dinovia-grant:

When a showrunner decides to destroy a canon same-sex relationship through infidelity/cheating and then claims it is “equal treatment” because studies show there is approximately the same rate of infidelity in committed same-sex relationships as there is in committed opposite-sex relationships, they are LYING.

The rate of infidelity might be roughly the same, but what ISN’T the same – not by a fucking long shot – is how many happily-ever-after storylines same-sex couples get in media.

When you’ve given me 1.5million Hallmark rom coms featuring two women finding each other via contrived and often forced circumstances in the weeks before or after Christmas, and then discovering not only were they made for each other, but – somehow – their unlikely relationship has inspired the townspeople around them to be kinder/more emotionally open/less douchebaggy, bringing an unprecedented era of success and abundance to snowy Wingdancer-Springwood-Creekside-ville, then we can talk about adding infidelity into the mix because “equality.”

When you’ve given me 5.5million scifi/fantasy/superhero films where the poignantly earnest but less-than-competent soldier/loner/wanderer/farmer discovers her core of strength, her destiny, and the crafty little minx who’s the love of her life after being thrown into the deep end of some world-ending crisis, which she – along with a scruffy, mismatched band of marauders – narrowly averts with skill, innovation, and a little luck, then we can talk about adding infidelity into the mix because “equality.”

When you’ve given me 8.9million action films where the brusque, brooding former CIA agent with the big brown eyes and impossibly long, inky hair falls in love with the naive, scrappy innocent blonde with a price on her head and mouth that is going to get everyone killed, THEN we can talk about adding infidelity into the mix because “equality.”

Until then, it’s just another trope meant to show same-sex relationships as broken, unsustainable, inherently flawed, and other.

Same-sex relationships deserve ALL the tropes, not just DEAD, CRAZY, CRIMINAL, and CHEATER.

This has been a public service announcement.