Original commentary:
I don’t think the homophobic joke is funny, but this felt like a good opportunity.
Personally, I think the homophobic Ruby joke is one of the best things to come out of V9, but I’ve never seen it played straight (pun not intended but I’ll take it), only ever stuff like this that takes the “Ruby was homophobic” as part of the joke and not actually depicting homophobia.
The homophobic Ruby joke was great until actual homophobes started using it. Some of the best r/fnki memes were after that episode came out.
I don’t doubt, I’ve just never come across those homophobes. But since I didn’t start dipping into the fandom until after news of the RT shutdown filtered down to me, I’ve had to dig up all of the old lore for myself (shoutout to the Yorse) and don’t have a great idea of the different eras of memery and fan theories.
