But you haven't read the comic, and have no way of knowing that the character's only defining trait is that he's gay. Already we've seen that he can beat Jughead in a hamburger contest (which I agree that no one should be able to do that), and that's a pretty defining characteristic. Chuck isn't 'just black', a token character added for political correctness. Chuck is heavily involved in sports and maintains a healthy relationship with Nancy.
Think about it this way. If Archie comics had decided to add an Asian character to the comic series, would you object to that, because clearly his only feature would be that he was Asian, and he was just added for political correctness?[/quote]
The differance is that with Chuck there is quite a bit that could always be said about him, and has been for a long while from the very beginning.
Right now pretty much the only thing the guys writing this new gay character can say is that he's gay, and point out how progressive it makes them to include one. When his introductory story arc is as banal as described, it's a bad sign. The telling part though is it being described as "progressive and forward thinking" meaning that the writers themselves did it for THAT reason, rather than any paticular desire to create the character itself or any storylines that they felt were begging to see develop that required such a character.
Now yes, if someone was to say "Well you've got a gay guy, and a black guy, and whatever else.. why can't there be an Asian guy?" and then the creators go "well to be progressive and forward thinking we have created a new Asian character, and for his introductory story arc he impresses Betty by defeating Moose in Football tryouts right before outsciencing Dilton and then..."
Think about it this way. If Archie comics had decided to add an Asian character to the comic series, would you object to that, because clearly his only feature would be that he was Asian, and he was just added for political correctness?[/quote]
The differance is that with Chuck there is quite a bit that could always be said about him, and has been for a long while from the very beginning.
Right now pretty much the only thing the guys writing this new gay character can say is that he's gay, and point out how progressive it makes them to include one. When his introductory story arc is as banal as described, it's a bad sign. The telling part though is it being described as "progressive and forward thinking" meaning that the writers themselves did it for THAT reason, rather than any paticular desire to create the character itself or any storylines that they felt were begging to see develop that required such a character.
Now yes, if someone was to say "Well you've got a gay guy, and a black guy, and whatever else.. why can't there be an Asian guy?" and then the creators go "well to be progressive and forward thinking we have created a new Asian character, and for his introductory story arc he impresses Betty by defeating Moose in Football tryouts right before outsciencing Dilton and then..."
