However, if faced with that dilemma, then I’d expect them, as professional writers, to figure out how to best tell the Red/Dorothy story so that it felt organic and natural and not just dropped on to the screen at the last second. And then we’re back to screen time, the number of plot lines, the number of characters; so how so you tell so many single side stories (Rumbelle, Zades, Snowing and Baby Neal, Henry the Author) alongside the arc-plot (Hades, Operation Firebird) and have a Very Special Episode?
If it was Disney budding in, then they would have budded in awhile ago. Which would have given the writers enough time to develop the new lgbt relationship, instead of just one episode. It sucks that Disney may have thwarted the writers’ plans for Mulan, but there is no excuse for the lack of development of the Ruby Slippers relationship.
If anyone is interested in a live reaction to this episode from an LGBT couple then Bri and Alex of OSOTM do a great one. I will state: they aren’t happy. So please, be prepared for some fairly negative reactions. But, I think it’s important to hear from people within the actual queer community.
I can imagine many people in the queer community are not happy about this. And you guys know, I will be first in line to defend the writers. I simply cannot defend them on this one.