Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160418005754/@comment-25926288-20160418033255

CoolDudeAl wrote: Wicked Wizard of the West wrote: I'm just afraid of rating slump after this episode. I love it, love that scene, but it's dangerous to play with since the LGBT stuff is not enough to attract LGBT community, but its presence just shoo away the "family" viewers. I admire the writers' bravery, but it seems their way to season 7 is now far-fetched Except ABC is pushing for representation. Disney is no dummy, they know which side of an argument is the profitable (and morally correct) one. And let the bigots leave, other viewers will come and fill their place. I think the ratings will drop all of .000001 points because the main demo is 18 to 49. And ratings likely won;t matter all too much.

The show shouldn;t attract the LGBT because they are a toss-away couple and Mulan the first LGBT character is still left alone and sad. So, the writers set themselves up for a downfall in any "moral" argument. We'll have to see, but that's not related to this episode's discussion.