This is going to be a short one.
So I am catching up on my Transformers comic reading. It is an understatement to say I am a Transformers fan. Anyway, been reading the Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye series and it is my favorite comic so far. Really great characters and a few surprises. For one thing, there is a relationship between two bots that is really interesting. It's important to note that Transformers are sexless. I mean, they are robots. They reproduce through some strange ways, but none of those ways are sexual in nature. They do have gender but it seems to be a stylistic choice more than anything. In MTMTE Chromedome and Rewind clearly have a relationship...and they both identify themselves with male pronouns.
I wont talk about this in any detail because I'd encourage anyone to pick up those books and read them but...yep. Think about it.
You know what I think? I think it is the absolutely best example of how love can possibly be. These characters are robots. There is no sex, no attraction, no need to procreate or need for pleasure. There is only simple affection.
So what is my point? The authors have illustrated a homosexual relationship as being nothing more than two people in love. Why can't other media do that? There were no 'gay' jokes. There was no campy attitudes or tongue-in-cheeks references. Nor were there any thinly veiled allusions. It was presented as is and it was beautiful.
I'm not one to jump on a bandwagon. I'm pretty disgusted by how new causes are adopted and dropped. I've never been against gay people or homosexual marriage, but I've never really been their champion either. I have never liked how the gay lifestyle has been presented. The in-your-face sexuality and hedonism that is presented has always given me pause. So I've been tolerant, but never accepting.
But you know, I think that's the media. I don't think I've ever seen a gay person that wasn't campy or an over the top stereotype. In MTMTE a similar relation was presented without all of that. It was presented just as it was. There was no big sign pointing to it screaming "LOOK!! TEH GAYS!" It was presented seriously and wonderfully and because of it, my eyes are open more than before.
