Wow.

[sheswatching]

Even with his "proviso" at the top, it's so so so so hard not to judge Eoin after his latest short story.

I'm not sure if he's trying to be edgy (at your age, Eoin? really?) or what, but this?

This face belongs to that social anomaly, the gay air hostess. The gay air hostess is another beast entirely separate from real life, it's emasculated, yet

Comments

[kerryblaze]

IMO, calling something fiction doesn't exempt it from being a pile of offensive shit. This wasn't fiction. There was no story! It's simply meta.

[sheswatching]

You're 100% right. And honestly, it could've been good. I've read things like this, meta, that were good and poignant and deep and philosophical. This, however, was not. Dear god, I can't even begin to look at him the same. :/

[sheswatching]

Not bad at all. Seriously. Stay away. Just skimming made me sick.

[wldcatsprstr_14]

God, that movie was shit. He needs to stick to just acting other people's stuff.

[sheswatching]

:(

[wldcatsprstr_14]

TBH, he's not a very good writer to begin with. I think it was supposed to be poignant and deep but because he's a bad writer, it just came out as offensive and patently ridiculous. I've watched his short films and read his other stuff and he's just not cut out for writing. I think he had a good idea but poor ability to execute made it the mess it is.

I can't say I'll look at him differently since I honestly don't think that he IS that kind of person. He's just a shit writer.

[kerryblaze]

If I could any tiny spec of a point in this story other than to humiliate and offend gay men, I'd say he was just a shit writer, but there's no story there other than someone being a homophobic asshole.

[wldcatsprstr_14]

I'll read it again and see if that changes my opinion.

TBH I don't put much stock in his writing already just because I think he tries a lot of stuff that just falls flat and ends up being stupid as hell. So maybe I'm already so jaded that I can't be sufficiently put out by it.

[elirwen]

oh god. Now I wish I could erase from my mind even that short piece you quoted. This feels so wrong!

[sheswatching]

Yeah, and he only made it worse with the replies he gave me and a number of other fen on twitter when we confronted him about it. Throwing in "I did a photoshoot for Gay Times" and "it's comedic satire" for good measure. :/ Some people should just not talk, I think.

[elirwen]

I'm glad that I'm fan of Gwaine and not Eoin so I don't have to come up with excuses for him.
He would do better if he thought twice about what's he going to post.