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.
Yes, why was it okay in S2 and S3 but not now?
Am I the only one who likes the relationship?
It’s not that I dislike it. There were moments of greatness, but at the end of day, it was rushed and nothing will come of it. It was plopped down in the middle of our screen without any buildup. It’s….tokenism to an extent.
The main cast are run of the mill attractive straight white people. Anyone else is there to make them look good. Period. That’s how American TV works.
Malarkey. Even if it’s how it works, that doesn’t mean that is how it SHOULD work. And please…there are plenty of TV shows with non straight or non white people as leads or costars.
it doesn’t matter who falls in love with who, they serve their main purpose of representing a minority group, while staying out of the way of the others.
This is a pretty sad statement. Minority groups are subservient, then? Only designed to uphold the white people? Here? In the 21st century? Yeah, we’re totally living in a post racial society, guys.
You know what TV could try? Equal representation for everyone. That means that minorities aren’t cast as just supporting characters or just to be props or tokens. They could..I don’t know…run the entire show. Because maybe they make up a really good portion of our society? And maybe showing the rich diversity of America and the world might actually make for a better story? Cf: Sense8
Also, I hope the Podcast does the story line justice and discusses it with grace and dignity. There is really no overlooking this one.
We haven’t decided how we’re handling it yet. But all conversations here at the forums are open so long as they abide by our rules.