(note: i'm not talking about anyone's character, at all, in this rant. i'm just talking about the term GBF and its connotations toward stereotypical homosexaulity, i.e. Laganja Estranja... or is that e.g.?)

i'm just not a fan of playing the homosexual stereotype because it often perpetuates that that's the only thing that matters about the character, which, for character development, I think is actually a good choice. Going with stereotypes, that is, because then you have a foundation for which to build your character up and expand them from simply being a stereotype to being a three-dimensional person. That aside, no matter what you do, when making a character or a story you're always going to be following some kind of archetype or some kind of trope without ever consciously making that decision. Or at least, not knowing that the decision to go a certain direction is just using a specific trope or character/story type (it seems so degrading to think about it that way and generalizing; but, in my personal opinion, it's not because these things are what can make a story fucking fantastic. when you get out of the mindset that these things are boxes you put yourself in and instead are actually tools to enhance your writing, the quicker you'll learn that tropes, archetypes, and to some extent stereotypes can be the best thing you can ever put into your story and that being "Original" can be one of the most detrimental things to both plot and character). That's a whole can of worms, though, because then there's the discussion of using them well to and in combinations that make your story original to you. And I'm getting on a tangent. It's why I slashed and subbed this. Haha.