Avatar: The Last Airbender + Legend of Korra
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ernesth100
The Traveler, The Genius, The Scholar
You know what not even the marketing towards kids. It's just when I looked at it all I couldn't wrap me head around the concept in general.
Why? They're adults like your friend's gay brother, so what's the problem?
Whether kids who see the show end up gay or not has nothing to do with the show: sexual orientation isn't a choice, it's just what you are. If anything, the show telling kids that it's okay for two fictional 20-something women to fall in love is a good thing. Every little bit of acceptance in the media, especially family-oriented media, is a good thing: it's chipping away at the ridiculous idea that kids can't handle same-sex partnerships, when really, kids only react poorly to homosexuality if they've been taught to react poorly by bigoted adults who were themselves taught to hate. It's a terrible cycle, and anything that fights against it should be celebrated.
Besides, if you're worried that Korra and Asami holding hands and gazing lovingly into each-opthers' eyes is gonna get young girls imitating them, then you must be horrified about all the kissing the straight couples do - there's even a marriage: uh oh, all the little children are gonna be rushing towards the alter now.
The creators aren't pandering to the fans: they had the idea to maybe have them end up together even before the show aired. What the creators are doing is showing support for the gay community and trying to fight the exact sort of ignorance and intolerance currently dribbling out of your mouth.
Whether kids who see the show end up gay or not has nothing to do with the show: sexual orientation isn't a choice, it's just what you are. If anything, the show telling kids that it's okay for two fictional 20-something women to fall in love is a good thing. Every little bit of acceptance in the media, especially family-oriented media, is a good thing: it's chipping away at the ridiculous idea that kids can't handle same-sex partnerships, when really, kids only react poorly to homosexuality if they've been taught to react poorly by bigoted adults who were themselves taught to hate. It's a terrible cycle, and anything that fights against it should be celebrated.
Besides, if you're worried that Korra and Asami holding hands and gazing lovingly into each-opthers' eyes is gonna get young girls imitating them, then you must be horrified about all the kissing the straight couples do - there's even a marriage: uh oh, all the little children are gonna be rushing towards the alter now.
The creators aren't pandering to the fans: they had the idea to maybe have them end up together even before the show aired. What the creators are doing is showing support for the gay community and trying to fight the exact sort of ignorance and intolerance currently dribbling out of your mouth.
ernesth100
The Traveler, The Genius, The Scholar
I, well you see, I'm not trying to be ignorant it's just. It was unexpected okay. Like it hit me really hard when it happened.
Nabber
Artisanal Cheese Taster
you have an interested definition of being "all for" something, by the wayernesth100 said:
just because you say gay people can exist does not mean you're not homophobic. if you think that people should be sheltered from same-sex couples but not from straight couples, you have a double standard and are homophobic.
ernesth100
The Traveler, The Genius, The Scholar
Not just people in general. I just think KIDS should be sheltered from same sex couples until their old enough to make their own decisions.
ernesth100
The Traveler, The Genius, The Scholar
That is exactly what I'm implying.Nabber said:
That's homophobic.
Kids don't need to be "sheltered" from gay relationships anymore than they they need to be sheltered from straight relationships. Seeing the odd gay couple amongst the multitudes of straight couples isn't going to warp their little minds in some sinister way, just show them a little diversity. Like how shows (for any age group) often make a point of having different genders, races and religions represented.
Kids don't need to be "sheltered" from gay relationships anymore than they they need to be sheltered from straight relationships. Seeing the odd gay couple amongst the multitudes of straight couples isn't going to warp their little minds in some sinister way, just show them a little diversity. Like how shows (for any age group) often make a point of having different genders, races and religions represented.