Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20170803053127/@comment-1916997-20171025013109

DatNuttyKid wrote: I'm a little nervous that the reason everyone is talking this episode up is that there's an LGBT character, not because of the actual plot or anything. Liberal pandering tends to always be hyped up as well-written and "beautiful", even when it's not. (Clarity to avoid arguments: it counts as "liberal pandering" when the content is poorly written and token, i.e. how most people saw Ruby Slippers. If it's a well-written character who happens to be gay, then that's a creative choice that happens to align with the liberal agenda.) I have Hope™ but Ruby Slippers has me feeling a bit pessimistic. I'm pretty sure the "beautiful" writing has to do with the end of Rumbelle, not the reveal that Alice or Drizella or Gideon or whoever is LGBT.