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Someone just expressed the preference that gay characters in stories need to be gay for "some story purpose". I managed to ask him if he also thought that straight characters needed to be straight for "some story purpose" to be acceptable to him rather than express my bogglement more ferociously.
What's wrong with people being people in stories? All sorts of things are true about people in stories that aren't true for "some story purpose", they're just true.
Sex. Is not. A special case.
Update: Getting a response of "I'm not playing that game" to an honest question that it took me some effort to produce in the absence of a diatribe does not ease my irritation; rather, it inspires contempt.
What's wrong with people being people in stories? All sorts of things are true about people in stories that aren't true for "some story purpose", they're just true.
Sex. Is not. A special case.
Update: Getting a response of "I'm not playing that game" to an honest question that it took me some effort to produce in the absence of a diatribe does not ease my irritation; rather, it inspires contempt.
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Well, I suppose it might be a specific special case in a hypothetical fictional society where it's EXTREMELY unusual (like 1 in 1,000,000 or so). But in a modern society (or a derivative thereof)? That's like saying people can't be blonde, or Asian or Libertarian or something without a specific story purpose.