Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26385535-20160127061149/@comment-25926288-20160128164702

ItachiIshtar wrote: Eskaver wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Eskaver wrote: Well, I for one would rather that not be the case. Dorothy is a random nobody and at least Red and Mulan would have had an adventure plus Red's "find others like me" plot being close to LGBT stuff. Not saying it because I came up with the MulanRouge stuff, but because it's sort of random and totally going to happen because the writers can't resist a "twist". Well, Dorothy has a few things going for her: she is a very significant character in the whole Oz series, and obviously the main character of the first book; she is a character that has appeared on the show (although at a younger age); she is never paired with anyone romantically in her original canon; Judy Garland (Dorothy's actress in the 1939 musical version of Wizard of Oz) is an LGBT icon; the character appears strong but still feminine to contrast well with Mulan; and finally I dislike when a straight character (which is all we have ever seen of Red) is all of a sudden made bisexual because of plot. So I don't think it would be that bad, and it would make quite a bit of sense if you think about it. The only issue I have with it was that it will literally be:

5x09: False tease Mulan and Ruby having no real seeds sown

5x17: Introduce random side character, Dorothy.

5x18: Mulan and Dorothy kick things off in LGBT heaven.

I'm sure I'm not the only one that sees the issue and more notably the large gap between storylines and the really short gap of sudden romantic interest. Here's the thing, the writers never outright said that Mulan and Ruby were the LGBT pairing, just that the seeds for the LGBT pairing would be planted. If you were watching 509 without the knowledge of an upcoming LGBT couple, you never would have assumed that Mulan and Ruby would become a couple. The writers may have intended for Ruby to be Mulan's companion to help her on her search for a happy ending, and that ultimately may lead to Dorothy. The seeds being planted may have just been that it was the start of that particular storyline. True, true, but nonetheless, I prefer buildup, so perhaps Dorothy and Mulan will be seen in season 6. I'm a fan of the slower burning relationships than they meet and fall-in-love quickly and back offscreen.