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IE the last of us with Ron Swanson. Essentially an entire episode was devoted to give one scene for a character that minimally advanced the story. To me felt shoved in for no purpose.

In black sails it gave legitimate backstory and history to the main character and a source for his anger due to a societal reaction that might would have occurred at that time.

couldn't have put it better.

i never understand how to put it well.

"yes there's a gay dude. yes, him being gay is a bit of a plot device. yes, no it's not "woke." no it's not shoehorned in. yes, you are pulling for the gay dude."

so.... gay pirates?

no, dammit.

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Posted by Vols&Shaft83

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Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:03 am to 3nOut

It's not Butt Pirates of the Caribbean, damnit.

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Posted by Adam Banks

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Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:47 am to 3nOut

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"yes there's a gay dude. yes, him being gay is a bit of a plot device. yes, no it's not "woke." no it's not shoehorned in. yes, you are pulling for the gay dude."

To that point about the rooting interest-it’s something that flint earned over the course of 2 seasons at that point.

They didn’t drop it in episode 1 to be your primary motivation for rooting for him. They didn’t drop Flint in as a side character in the middle of the season and say “hey you should care about this guy because he’s homosexual or else you’re a homophobe”

You root for the character because at least to that point he seems like a level headed antihero fighting a corrupt establishment

This gave him personal motivation to be against the establishment

This post was edited on 2/19/24 at 10:48 am

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