In fact, any male less secure in their sexuality would surely have rebuffed Craig by now, possibly with a sledgehammer. In another Diary Room love-in, the pair come across like Boy George and Jon Moss:
Anthony: "Me and Craig are the only genuine friendship in the House... Craig likes to tell me what to do, but then he does the cooking. He does favours, that's what he likes doing... I'm more into taking. He's more into giving and I'm more into taking but nobody's more dominant - it's just two different personalities."
Craig (comparing himself to Cinderella): "I'm the submissive bitch, I get used and abused but Anthony is my prince."
(Yesss, but Cinderella didn't actually provoke abuse - not from her Prince Charming...)
Anthony: "If I had to pick one person to go on a date with it would be Craig, because he's my mate... I wouldn't pick either of the birds in the House."
Craig: "I'm more of a woman than those two put together."
It's this sort of thing that makes me see Craig as a throwback. He's more than happy to embrace a role both explicitly submissive and explicitly 'feminine', and he has no problems proclaiming his love for Anthony - but his is the love that, literally, dare not speak its name. And we still have no idea why.
Craig's recognition of his own subbiness is, I think, the most honest thing about him. It's interesting also that, despite his youth and apparent inexperience in terms of the emotional intricacies of negotiating an intimate relationship with a heterosexual male (they tend to shag women), he knows "fucking S & M" when he sees it. Interestingly, Big Brother appears to be forcing him, in this task, into a more overtly dominant role... |
