Because some people here like Jeremy/Tyler (icon text unrelated)

(I, for one, wish to know why Recent Events have not made the fandom explode with Caroline/Elena and Bonnie/Caroline. Particularly the latter. Possibly, fandom's brain does not glom immediately onto epic shattered friendships and such the way mine does... And pondering the chances of the show going Caroline/Tyler after Other Events have taken place.)

Anyway, excerpt of an interview with Kevin Williamson:

JH: I didn’t realize until I tweeted that I would be talking to you that there was such a drive to get Jeremy and Tyler in bed together! Did you know about this?

KW: Okay, who’s saying that?
JH: I got at least half a dozen emails about it. I hadn’t thought about it but it did make me wonder about having some gay characters and storylines pop up on the show. What are your plans for any of that including Tyler and Jeremy.

KW: Well, certainly not with those two characters, I’m sad to say so we’ll just have to dream about that. If I bring on a gay character onto our show…I’m really not interested in a coming out storyline because I’ve done it [on Dawson’s Creek with Kerr Smith’s Jack character]. A coming out storyline doesn’t really excite me. Bringing a gay character to me would be incredibly exciting but I just want to do it right and I want to do it when it feels good and not force it and bring them on just to have a gay character. I want something I can really dive into and relish. We have Caroline’s Dad in the wings. He is set up to be gay and in a relationship with another man and that’s really all we know about Caroline’s Dad. He is a founding member so I do envision a day when he comes onto the scene and wreaks havoc.


 

( last bit contains spoilers for Tyler's season 2 plot )

Not exactly fond of either character and notably good at missing most m/m stuff, but even I would have interpretted ep 5 A Certain Way.



Anyway, this may be the most directly I've seen a creator answer that particular question? But I find the "coming out plotline" comment kind of weird. I mean, that's not exactly "I did a spaceship show once and don't feel like making another."