Emcee considers his queerness an idiosyncracy because he is a product of his time. His perception of himself is still very much as an Other, and is of the mindset where he thinks people will still like him or talk to him despite it. The thought doesn't always manifest itself in Milliways, but it's a fact of life at home.

I don't know about Pam. Not much about her that anyone can willingly overlook. Maybe people would be willing to overlook how much of a bitch she is in order to negotiate with her.

Floki is a master boat builder with an occasionally unhinged personality and deeply fanatical religious beliefs. So. If you want that boat, you're gonna have to put up with the wacky.