I love Invincible and it deserves a lot of praise, but characters using "gay" as a pejorative early on was a jarring reminder of how long ago the series started. Thankfully the show has been great at fixing this so far, though there will definitely be more challenges regarding content in the future...
Also mega deep cut but the Dr. McNinja webcomic was tossing out r-slurs left and right early on, but it got better
I think that happens with a lot of media that span the era from the ending of normalized homophobia to the beginning of mainstreamed queer acceptance. It's really obvious with Homestuck, which began as a mirror of late 00s internet culture and is expectably full of casual ableism and homophobia. But then, the fandom that had a large percentage of queer tumblr kids began to call the problematic stuff out and the creator just accepted that criticism and ran with it. So one of the characters, Dave, at some point discovers that one of his alternate universe clones is gay, which leads to Dave questioning and overcoming his own homophobia and calling out the corny homophobic jokes of his friend.
I love Invincible and it deserves a lot of praise, but characters using "gay" as a pejorative early on was a jarring reminder of how long ago the series started. Thankfully the show has been great at fixing this so far, though there will definitely be more challenges regarding content in the future...
Also mega deep cut but the Dr. McNinja webcomic was tossing out r-slurs left and right early on, but it got better
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I think that happens with a lot of media that span the era from the ending of normalized homophobia to the beginning of mainstreamed queer acceptance. It's really obvious with Homestuck, which began as a mirror of late 00s internet culture and is expectably full of casual ableism and homophobia. But then, the fandom that had a large percentage of queer tumblr kids began to call the problematic stuff out and the creator just accepted that criticism and ran with it. So one of the characters, Dave, at some point discovers that one of his alternate universe clones is gay, which leads to Dave questioning and overcoming his own homophobia and calling out the corny homophobic jokes of his friend.