Thank jeebus for the Sassy Gay Friend. Without him, all of our favorite self-sacrificing literary characters might become martyrs. Like the silly Giving Tree from Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree." The Tree is willing to let the boy cut her friggin' trunk down so he can make a boat! But her Sassy Gay Friend talks her out of it -- and introduces her to a friendly nerd you might remember from tenth grade English.

After all, just because the "guy from 'Silence of the Lambs' needed fat-girl skin to make a flesh suit doesn't mean we give it to him." Right on, SGF! Enjoy!

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