It's something I can understand but for me, I'm not hurt seeing Darius using such a language. I'm myself homo and when someone makes me a huge crap, I'm not afraid to use such words, no matter the stud's sexuality because I don't think it would be wise to let only homophobes use them. For me, the best is to deprive them of those "bullets" aimed at us. Showing them than we're not afraid to use them if needed is the best way for me to disarm them. If they can't hurt us anymore with these words, they'll eventually stop.
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While yes claiming words originally used for discriminatory intent is a good thing, those words and phrases can be harmful to someone who isn’t okay with them at all - or someone who has had a negative experience with such words suddenly reading them used in an aggressive way may be triggering. But my issue was there wasn’t a trigger warning (that I remember), there was no discussion on the issue with using slurs in the first place no matter the context, and the fact it was after seemingly mocking the persona or stereotype of the more feminine gay man with the way he was drawn and then suddenly using homophobic slurs and it gave me internalized homophobia vibes, and I didn’t like it. But idk 🤷♀️ I’m just concerned about that bit of the route as I just couldn’t see Darius as a likable character after that scene.