Dyke Night: The fag hag question
At the original Dyke Night, the one in Season One at Babylon when Ted and Emmett go to "Dyke Night" with Melanie, they say to her that while it's been fun hanging out with her and she's been a great hag, the problem is, fag hags are supposed to be fun, and what with her pining over Lindsay and all, not so much with the fun.
Now, I've never been totally wild about the phrase "fag hag," as it's not ecactly pretty and it's often meant in an unflattering way. Although it's also often said with love.
I've always had gay male friends, and I've more than once said "If I were straight I'd be a fag hag." That's because I always kind of thought of fag hags as women who got crushes on/fell in love with gay men, more than just women who like to hang out with gay men.
So, I think we can all agree Debbie is a fag hag in general terms. And I would suspect most of us agree Daphne is Justin's hag -- although she's also his best friend, and I like the sound of that better.
But is Lindsay Brian's hag? Or just his friend and baby mama? Is Melanie Ted's hag, in S1 or ever? Or just his friend?
Can lesbians be fag hags? Does there have to be romantic/sexual attraction to be a "hag"?
All these things are perplexing me. What do you think?