“Naomily” topped AfterEllen’s list of the 50 most favourite fictional lesbian or bisexual characters, and Naomi proved in the season 4 finale why this honour is well-deserved. Plus, Jessica Capshaw visited “The View”, and Portia is Ellen’s biggest fan.

Naomi (Lily Loveless, left) and Emily (Kathryn Prescott) on “Skins”

AfterEllen released their list of the Top 50 Lesbian and Bisexual Characters this week, and judging from the comments on this blog alone, it is not surprising that the top spots went to Naomi Campbell and Emily Fitch from “Skins”.

If you – like me – are a late bloomer when it comes to “Naomily” and are wondering what it is about those two that makes them so popular and so special, I think that there is one scene in particular that explains it all.

In this week’s season finale, when it looks like there is nothing they can do anymore to save their relationship, Naomi makes an astounding confession:

“I’ve loved you from the first time I saw you; I think I was 12. It took me … three years to pluck up the courage to speak to you. I was so scared of the way I felt; you know, loving a girl, that I became a sarcastic bitch just to make it feel normal. I screwed guys to make it go away, but it didn’t work. When we got together it scared the sh-t out of me because you were the one person who could ruin my life. I pushed you away. I made you think things were your fault, but really I was just terrified of pain. I screwed that girl Sophia to kind of spite you for having that hold on me. [...] I didn’t want to be a slave to the way I feel about you. Can you understand? You were trying to punish me back, and it’s horrible. It’s so horrible because, really, I would die for you. I love you. I love you so much it is killing me.”

Need I say more?

You can watch all of Emily and Naomi’s scenes of the season finale here, or just the confession scene here. Also, for a deeper understanding of what happened on this show and with the two girls, I recommend reading Heather’s “Skins” recaps on AfterEllen (which is also where I “borrowed” the quote from).

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But back to the AfterEllen Top 50: Personally, I was delighted to see that Dr. Arizona Robbins, who is one of my favourite characters, came in third, and that the German character Carla von Lahnstein (#45) is on the list as well. In addition to those two, characters from my list who made it into the Top 50 were Bette Porter (The L Word, #5), Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, #7), Lucy Diamond (D.E.B.S, #14), Tara Maclay (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, #15), Ellen Morgan (Ellen, #20) and Idgie Threadgood (Fried Green Tomatoes, #24).

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Speaking of Arizona Robbins: Even though there was no new episode of Grey’s Anatomy, luckily, we didn’t have to go without “Calzona” altogether this week, as Jessica Capshaw stopped by at the women of “The View” to talk about her family, how she got the part on Grey’s Anatomy, and of course her character’s relationship with Callie Torres. Thanks to Jessica Capshaw Online, you can watch the interview (which includes a sneak peek at a scene of next week’s episode – Spoiler!) here.

Jessica Capshaw on “The View”

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As for the other serial lesbians on TV and the internet, there wasn’t much going on this week.

On “Marienhof”, Kerstin decided that she needs a change of location to figure out her feelings for Raul and Juliette. While she is gone, things between Raul and Juliette escalate. When Raul makes a disparaging comment about Juliette being a lesbian, he inadvertently puts her in danger of being raped.

After spending a night with her “roommate” Robin, Katherine spent the latest episode of “Desperate Housewives” trying to figure out what the night meant. Eventually, she decides that it just happened because she was drunk and that it doesn’t count. It only takes Robin one kiss, though, to convince Katherine of the contrary. (You can watch all Robin & Katherine scenes and some other hilarious scenes from last Sunday’s episode here.)

Katherine (Dana Delany, right) is trying to figure out whether
her night with Robin (Julie Benz) means that she is a lesbian

The sixth and final episode of “The Real Girl’s Guide to Everything Else” was released this week. If you like the show, you will be happy to learn that a second episode is already in the works, as Carmen Elena Mitchell, the creator of the show, told AfterEllen.

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Portia de Rossi received the Human Rights Campaign’s Visibility Award last weekend, and the laudator was her mother-in-law, Betty DeGeneres. You can watch Portia’s acceptance speech here.

There is also an article about Portia in People Magazine this week, in which she talks about Ellen on American Idol. Not surprisingly, Portia is her wife’s biggest fan.

That’s it for this weekend! As always, if I forgot anything, or if you have something to add, let me know in the comments.

“Naomily” topped AfterEllen’s list of the 50 most favourite fictional lesbian or bisexual characters, and Naomi proved in the season 4 finale why this honour is well-deserved. Plus, Jessica Capshaw...