Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-2.96.106.45-20131022215901/@comment-24219008-20140606032417

WC-83 wrote: That is true. Outside of Japan (or possibly, outside the rest of the world [horrifying thought), there has never been a same-sex relationship in the animated department. I suppose it can be refreshing. Of course it falls into some Double Standard tropes (Like Girl on Girl is hot, while Guy on Guy is not [inverse for certain female viewers who love Yaoi]. At this point, I'd be happy with any type of representation at all. Even just a bisexual character (if a bisexual character would be "easier" for straight viewers to accept than just simply yuri or yaoi) would be something. I don't know what it is about American animated series that are so against portraying even the most honest, simplest of same-sex relationships, but even Disney Channel has taken a step in the "right" direction by introducing lesbian moms in an episode of one of their shows, so it'd be cool for the other channels to follow suit one of these days.... The American dub of Sailor Moon changed so many of the interactions between Neptune and Uranus and chalked it all up to them being cousins rather than lovers, and it pretty much ruined the series for me because it was clear Americans didn't see their actual relationship as "authentic". I've heard Cartoon Network had some issues with the creators of Adventure Time because they wanted Princess Bubblegum and Marceline to be lovers, but of course, Cartoon Network didn't think it to be "appropriate" to portray to the younger audiences (I don't actually watch the show, so I don't know the exacts of the situation, only what I've read)....

Blah blah blah, I'm kind of losing my train of thought, now.... Anyway, basically, it would be great if a main character from RWBY (doesn't matter who, although I'm personally rooting for either Weiss or Ren, because those two just seem to make the most sense to me) is eventually portrayed to have yuri/yaoi attractions, since I really do believe in Rooster Teeth to handle the situation delicately and authentically, and it could definitely be something positive for younger viewers to take away from the series, maybe even inspiring American animation networks to let up a little, too.