Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20150509042358/@comment-25926288-20150528183524

Bgwinstonfc30 wrote: Farerb wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote: Ok, I am sure that I am going to come across as a hater and homophobe. But I, for one, would not like to see any LGBT characters. Having the relationships be close and personal, but at a non-sexual level (such as SwanQueen) is great, and I think that it is great that they can show people having truly meaningful relationships regardless of gender.

For the record, I am also a little disappointed in the intimate aspects of Regina/Robin at the moment. I think that was also a wrong move.

Thanks for letting me express my opinion, which is all this is.

Ok, back to the topic at hand.

One thing that I would like to see is more character background and character development for Hook and Belle. We've seen a lot for the Charmings, Regina, Rumple, and even Emma. But Belle definitely is still somewhat 2 dimensional and could use some serious development. and even Hook is not as complex as I would hope (we've seen bits of it, but it could be better). I'll throw Will into this as well, although if anyone has seen Wonderland, his character there is more fully developed, they just need to bring some of that into the main show. I actually agree with you. I don't think they have the time, respect and effort to do a gay relationship correctly. Mulan being gay was thrown in in order to appease the fans (which had the opposite outcome since they abandoned it afterwards. - I know the actress wasn't avalable, but they shouldn't have started something they couldn't finish). I'm very supportive of the LGBT community, and this doesn't really reflect on them, but i'm kinda sick of all the romance in the show. We already have Snow and Charming, Regina and Robin, Rumple and Belle...and Will I guess, and Emma and Hook. I don't want to see another couple. I think they could do so much more with the plot if they focused more on other things besides romance. Obviously with a show about fairytales it's going to be in there no matter what, but I've started to notice less and less people outside of the forum talking about theories about the show and more talking about who their favorite OTP is and who they ship.

That being said, if they want to bring in the some LGBT characters and they think they can do something like that well, they really reall yreally should. I just don't want any more focus on romance.

I agree with it all. All that is above, I mean. I am a non-shipper, the closest I got was Henry-Peter Pan before the surprise family twist. The whole "shipping" dynamic took over the show. I don't know about many other shows but 85 percent of the information we get in interviews and fans outside the forum is shipping related. The other 15 percent is whatever plot is at hand. I won't go in full detail here of what rakes across my mind, but in short, characters are growing less as characters and more as ships. It's becoming harder to distinguish true development between random need for the plot, shipping, and fanservice. I know the debate can become....It's fairytales and they have romance in them, but this isn't the five sentence fairytales. Those tales have so many plot holes and deus-ex-machina that it isn't even funny.

There is no need for an LGBT character mostly because they didn't plan on having one in the first place. If they did, then they did a poor job. It pretty much is "If you are not main cast, you get the shaft!" And btw, I totally know they heavily hinted Mulan and Phillip in season 2. Probably changed their minds once they saw Aurora-Mulan ship being popular.