Talk:Jayce/Background/@comment-5162027-20120704080148/@comment-5162027-20120708021622

The thing is, there is absolutely nothing to support him being gay in his lore. Stereotypes exist because they are, or were at the time of their inception, "common". Note that I am not saying stereotypes are true, or that they apply to everyone, merely that at one point, they were common enough to become a stereotype.

Like it or not, stereotypes are a thing. Typecasting is a thing. Unfair judgement of someone without knowing them is a thing.

At this point in time, there is currently no stereotype that says well muscled, masculine appearing males with confidence in their capabilities are gay. Any examples you could give me of that being so, I could give dozens of counterexamples. Any example you try to give me that what I said above is true is in fact a subversion of the standard stereotype/trope.

The people who are calling him gay aren't basing this on his lore. They aren't basing it on his personality or appearance. They aren't basing this on stereotypes. They are calling him gay because they are idiots and they suck at coming up with at least vaguely interesting troll comments.

If they WERE basing this on stereotypes, we'd be seeing a lot more "hez compenzating 4 sumfing bcuz hez got a big hammar hurr durr" comments. THAT is a stereotype that Jayce can fall under.

If anything, he's closer to the despised Marty Stu trope that plagues bad writing than anything clever like a subversion of a well known trope.