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Can anyone tell me \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' someone keeps adding AmbiguouslyGay to Barnaby\\\'s character profile? Even if we ignore the whole \\\"my first love was a woman/girl\\\" bit since that wasn\\\'t exactly canon, if you read up on the aforementioned trope you will see that \\\'\\\'it has nothing to do with the amount of Ho Yay a person is involved in\\\'\\\'. It has to do with characters who exhibit stereotypically gay mannerisms. Being a bishounen or caring about your hairstyle is not indicative of the trope. (If you want to know what \\\"Camp\\\" really looks like, take a quick glance at Fire Emblem) And another thing -- that\\\'s the way his hair naturally is (the hair, eyes, glasses and basic facial features are all exactly like Emily Brooks\\\'); so it doesn\\\'t even count as a \\\'style\\\' (regardless of how many times he may visit the hairdresser).

I\\\'ll be deleting that entry. If there is strong enough support for it I\\\'ll rest my case, but I can\\\'t for the life of me see how that can happen. It\\\'s very misleading, since being metrosexual / TheDandy (and I don\\\'t think he\\\'s even that) does \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' equate to being gay -- ambiguously or otherwise.

Can anyone tell me \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' someone keeps adding AmbiguouslyGay to Barnaby\\\'s character profile? Even if we ignore the whole \\\"my first love was a woman/girl\\\" bit since that wasn\\\'t exactly canon, if you read up on the aforementioned trope you will see that \\\'\\\'it has nothing to do with the amount of Ho Yay a person is involved in\\\'\\\'. It has to do with characters who exhibit stereotypically gay mannerisms. Being a bishounen or caring about your hairstyle is not indicative of the trope. (If you want to know what \\\"Camp\\\" really looks like, take a quick glance at Fire Emblem) And another thing -- that\\\'s the way his hair naturally is (the hair, eyes, glasses and basic facial features are all exactly like Emily Brooks\\\'); so it doesn\\\'t even count as a \\\'style\\\' (regardless of how many times he may visit the hairdresser).

I\\\'ll be deleting that trope. If there is strong enough support for it I\\\'ll rest my case, but I can\\\'t for the life of me see how that can happen. It\\\'s very misleading, since being metrosexual / TheDandy (and I don\\\'t think he\\\'s even that) does \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' equate to being gay -- ambiguously or otherwise.

Can anyone tell me \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' someone keeps adding AmbiguouslyGay to Barnaby\\\'s character profile? Even if we ignore the whole \\\"my first love was a woman/girl\\\" bit since that wasn\\\'t exactly canon, if you read up on the aforementioned trope you will see that \\\'\\\'it has nothing to do with the amount of Ho Yay a person is involved in\\\'\\\'. It has to do with characters who exhibit stereotypically gay mannerisms. Being a bishounen or caring about your hairstyle is not indicative of the trope. (If you want to know what \\\"Camp\\\" really looks like, take a quick glance at Fire Emblem) And another thing -- that\\\'s the way his hair naturally is (the hair, eyes, glasses and basic facial features are all exactly like Emily Brooks\\\'); so it doesn\\\'t even count as a \\\'style\\\' (regardless of how many times he may visit the hairdresser).

I\\\'ll be deleting that trope. If there is strong enough support for it, I\\\'ll re-add it, but I can\\\'t for the life of me see how that can happen. It\\\'s very misleading, since being metrosexual / TheDandy (and I don\\\'t think he\\\'s even that) has \\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\' do with being gay -- ambiguously or otherwise.

Can anyone tell me \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' someone keeps adding AmbiguouslyGay to Barnaby\\\'s character profile? Even if we ignore the whole \\\"my first love was a woman/girl\\\" bit since that wasn\\\'t exactly canon, if you read up on the aforementioned trope you will see that \\\'\\\'it has nothing to do with the amount of Ho Yay a person is involved in\\\'\\\'. It has to do with characters who exhibit stereotypically gay mannerisms. Being a bishounen or caring about your hairstyle is not indicative of the trope. (If you want to know what \\\"Camp\\\" really looks like, take a quick glance at Fire Emblem) And another thing -- that\\\'s the way his hair naturally is (the hair, eyes, glasses and basic facial features are all exactly like Emily Brooks\\\'); so it doesn\\\'t even count as a \\\'style\\\'(regardless of how many times he may visit the hairdresser).

I\\\'ll be deleting that trope. If there is strong enough support for it, I\\\'ll re-add it, but I can\\\'t for the life of me see how that can happen. It\\\'s very misleading, since being metrosexual / TheDandy (and I don\\\'t think he\\\'s even that) has \\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\' do with being gay -- ambiguously or otherwise.