the argument they were making that slash is cool because it gives gay people what they want but will never get--because we totes aren't going to get a gay Avenger, amirite?--is terrible.

I really wanted to slap somebody for that dammed tone they had about it.

Not to mention it doesn't hold water. We've got an Asian lady Watson and a trans* Ms. Hudson and people are watching the heck out of that show....

Exactly. And if they're not going to write homosexual characters because they don't want to risk losing money, just fucking SAY that. Don't pretend like you're doing something progressive or edgy.