Post by emma on Nov 29, 2008 10:12:43 GMT -5
Oh hi. I just watched 2.10 again, and that episode combined with 4.07 (I think) makes up my strange theory about Wheels... Maybe he was gay?
Okay, he never seems to have a romantic interest in girls - although 3 (Steph, L.D, Heather) like him at some point or another, the only one he ever has even an apparent interest in is Steph - which would be understandable even if he was gay, since every guy in the school liked Steph. If he was doubting his orientation, and Steph liked him, going out with her would be the perfect move to deflect suspicion/try and reassure himself. He never seemed anywhere near as enthusiastic about her as she was about him, and mainly seemed to go out with her because she asked him to - turning down the school's hottest chick wouldn't have done the best for his reputation. He also didn't seem to want to "do it" with her, and only really seemed to try because of peer pressure) which for a TV teenage male, is a little out of place (I wouldn't suspect a normal 14 or 13 year old guy who isn't really ready to have sex, but considering the way TV normally portrays teenage guys, you might think the writers are trying to say something). He eventually turns her down, so maybe he can't be bothered pretending he really is interested in her anymore? His apparent "jealousy" over the way Steph was flirting with Joey could easily just be annoyance over Joey being such an not ******* about it/Steph being such a immature ***** about it (to use very crude language).
But that's all really circumstantial. Actual evidence comes in 2.10 - when Joey opens the Locker of Porn, both Joey and Snake immediately make sexualised comments towards at least one of the pin-up girls - Wheels only makes a comment on their names, and doesn't really show that he finds the pin-up girls attractive... still circumstantial, but it's worth mentioning. The real evidence comes when LD shows the boys the Locker of ManPorn, the boys are meant to look disgusted - but Wheels doesn't really, he looks more like he's staring at the male pin-ups, and at one point actually smiles a little, and after the boys go to the LoP, Wheels still gives back one last glance to the LoMP... Strange.
To 4.07, after the whole 'making out with Heather thing' - despite that, he seems remarkably uninterested in her. Which leads to the whole "if he didn't like her, why did he make out with her?" thing, and I think a gay guy doing that would actually be a good way of him trying to prove he's straight, whether to himself or others . It's tangential connection, but it is highly possible Heather really was his attempt to be straight, and didn't work... Still circumstantial, I know, but worth considering.
...and that's not even going into the Snake thing, since there is only so much time in the world and it is 2 in the morning and I should go to bed soon.
So. Wheels. Straight/Gay/Maybe bi (unlikely)? What do you think?
Okay, he never seems to have a romantic interest in girls - although 3 (Steph, L.D, Heather) like him at some point or another, the only one he ever has even an apparent interest in is Steph - which would be understandable even if he was gay, since every guy in the school liked Steph. If he was doubting his orientation, and Steph liked him, going out with her would be the perfect move to deflect suspicion/try and reassure himself. He never seemed anywhere near as enthusiastic about her as she was about him, and mainly seemed to go out with her because she asked him to - turning down the school's hottest chick wouldn't have done the best for his reputation. He also didn't seem to want to "do it" with her, and only really seemed to try because of peer pressure) which for a TV teenage male, is a little out of place (I wouldn't suspect a normal 14 or 13 year old guy who isn't really ready to have sex, but considering the way TV normally portrays teenage guys, you might think the writers are trying to say something). He eventually turns her down, so maybe he can't be bothered pretending he really is interested in her anymore? His apparent "jealousy" over the way Steph was flirting with Joey could easily just be annoyance over Joey being such an not ******* about it/Steph being such a immature ***** about it (to use very crude language).
But that's all really circumstantial. Actual evidence comes in 2.10 - when Joey opens the Locker of Porn, both Joey and Snake immediately make sexualised comments towards at least one of the pin-up girls - Wheels only makes a comment on their names, and doesn't really show that he finds the pin-up girls attractive... still circumstantial, but it's worth mentioning. The real evidence comes when LD shows the boys the Locker of ManPorn, the boys are meant to look disgusted - but Wheels doesn't really, he looks more like he's staring at the male pin-ups, and at one point actually smiles a little, and after the boys go to the LoP, Wheels still gives back one last glance to the LoMP... Strange.
To 4.07, after the whole 'making out with Heather thing' - despite that, he seems remarkably uninterested in her. Which leads to the whole "if he didn't like her, why did he make out with her?" thing, and I think a gay guy doing that would actually be a good way of him trying to prove he's straight, whether to himself or others . It's tangential connection, but it is highly possible Heather really was his attempt to be straight, and didn't work... Still circumstantial, I know, but worth considering.
...and that's not even going into the Snake thing, since there is only so much time in the world and it is 2 in the morning and I should go to bed soon.
So. Wheels. Straight/Gay/Maybe bi (unlikely)? What do you think?
Remember Karen, the girl he lost his virginity to and was supposed to move to Calgary to be with before the accident? 
Degrassi is fun to speculate on...