I like what I'm hearing here, which is that you think the unrealistic 'okay-gay' story is just as capable of being a good work of art as the realistic story, and that lack of realism need not be held up as a judgement against a work. Have you read Tolkien's 'On Fairy Stories'? I feel it makes roughly the same point, although more generally. The section on escape feels particularly relevant to me.
(I didn't, FWIW, perceive you as making any judgement about the validity or enjoyability of realistic stories beyond the implicit one of assuming that they are generally regarded as capable of being worth while.)
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Date: 26 Oct 2010 07:46 am (UTC)(I didn't, FWIW, perceive you as making any judgement about the validity or enjoyability of realistic stories beyond the implicit one of assuming that they are generally regarded as capable of being worth while.)