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One of the only things I actually liked about restrictions on gay couples back in the day is the creative subtle ways of showing affection you saw between the characters. Not that I'm not happy that we can see Kurt and his boyfriend macking on each other in Glee, but I've always kind of liked little gestures of romantic love that tend to get ignored in media portrayals of couples. Little things, like Willow and Tara sharing a head bump of love or, more recently, Kurt and his boyfriend just holding hands. It's stuff like that that lets you know that two characters have genuine affection for one another, that's there more to their relationship than just passionate lust. (This goes for both straight and gay characters. In my opinion, it was why Willow/Tara was much more popular than Buffy/Riley. It was a pretty straight forward case of intimacy vs sex.)


A lot of the time it feels like shows or comics add gay characters, particularly lesbians, as an attempt to titillate rather than as an exploration of sexuality. (Or hell, just as an aspect of a character.) And that's what it feels like they're doing here.


This comic ruins what I liked about Harley and Ivy relationship. They were together, but it was subtle. Nobody made a big deal about it. It undermines all those years of comfortable togetherness by making it seem like Ivy was attempting to seduce Harley or Harley was leading Ivy on just to take advantage of her.

I'm aware that I wrote a lot and I hope my point is clear. I've been misunderstood before when expressing my feelings on intimacy vs passion when it comes to gay couples. (I have the same feelings I have for straight couples. Intimacy is more important than passion.)

I think Grace/Thunder is probably one of the longer lasting lesbian relationships in the DCU, but it's been forever since I read the Outsiders, so no clue.