I've actually read all these interviews. Downplaying the negative fanreaction is a different issue, and I guess he could have handled that better, although I doubt any writer/producer who after all has to sell his/her show will publicly dwell on the number of people who hated it and their reasons for it. That just isn't very clever and politic, especially when they have an interest in keeping this particular show alive. Count your losses and move on. Discussions about how Jack/Ianto was written are also a separate issue. And it's not much of an assumption that straight fans throwing accusations of homophobia at a gay writer are maybe 'well meaning', but in fact don't know a lot about homophobia or gay rights.


What I was wondering, was the 'hysterical women' comment, if it was only said this one time, meant to be public? It does make a difference, because almost everyone will be blunter and more direct in a private conversation, or what they consider to be one.