Cecil Baldwin (via psychosassic)

This speaks to me in so many ways.  I remember in college, writing a story about two women getting together, and a lot of the feedback I got was, “Oh wait she’s gay why didn’t you say it in the beginning,” and, “Why didn’t she come out,” and I was like, “… why does it always have to be like that?”  Why can’t a gay character just, you know, be gay?  Why does it have to be this huge ordeal and, more importantly, why does it have to be the main focus?

Granted, my next book “Double Hue” focuses on a serial killer who targets gay men and whatnot, but I’d like to think that my main couple is more than just, you know, “the gay couple.”  They’re a couple.  They’re in love.  One plays video games.  He’s a geek.  Yeah they’re worried about coming out to their parents, but at the same time its like, “There’s a killer on the loose o.k. and this guy is in danger,” and just… I want people to root for them because they’re a couple in love, not just because they’re gay, if that makes any sense.  Like no matter who the couple is, you want them to make it out of this situation.

The joint book with my wifey, “Seeking the Storyteller,” we have all sorts of couples.  Straight, gay, trans (later), and just… the world is a diverse place.  It’s so diverse, and vast and there’s so many different people.  That’s what we want to show.  The secretary has a female love interest, that’s cool, but there’s more to her then that.  There’s more to think about in the book then the lesbian.  That’s not the main focus with her.  That’s like, 5% of her character.  There’s no moment of “omg you’re a lesbian” and things like that, because that doesn’t always need to be there.  She’s in a bar, the bartender flirts with her, she likes it, they hook up, yay.  But the main focus is, “omg there’s demons to worry about gotta protect the city,” and all that.  You know, that boy has a dragon that makes him use ice.  That creature has a book that can be written in, and whatever you write comes true.  This woman runs an entire group of dragons who can use fire at will.  That thing is made of shadows.  Just… “lesbian” is the last thing to think about.  

It’s just like what he’s saying about Night Vale.  Cecil and Carlos are great, it’s wonderful, but how can you just focus on that when there’s this town that’s so bizarre?  Like yes, there’s two men together, but there’s these hooded figures, and a dog park, and is that a dragon running for mayor, and what’s wrong with the wheat byproducts, and what’s up with the high school football team, and angels, and… yeah, so much more to think about.