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Is Sarah a lesbian now

posted 3 years ago by horrorfan000 (2317)
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Is that where their going with her being distant with Jordan since she got back.Being the CW it would make sense.

.......Well they didn't out the character but she did confess to kissing a girl while away.On any other network i wouldn't make much of this but it's the CW.The Flash started out great and then slowly devolved into an identity politics crapfest where the characters spend more time talking about their feelings, crying and hugging each other than they do fighting criminals.I have an uneasy feeling this show will slowly head in the same direction.

[–] hthranne (3) 3 years ago

You're probably right. But even a heartfelt kiss between two high school girls is no true sign of lesbianism.

I bet the drama between Jordan and Sarah will be resolved by some supernatural shenanigans.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 3 years ago

This show is not about the occult. It’s science-fiction. Nothing supernatural here.

[–] thingmakersback (1382) 3 years ago

I find the distinction curious. DC history contains magic. Lately there has been a tendency to do what began with Marvel inventing things like the "cosmic cube" back in the '60s - treating something obviously fantastic as if it were SF by refusing to call it magic. Superman's powers are clearly magical even if you invoke other dimensions, psionics or something similar to explain them, they make no sense in anything resembling the real world. I would say that the occult is as good a term for it all as any.

Neither superheros nor Kaiju are science fiction. They might be science fantasy, which is basically fantasy which uses "sciencey" terminology. Science fantasy also covers Star Wars and by this point Star Trek has used so many fanciful elements so indiscriminately and with so little consistency that it is essentially the same.

[–] Goliard (1421) 2 years ago

It's an interesting distinction. I'd agree with your "science fantasy" take, except that you're proceeding from a flawed initial assumption ;)

You're calling it "fantasy" because it breaks the laws of known physics (and logic, frequently). But the reason for that is not intentional on the part of the creators. The reason is: the creators don't know/care about logic, or the laws of physics. Or internal consistency. This was ESPECIALLY true when these characters were first created; subsequent decades of wildly-conflicting stories have only added to the nonsensical snarl.

It's not "science fantasy." It's poorly-conceived, multiple cooks in the kitchen shared worlds. Okay, yeah: with some fantasy thrown it, for good measure.

[–] cyguration (3951) 2 years ago

I have an uneasy feeling this show will slowly head in the same direction.

Have you heard of the Netflix effect? The first season or so is good and then they start filling the show with woke nonsense little by little (or by a lot)?

I think that's the sly way that they do it in a lot of shows these days because so many people crave good entertainment escapism. So they lure them in with a couple of good seasons, and then woke-it-up to spread "The Message".

I've noticed this being done with a lot of properties, including remakes and remasters. Like Dead Space is one that suffered this lately, they've remade the first game and turned one of the lead females into a lesbian for literally no reason.

It's a shame that when watching shows or engaging in media there's now this air of dread as to whether it will go full blown woke. It makes watching/consuming media a real chore.

[–] Guitar King (4911) 2 years ago

Yeah, I call it "the bait and switch." Every modern show begins with normal good episodes to hook you then with each episode they slowly start adding transgressive perversion. Is Sarah the only instance of this or are there other characters?

[–] cyguration (3951) 2 years ago

Is Sarah the only instance of this or are there other characters?

Someone I used to talk to frequently watched the show a lot, so I didn't really keep up with it. She might be the only one for now, but similar things happened in Arrow and Flash, where they would hint and tease at a woke plot line but wouldn't go full bore until a couple of seasons in.