New book on fan reaction to queer codes in tv series, especially how and why some fans on social media refuse to admit that a character is gay.
Gideon Gemstone's room is plastered with pictures of musclemen.
He's obviously straight. He wants to look like them, not at them.
On The Middle, Sue's friend Brad begins "I'm...." and is cut off when she says "I know" and hugs him.
Obviously he was going to confess his love for her.
On What We Do in the Shadows, Guillermo tells the vampires, "I was about thirteen when I realized that I was..." and is cut off.
Obviously he was going to say "shy around girls."
On The Hollow, Adam tells his friends, "I'm gay."
Obviously he didn't mean it like that.
Gideon and Scotty have a romantic candlelight dinner while the background song tells us: "The way you look when you get down, you knock me out."
Straight guys can go out to dinner. There's such a thing as friendship, you know.
On Solar Opposites, the aliens Korvo and Terry hold hands, share a bed, discuss sexual positions, and kiss.
"They're just imitating human behavior. It's not sexual or anything."
Kelvin and Keefe have an explicit s*x scene that comes right out of an adult video. Keefe friggin' swallows.
That's what it looks like, but obviously it's not. Why would two straight guys do that?
The main analysis is The Righteous Gemstones, with three seasons of refusals to acknowledge that Kelvin and Gideon are gay and had romantic relationships with Keefe and Scotty. But there are also examples from about 40 contemporary tv series, including Animal Kingdom, Shameless, Modern Family, Workaholics, Solar Opposites, True Blood, What We Do in the Shadows, The Last of Us, Young Sheldon, The Middle, and The Walking Dead.
The paperback is $49 on Amazon, but the Kindle version is only $29.00. And you can read about 30 pages for free on Google Books.
See also: Did the Solar Opposites Valentine's Day Special really change everything?
Gemstones Episode 2.6 Deep Reading: a frame-by-frame analysis of the s*x scene
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