Admittedly I'm not in the fandom and would only know Children of Earth from Children of the Corn because of whispers I hear around, but there's a point in your post that I think needs addressing, and that's the implication that straight fans wouldn't be concerned for gay issues because of simple civil rights issues. The post seems to say that straight fans could only want gay storylines/characters for fic or fetishization purposes, and that's not true at all.
For a popular example, there's reasons Rowling's audience cheered when she revealed that Dumbledore was gay, and it had nothing to do with fanservice.
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Date: 2010-01-16 03:01 am (UTC)For a popular example, there's reasons Rowling's audience cheered when she revealed that Dumbledore was gay, and it had nothing to do with fanservice.