Post by francie on Jan 9, 2014 5:29:27 GMT
Who thinks that there is enough of it?
I definitely don't. There are very few canon asexual characters, and a lot of times people will write them off as allosexual because that's how they want them to be.
An example of this is Sherlock (from Sherlock) who Moffat confirmed as ace.
Another example is Sheldon, from The Big Bang Theory (and I can go on about the asexual reproduction thing that they did -_-)
Also, the tropes used in asexual characters are damaging, in my opinion.
the emotionless asexual, the "too immature" asexual.
On the topic of the emotionless asexual, Dexter (and Bones). I was arguing with a friend about how Dexter is written (in the book) as ace, and he started talking about how in the TV show, once Dexter started to gain emotions, he gained sexual attraction.
Do you think that examples like this are damaging to the idea of asexuality, leading to people not taking it as a real orientation? (i.e. Dexter started being sexually attracted to women once he gained emotions, so maybe you need to do the same?)
I definitely don't. There are very few canon asexual characters, and a lot of times people will write them off as allosexual because that's how they want them to be.
An example of this is Sherlock (from Sherlock) who Moffat confirmed as ace.
Another example is Sheldon, from The Big Bang Theory (and I can go on about the asexual reproduction thing that they did -_-)
Also, the tropes used in asexual characters are damaging, in my opinion.
the emotionless asexual, the "too immature" asexual.
On the topic of the emotionless asexual, Dexter (and Bones). I was arguing with a friend about how Dexter is written (in the book) as ace, and he started talking about how in the TV show, once Dexter started to gain emotions, he gained sexual attraction.
Do you think that examples like this are damaging to the idea of asexuality, leading to people not taking it as a real orientation? (i.e. Dexter started being sexually attracted to women once he gained emotions, so maybe you need to do the same?)
