Hey there, it’s me. This is just me sharing my opinion on the new special since it panders towards me in a sense.

I agree with every point the special is making; not every movie needs to be this big preach.

Like, as a gay person, I’m tired of Disney, HBO, Netflix, all these big companies that make a blank state out of great material.

Of course there is great gay shows - (The Owl House, Atypical mm.) but those have something else to keep you watching where the gay is front and centre.

Let me use The Owl House as an example. A teenage girl is thrown into a world of demons and must traverse her way back to the human realm.

Cool plot point, right? However by Season 1 episode 16 “Enchanting Grom Fright” it’s made clear that there is going to be a lesbian relationship between the human girl and a demon girl name Amity.

However, they address this in Season 2, Episode 8 “Knock knock knockin on hooty’s door” where Amity and the human girl -Luz get together.

And that’s the last time that it was brought up and the show continued like normal, just with them being in a relationship

I’m getting sidetracked, my point is - there can be homosexuality and social issues in a show with out it “pandering”.

And it also feels like by Disney that they’re trying to “make up” for past homophobia so now they’re really just pushing gayness on to everything they can and use it as a sort of shield, if that makes sense.

Anyway, this is just one gay person’s opinion, feel free to comment your own - straight or not. If you read all this - thank you.

  • Bluelaserbeam@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    As a gay man myself, I have a lot to say about the modern landscape of LGBT+ rep in media and how I personally don’t feel represented by them.

    But what I’ll say for now is that when getting into stories, I want to care about—you know—the story. Give me a reason to care about the characters and plot. Make me feel invested in that. Whenever companies like Disney mention anything involving the representation of marginalized people, I see it as a sign that the writing is going to be trash and they’re trying to make up for it with representation. That’s exactly what anime fans correctly predicted with Crunchyroll’s original series, High Guardian Spice.