Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-14138255-20171205173000/@comment-14909251-20171229013025

I wouldn't go that far. Whether the distraction is on the viewer or creator depends on implementation. There was a great deal of controversy over "gay moments" in Beauty and the Beast or in Power Rangers, but they amounted to essentially nothing. Something similar happened with How to Train Your Dragon 2. A lot of people made a fuss over what were often things you would miss if you weren't paying close attention. However, some cases the people in charge seem interested in shoving the character's gayness down your throat or they do something really weird with it that doesn't make sense. Plenty of shows are able to have gay characters in gay relationships where it doesn't seem like they're trying to force anything on the viewer. What matters is if the people introducing such characters are more interested in the characters or in looking diverse.