Okay, if Jack Harkness stole his name from the real Captain Jack, what’s HIS real name?
Question:
Why, in a show, are gay characters allowed ONLY if their sexuality is, like, the main point of them being there? My perfect example here is either Blaine or Kurt on Glee: bullied, rejected, hated on for their love.
And then I look at, say Torchwood (and Doctor Who, to an extent) where no one gives a fuck if Jack Harkness is gay, straight, bi, or omnisexual, because impending doom and alien invasions are a BIT more important. (At least I’m guessing about Torchwood, I’ve never seen it, just clips and gifs, but the love song of Jack and Ianto will live on.)
Is this a thing where the British are just cooler about that sort of thing, or am I missing something? Someone help me, please, I’m lost.
*Edit: this applies to main or pretty-main (what would be the term?) characters. Not, like, the background gay guys in Futurama.
