Important Disclaimer for this Story. Please read.
I am submitting this here because I feel this needs to be addressed before I go any further with this story. ESPECIALLY for this story, since it is set in the modern era and will occasionally touch on modern day problems that are very sensitive. Thank you for your patience.
So I just got a question asking whether I had anything against gay people. Of course not, and I'm sorry you took it as such. I have gay friends, I support gay rights... actually, beyond that I don't really care what happens as long as people are happy and fine (shrug).
Some characters such as Gale, however, may think otherwise. I have Gale as anti-gay (among his other "anti's" such as anti feminists, anti whites, anti yellows, anti blacks, anti religious people, anti athiests, and pretty much bloody anti everybody who is not Gale). JUST BECAUSE GALE THINKS SO DOESN'T MEAN I DO!!!! GALE does NOT equal FLEETS.
I may have overdone Gale/Vaati's iffyness with gays because when I developed the character I imaged they would be most prone to be super anti gay because they would have been easy targets for "ohhh you're so girly/feminine" jeering. In defense, Gale/Vaati feels/felt the need to go super masculine by flipping to one extreme - the anti gay. Gale/Vaati are the two primary characters who (may) have hostile feelings towards gays (in my characterizations) for this reason. They might even just be hiding in the closet and doesn't want to admit it (since the Vaati's I write are masters of denial). I DON'T KNOW. Make what you will, I'll leave that to you.
And while we're at it, I don't care if you're lesbian, if you're christian, if you're an illegal immigrant, if you're American, if you're every color of the god damned rainbow, if you're muslim, if you're jewish, if you're ten, if you're fifty, if you're a guy, if you're a girl, if you're an it, if you're from the north, south, east, or west, if you're an alien, if you're a zombie, if you are vegetarian, if you're obese, if you're average, if you like the Yankees, if you like the Red Sox...
I care that I can respect you and you can respect me as a fellow individual on this very sketchy web. Got it? Thanks.
I thought I wrote a disclaimer (maybe it was on devart) that some people WILL be offended by Gale's beliefs. I also said that they are by no means my own beliefs and that if you become offended I will be sad and maybe a little upset.
I cannot write a story having every single character have the same exact beliefs I have. What a damn boring story that would be. Please. PLEASE understand that I am not trying to press any one belief on anyone. And if you've got a problem with this then so be it - I can't write while being careful not to offend anyone. I'm bound to offend someone someday, and heck, I probably already offended someone just writing this.
The bottom line I want to get across is that fleets, the author, me - tries to have an open mind about things. This may be misconstrued and people may take me for a hypocrite because they attach me so closely with the very ahole, arrogant bastards that are my characters. My characters are their own, and likewise I am my own person.
Sorry I'm antsy, I'm a little stressed right now.
