the sex has to be yoked to the purposes of plot or it leaves me cold

Whatever happened to Stabler? I was never a regular watcher of this show but I always assumed that the writers would at some point force them into a romantic relationship. Did they ever do the do?

Also, "Oriental" as a descriptor of an object (as opposed to a person) is legit.

Is anyone talking about the DirecTV commercial for NFL Sunday Ticket featuring a gay couple? Who are essentially spooning in mid-air, in slow motion, for basically the entire commercial?

Can we have a new rule? Next time a story get posted to Jezebel that involves Benedict Cumberbatch in any way, could wego ahead and dismiss the inevitable comments about how he's "ugly", how he "doesn't do it for me", how "I never thought he was attractive", etc.?

BRING BACK THE GHIRARDELLI CHEESECAKE

The more I see of Gervais the more I'm convinced that the real comedy genius is Stephen Merchant.

This genuinely made me tear up. What a wonderful story.

What's really amusing about this is that the BBC does, in actual fact, have a gay agenda. Like, an honest-to-god plan to increase gay, lesbian, and bisexual representation across all BBC programming, and specifically BBC1 dramas. With a paper of published recommendations and everything.

Clearly none of these people have ever had to replace a 5-gallon water bottle in the office cooler.

You know, when I first became aware of the fact that there were Sherlock and Hobbit crossovers, and Sherlock and Star Trek crossovers, I was extremely skeptical. But I have since read a few and some of them are nothing short of spectacular.

We Cumberbitches know what pride Ben takes in doing the motion capture. I cannot wait for the behind-the-scenes pics of him slinking around like a giant feline. Tumblr may very well break.

Everything about this actor displeases me. I just hope I'll be able to ignore him in Star Wars VII.

Half these people are unrecognizable to me out of character, but I had the hardest time with Mrs. Hughes AKA Phyllis Logan. I had to use process of elimination.

I wish I could recommend your comment one thousand times. I am so disappointed in all the people here saying that "it's his story, he can write what he wants". DUH. But that excuse didn't save Lena Dunham from catching shit from this very same website so why should GRRM be allowed to get away with it?

It's called research. You think an author has to personally experience something in order to write about it? Yikes.

If all of you saying or agreeing with the "they're his book and he can write whatever he wants" sentiment could just take two fucking seconds to replace "gay" with something you could personally relate to, like say "women", and then promptly recognize that excuse for the utter bullshit that it is, that would be great.

"Bendy dick Cum on my baps" was an actual nickname that a classmate gave him when he was a kid.

If burners are there to allow people to make anonymous tips, the obvious solution is that they should be single-use and text-enabled only.