Comments on: Masi Oka’s Defenders, Claire’s Lesbian Tendencies?

By: echospark

echospark — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:40:43 +0000

Although I believe this is primarily a ratings boosting exercise, I think it could potentially be a great addition to both Claire's character and the story arc. As many of you have said, college is usually the time that people start experimenting and it would certainly make sense from this perspective. As for it being inconsistent with Claire's character, I think it would make even more sense from this perspective - she has had far from a 'normal' teenage life so far, and as she mentions in one of the episodes, it's the first time she hasn't had to worry about being hunted by bad guys so this may give her time to explore her sexuality.

I also think if they followed through with the two girls actually falling in love, this could provide the necessary kick to push Calire to the dark side in the future scenes if Gretchen were to be killed off (having presumably no powers of her own). As commented by others, 2 guys don't make a straight, and there haven't really been any serious love interests.

Honestly, I don't know if some of you guys (Gary...) are homophobic or what, but I think it could potentially be making a decent point if it's executed well - Claire's 'normal' life includes her being gay. As for too many gays on tv, it's life so why shouldn't it be shown on tv too? The more it is, the more people will get over themselves and start to accept that some people are gay and many people have a first experience before considering that they might be.

Whichever route they take, at the end of the day it probably will boost the ratings at least temporarily, which should be good news for any true fans of the show!

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:39:45 +0000

Why do they have to put a homosexual in t.v. shows these days? I don't want to see that crap. Look at “Lost”. Great show and no gays. “The Unit”, awesome show and no gays. Keep it in the closet please

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Gadget_Blog — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:49:43 +0000

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By: insensitive

insensitive — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:53:20 +0000

Claire and another girl doesn’t mean she is a lesbo either, my girlfriend is bisexual (something she discovered about her self in college) it doesn’t make her a lesbian either we are very much in love with each other. For those of you who are gay think about how hard it was for you to meet people and just imagine how you would have used an ability to give you the edge if you had it…No different than the guy who develops supper sight because he wants to look over your shoulder to copy your answers on a test. Like it or not they are a part of society and should have a presence on tv just like any nationality, color or religion. The show would have no reality to it if there weren’t people of a walks of life although predominantly white the show has recognized people of all walks of life…I am a Latino my self and think the show has more of a realistic view than ANY reality show.

By: insensitive

insensitive — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:30:49 +0000

Some of you have a point but most are lacking imagination, collage is a time for new experiences and when some people discover who they really are. I like the idea of a girl having this power over others and too see what it does to her, maybe the girl is gay and has a hard time coming out and that manifests her ability…It worked for willow in Buffy the Vampire slayer and it was done in a very beautiful way too. We don’t know what Clairs orientation is because she has not been exposed to a normal life since homecoming. 2 fly by guys don’t make her strait either because she has no experience with anything other than the special people she has encountered and being able to deal with her own immortality has not immersed her into who she is as a person. As far as she knows she will live for ever that’s a lot to take in for a teen just out of high school (How would any of us deal with this knowledge and most important how would it effect our life?)

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:35:21 +0000

NO EW im so sick of TV and their lesbian makings, if they make clair even slightly gay, even kiss a girl once, i will stop watching heroes. no offense, but im so sick of every show turning lesbian on us! greys anatomy = doctors turning lesbian left and right, desperate houswives = susan getting hit on by an old lesbian, no stop, we dont want to see it seriously! nothing against gays, peace out to all them, just we dont want claire gay ok? shes to CLAIREish to be lesbo. dont do it.

By: Tarot

Tarot — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:05:47 +0000

Thank you. That is exactly what I meant.

By: dragondav3

dragondav3 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:57:19 +0000

No matter what happens Heroes will remain one of my fave shows.

By: hirosfan91

hirosfan91 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:42:45 +0000

I think we can all agree that none of us are objecting to having a lesian character. Thats not the issue, the issue is that Claire’s chracter has already beeen established and to make such a dramatic change at this stage when Claire is finally starting to mature and not complain about how much her life sucks, it would just ruin everything. Its a complete 360, its like what Tarot said before, its all about chracter consistency. The writers have made this mistake before of thinking that they’ll get ratings if they add some sex into the show. They tried with Maya and instead all the fans just got annoyed with her character. They should just stick with the direction that they are heading towards in the 4th season. Its been good so far.