It’s A Sin has topped multiple Best Show polls in 2021, has challenged the cliché of “nice” gay characters.Davies, who will soon take over as the new showrunner of Doctor Who, has said that he tends to write faults into his characters, such as It’s A Sin‘s lead Ritchie, played by Olly Alexander.“His selfishness, and the fact that he thinks he’s so clever he can talk his way out of any situation.
That’s me. All his worst faults are mine,” he told The Guardian when asked if he saw himself in Ritchie.He continued: “People often say my lead characters are unlikable, and I think, well, I’m doing that on purpose, because we often are.