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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-12-14 06:38 pm

[ SECRET POST #3267 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3267 ⌋

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Re: Representation, Recognition and nothing at all

(Anonymous) 2015-12-15 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
ayrt

Well, I was thinking of Korra, though they weren't allowed to kiss or anything and a desperate person could've maybe read them as "good friends" - but still, mainstream kids' show. I don't think it's even typical to have established gay characters as protagonists, let alone ones whose sexuality is later revealed to be gay (except on like, Ellen's show I suppose!). I'd love to see more of that, or more bi characters as protagonists.

Re: Representation, Recognition and nothing at all

(Anonymous) 2015-12-15 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
ayrt

Ah, that explains it.

I don't think it's even typical to have established gay characters as protagonists, let alone ones whose sexuality is later revealed to be gay

In the thread I mentioned before, people were saying that there was no way characters would be revealed to be gay later on, after the audience already knew them and assumed they were straight, but I feel like...that'd be kind of a cool way to do it because that's the way it happens in reality. People assume their family member or friend is straight until they come out to them and then they (ideally) eventually realize that it doesn't change who the person is and they accept it. Studies have shown that actually knowing gay people is a huge factor in making people more accepting, and on popular shows where people watch it every week for x amount of years and feel like the characters are part of their family, it'd kind of be like their uncle came out or something. Idk, I'm probably not explaining it well but I feel like that'd be a better way to do it than where all characters must be stated to be gay from the very beginning so people can just put them in the gay box and not have to be surprised when someone they love turns out to be gay.