The Poster Boy for *what* now?

[krossero]

Okay, I just read another story that has Jim as the poster boy for 'gay America'.  What has me cracking up is that just an hour ago, I read one that calls him the poster boy for straight America.

So, question #1:  Which do you think is more accurate to call Jim a poster boy of, gay, or straight America?

Question #2:  Does it bug you when a theme or a phrase like this is re-used in fanfiction?  Personally, I love to see everybody's take on different things.

Question #3: What other repeated things like this have you noticed (I can think of a few), and do they annoy you, or do you like it?

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It doesn't bother me when you know the history

[alyburns.livejournal.com]

*g* In this case, it started with the episode, Cypher. When Jim walks in on Blair and Christine, Christine leaves, and Blair tells Jim about how his lovemaking was interrupted by flashbacks to the dead body. Jim then leans against the pole, legs crossed, tight tee shirt, tight jeans, WHITE socks, and lectures Blair about emotions and cops. In that moment, for many of us, he was the poster boy for gay men in a straight job. For a few others, he was the poster boy for straight men. There are several other scenes throughout the series where Jim could be perceived as the very typical gay man in a straight job. Hence, naturally, you see that phrase often in fiction.

We have over a decade of fiction, so yeah, it's natural to come across that phrase fairly often. :) Especially when you go on a reading jag! LOL!

For me, there were periods of fiction time in TS when other phrases, having nothing to do with the show, that bugged me. Like:

"caught like a deer in headlights" (way too often used)
and Jim "carding his fingers through Blair's curls"

It was obvious someone wanted to avoid "Running his fingers through...." so they came up with 'carded' and everyone else picked it up. ::shivers::

Okay, time to scuttle off....