ANY SHIPPER FAN BASE, THKS THAT TWO CHARACTERS SHOULD END UP TOGETHER, DON'T MEAN THAT THEY SHOULD. JT WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BUCKY [SHOWNNER BRIAN BUCKNER] AND KATE ASKED ME FOR MY PUT, AND I FELT LIKE THE MORE OWNERSHIP OF THE SCENE I GAVE ALEX AND JASON, THE MORE THEY’D BE ABLE TO CHANNEL ," DIRECTOR HOWARD DTCH NTUED. "SO WOULDN’T BE ME BEG A PUPPETEER OR THEM JT ACTG, THEY ULD BE . THIS IS JASON'S DREAM, SO ALEX KEPT SAYG, 'WELL, YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO, RYAN. IT'S YOUR DREAM.' AND RYAN WOULD GO, 'WELL, I DON'T KNOW. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?' IT STARTED LIKE THAT UNTIL ALEX SAID, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I ULD F--- HIM OR I ULD KILL HIM. I'M NOT SURE.' AND OUT OF THAT ME THE NOTN THAT THERE'S VLENCE THE EROTICISM... WE DIDN’T WANT TO SHY AWAY OM WHAT A REAL LOVE SCENE WOULD LOOK LIKE WH THEM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWG THAT KWANTEN, WHO HAS BEEN PLAYG JASON STACKHOE FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW, HAD NTROL OVER THIS SCENE -- WHICH PICTED HIS OWN CHARACTER'S EPT, DARKT SIR (OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, CURSI) MAK THE WHOLE THG EVEN BETTER. THE POT OF THAT DREAM (AGA, BIS PLEASG THE FAN BASE) WAS NOT THAT JASON IS GAY OR HAS GAY FANTASI, BEE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT TE. BUT THE FACT THAT HE HAS PLITED FEELGS AND EVEN ADMIRATN TOWARD ERIC IS TOTALLY UNRSTANDABLE -- THE MAN IS A 1,000-PL YEAR OLD VIKG MI-GOD WHO N FLY, FOR GOD'S SAKE. FOR A SIMPLETON WH RAMBO-QUE ASPIRATNS LIKE JASON, ERIC IS A EAKG SUPERHERO -- AND A SUPERHERO WHO RECENTLY SAVED HIS LIFE, SO HAVG A DREAM OR TWO WH PLITED, SEXUAL UNRTON (OVERTON?) VOLVG PHYSIL POWER STGGL IS SOMETHG THAT, THEORETILLY, ULD VERY LIKELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID THE SHOW PRENT JASON'S DREAM AS A PLEX, MULTI-LAYERED ASPECT OF HUMAN SEXUALY THAT IS TYPILLY IGNORED? OF URSE NOT -- WAS AN ANNE RICE-QUE, PORNY SEX DREAM, THROUGH AND THROUGH. BUT AS "TE BLOOD" ENTERS S FAL STRETCH, THE FACT THAT THE SHOW HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY OM SHOWG S HYPER-MASCULE, HETEROSEXUAL MALE CHARACTERS EXPERIENCE FEELGS THAT AREN'T NECSARILY DITIVE OF A ZERO ON THE KSEY SLE SHOULD BE APPLD, NO MATTER WHAT YOU THK ABOUT THOSE DAMN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

But when asked why they thought gay people wanted to marry, they ced rights and benefs.

TODAY TV HISTORY: ‘TE BLOOD’ GAVE US SOME GOOD GAY SEX AND VLENCE

Tappg to anti-gay stereotyp, they suggted gay people wanted marriage for selfish reasons while they themselv wanted to exprs love and mment. The gay rights aln’s rponse was the “Why Marriage Matters” mpaign.

TE BLOOD ACTOR ALLEGEDLY LEFT OVER SHOW'S GAY PLOT LE

Anythg else would be agast their the anti-vampire ad that aired njunctn wh the Vampire Rights Amendment spot offers some of the language we've e to expect om small-md racists and homophob: "I don't feel safe at night anymore, " "I don't want them anywhere near my kids, " "They make me sred. In the same article, Ball is quoted as sayg, "To look at the vampir on the show as metaphors for gays and lbians is so simple and so easy, that 's kd of lazy.

If you get really ser about , well, then the show uld be seen to be very homophobic bee vampir are dangero: They kill, they're amoral. Perhaps more to the pot, X-Men's gay rights analogy began at a time when such LGBT reprentatn (implied or otherwise) was revolutnary.

LET'S FACE IT: "TE BLOOD" HAT GAY PEOPLE

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