[ SECRET POST #4749 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4749 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Dracula (the upcoming 2020 series)]


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03.
[Letter Bee]


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04.
[The Untamed]


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05.
[Queer Eye, S01 E03 "Dega Don't"]


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06.
[The Witcher]


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07.
[RWBY]


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08.
[The Last Airbender]















Notes:

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I definitely had the impression that the crew and actors did their utmost to get as much subtext past the radar as possible. To the point where you get some massive subtextual tension between the actors at a point in the plot where the romance aspect was still largely dormant in the novel.

[(Anonymous)]

That's good! I mean, it's for sure at least in their best interest to please fans of the source material. Hopefully the actors understood and honored this in their performance, and I'll happily take that even if that's all we get.

I wonder if general viewers in China all know it's a gay show; if it's something obvious and unspoken and anyone watching it would *know*.

[(Anonymous)]

From what I heard, I think knowledge/awareness of this is split, kinda. Since the novel is very popular, quite a few people have caught on via cultural osmosis. There definitely is enough subtext that plenty of people did notice it, especially with the absence of an actual female lead.

However, there are a lot of people who are borderline or all out homophobic or just that conservative that they can't imagine any two male characters going beyond the "sworn brothers" route they had to go for in the show due to censorship. So between that and people (especially male viewers) not knowing what kind of novel thks was an adaption of, there was actually a sizable surge of watchers shipping Wei Wuxian with his adoptive sister.

[(Anonymous)]

I guess that sounds pretty typical, haha. So many anime out there, even up to Yuri on Ice and gayer, where people are gonna insist they are "just bros" even though it's obvious. I think there are a few anime out there adapted from actual yaoi hentai games, like Dramatical Murder, that cut the canon gay and some viewers still claim bros are just being bros.