Yeah, it’s peace out for me with S*DBS. Maybe I’ll be proven wrong because who knows, it’s cable, maybe they’ll actually have a canon queer character and surprise me.
But BS’s dream of MH hitting on GD made me so angry because, wow, that’s what she thinks someone who’s gay would do? It also treats trans people as a literal joke, like, “hahaha he’s gay so he must want to dress like women – and then squeeze the ass of the guy he said had a nice butt” which, btw, is totally sexual harassment because GD, yes even the fantasy GD, was completely unaware of MH’s attraction and did not consent to being groped.
Yet it was played for a laugh.
It’s not like dramas have exactly been stellar when dealing with queer topics, but this is blatantly disrespectful queer baiting. I can only hope that DBS realizes that her understanding of queerness is a “comical” stereotype and that, if her boss is actually gay, she’ll learn how to better understand and appreciate what that means. I’m not holding my breath, though, because MH already made me wary since he so easily gives lip-service to the rumors that he’s gay, but he obviously has a growing attraction to BS. While he could be bi (and the sliver of optimism in me wishes this would be so), I don’t trust dramaland to accurately portray a bi character when they’ve barely been able to successfully portray a gay character.
Not finishing the episode, not continuing with the show.
The Obsessive Dilettante 