Just one more reason I <3 Gargoyles
Aug. 4th, 2008 08:04 pmI read this in somebody's DeviantArt comments (Ha! The irony, considering I was just bitching about artists' comments!) and I got this off Wikipedia. Very reliable source, I know, but it has citations.
The show's creator, Greg Weisman, has stated that he believed that Lexington was gay, saying "I believe, in my opinion Lex is gay -- though he may not yet realize it. And that we would be consistent with that knowledge... as I believe we have been up to this point. But that in the current world climate we would not be addressing it on the show at all. Not explicitly or implicitly. It's a damn shame, and since we're talking about episodes that don't exist it would be easy for me to be brave now and pretend that we'd be open about it, but that would be a lie of expectation, and I try to be more honest than that with the fans. All I promised was consistency. It may sound like a subtle distinction, but believe me it is not. It may also sound like a cop-out, and believe me, IT IS. But it's a cop-out that comes out of the fact that if I even attempted an implicit portrayal, it flat out would not get on the air. And I could stand my ground. And I would get fired. And then there'd be no consistency either. Someday, I hope to live in a braver more understanding world... but we ain't there yet. And I think what we're doing is at least a step in the right direction."
However, Weisman apparently has been granted some freedom to develop this character trait to some degree in the Slave Labor Graphics comic book continuation. For instance, the current storyline "Clan Building" has Lexington meet the handsome stag gargoyle, Staghart of the London Clan, who is vaguely suggested for now to be homosexual himself and is attracting Lexington's interest.
Some of you following the comic or more familiar with news about the show probably already knew this, but I thought it was pretty cool. Gargoyles just proves how awesome animation, no matter where it's from, can be.
Randomly, I'm always slightly amused/bemused when creators say "In my opinion, I've always seen this character of mine as *insert adjective*." It's your character! What you say goes! Especially with people whose work has fandoms - fans pounce on every tiny detail and erect a shrine to it. Nobody's going to say "Well, that's only your opinion! You're only the one who made them up and controls their universe, you know." And I know the whole argument about how the author's intention doesn't matter: if you don't think so-and-so was a pirate even though he ran a skull and crossbones flag up his flagpole and pillaged British naval ships, he's not necessarily a pirate, and so forth. I have strong issues with that, but I always can find exceptions (i.e. Utena and Anthy's relationship is significant even if Ikuhara only put them together because he liked teh hot wimmins kissing). But I find it kind of funny when people talk about their own characters like they're just interpreting them.
The show's creator, Greg Weisman, has stated that he believed that Lexington was gay, saying "I believe, in my opinion Lex is gay -- though he may not yet realize it. And that we would be consistent with that knowledge... as I believe we have been up to this point. But that in the current world climate we would not be addressing it on the show at all. Not explicitly or implicitly. It's a damn shame, and since we're talking about episodes that don't exist it would be easy for me to be brave now and pretend that we'd be open about it, but that would be a lie of expectation, and I try to be more honest than that with the fans. All I promised was consistency. It may sound like a subtle distinction, but believe me it is not. It may also sound like a cop-out, and believe me, IT IS. But it's a cop-out that comes out of the fact that if I even attempted an implicit portrayal, it flat out would not get on the air. And I could stand my ground. And I would get fired. And then there'd be no consistency either. Someday, I hope to live in a braver more understanding world... but we ain't there yet. And I think what we're doing is at least a step in the right direction."
However, Weisman apparently has been granted some freedom to develop this character trait to some degree in the Slave Labor Graphics comic book continuation. For instance, the current storyline "Clan Building" has Lexington meet the handsome stag gargoyle, Staghart of the London Clan, who is vaguely suggested for now to be homosexual himself and is attracting Lexington's interest.
Some of you following the comic or more familiar with news about the show probably already knew this, but I thought it was pretty cool. Gargoyles just proves how awesome animation, no matter where it's from, can be.
Randomly, I'm always slightly amused/bemused when creators say "In my opinion, I've always seen this character of mine as *insert adjective*." It's your character! What you say goes! Especially with people whose work has fandoms - fans pounce on every tiny detail and erect a shrine to it. Nobody's going to say "Well, that's only your opinion! You're only the one who made them up and controls their universe, you know." And I know the whole argument about how the author's intention doesn't matter: if you don't think so-and-so was a pirate even though he ran a skull and crossbones flag up his flagpole and pillaged British naval ships, he's not necessarily a pirate, and so forth. I have strong issues with that, but I always can find exceptions (i.e. Utena and Anthy's relationship is significant even if Ikuhara only put them together because he liked teh hot wimmins kissing). But I find it kind of funny when people talk about their own characters like they're just interpreting them.