Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26225812-20150625072936/@comment-25926288-20150625114403

(Note: I moved it to Gen DIicussion, because I can't see how there are any spoilers when it isn't factual.)

Well, first, Henry wouldn't be gay for that reason at  all (but rather though the tender moments with Peter Pan, if he wasn't his family too.). That's perpetuating the (very bad) idea that gay couples will "spread" the sexual orientation onto their child. Henry only had two moms for about three-ish years of his life. Both of his moms are heterosexual and were with more than one guy in their life.

I'll introduce the concept of tokenism. Tokenism is adding a non-white person or female or LGBT individual and vice versa just to give the appearance that they are diverse. This is usually a bad idea and what this would be if there is no reason for the character to be that way.

What does Henry being gay add? We hardly see him as it is and would be Mulan version 2. Will he have a storyline coming out? Probably not, and if not then that's just a token character. That's what Mulan is currently. Mulan had really little need to be a lesbian, especially when she was totally into Phillip (who's not ever seen again or relevant to the plot). Did she get a storyline about coming out or discovery? Is she in a current storyline where it's applicable? Is she doing anything that is relevant to the plot or various subplots? I think the answer is no.

I rather they do it naturally with maybe Lily and Emma (that could have totally worked, if Emma wasn't taken) or others, but I don't see it happening.

New characters that just so happen to be under the umbrella of LGBT or even other races just to show diversity is wrong. While Once may be iffy on the use of POC (people of color) characters, they totally are underwhelming in the LGBT characters.

Secondly, Henry has shown no signs of that whatsoever. That's like Marian being Zelena wasn't hinted at until the episode that it was revealed.

I'm one for better plot than more characters. THe whole group of Camelot can all be LGBT and if it was written well could work, but doubts run awry in my mind.

Now if Peter Pan wasn't related to Henry, that would have been perfect because Pan was totally all up in his space, even the romantic over the shoulder teaching that they usually do for couples.