A Moment Echoes~Chapter 5

[lamenthatic]

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Belle settled into a sofa near a fireplace. It had taken some work, but she had managed to get a flame going. There had been just enough wood. Proud of her accomplishment, Belle chose a book from her selections and began to read, enjoying the effects that the flickering light made on the page. But soon her eyes were heavy, and she felt herself

Comments

[shiegra]

I was with you right up until the moment you tried to imply that stereotypical indicators of 'femininity' were somehow markers of homosexuality. Beast - for example - is no more or less likely to be gay than Cogsworth, and I find the promoting of that kind of ridiculous stereotyping kind of distasteful. There are, actually, no magical signs that will 'give someone away.'

[lamenthatic]

I can understand why you would find it distasteful. In fact, Bravo for saying so. If I were straight, I'd probably be pretty embarrassed. I'm not trying to promote stereotyping. After all, Reginald is a rather 'straight' seeming character (or at least he was meant to be read that way). Yet, he is just as gay as Cogs is in this fic. I simply used the behaviors Cogs shows in the movies and linked them with the behaviors of the more 'visible' gay guys I've met

[shiegra]

Well, I read the other chapters after this and felt a little better - I waffled over commenting on the chance that it was a character's point-of-view thing, but I've seen it meant seriously so often, and the third person omniscient threw me off a little. (I'm kind of touchy on this one, though.)

You explained quite well. It was reassuring.

[lamenthatic]

Hooray! :D I figured that was probably the case. I admire people that are willing to step up like that.

By the way? Fabulous Icon.