This kind of stuff always irks me. (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Monday, November 30, 2020, 18:04 (1243 days ago) @ Korny

I think the last bit at better late than never is important.

This isn’t JK Rowling insisting Dumbledore has always been gay without so much as subtext hinting at it, and her only saying it after the fact. Not to mention the new movies that have Dumbledore as a pretty important character that still don’t even hint at it being the case.

Even if it wasn’t intended, there are things in the past that could be read that way, even if only at a stretch. And now it’s actual text. It’s not some after the fact retcon in an IP with no new material. It’s actually canon in a demonstrable way. That’s important.

I appreciate a little subtly in story telling, subtext rather than text, but I can appreciate this being important enough to be a little heavy handed. If anything, I mostly agree with Nevin, in that this isn’t and hasn’t really been a story with romantic relationships. I’m okay with that changing, I’m just not confident they can do so meaningfully.