a starsky & hutch riddle for you, fandom

[laurajv]

I'm listening to the TWiB live feed from Ferguson and I'm so tired right now. So I'm going to think about S/H for a bit.

Here's a thing. In "Death in a Different Place", Starsky's mentor is revealed to be a closeted gay man, and Starsky deals with this WAY worse than Hutch. Partly, I mean, Starsky has just lost someone he cared a lot for and was close to and looked up to; he'd be emotionally reeling no matter what -- but even with that taken into account, he seems noticeably more...offput by homosexuality than Hutch is, to my eye.

So why in so much S/H is Starsky the one who is more open and accepting of his desires?

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[killabeez]

I've definitely read stories that go the other way around. "Death in a Different Place" was my favorite episode, so I sought out stories that specifically tied into that one—maybe that's why?

Trying to remember the dynamics in Murder on San Carmelitas.