Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190126081959/@comment-24032889-20190129034012

VerBeeker wrote: I certainly agree with you on that...like Ark pointed out, same scene, but a guy and a girl automatic people claim romantic, a girl and a girl, "no, no they're just gal pals"

It's a bit hypocritical, in my personal opinion. And part of it is the idea of... I think it's a term called "gay coding." Where LGBT+ people will see a piece of media and understand characters as whatever LGBT+, but straight/cis people will interpret it without the romantic context since they aren't predisposed to understanding romantic relationships outside of straight ones.

This is the case with a lot of Disney characters. I hear Steven Universe is another example, but I don't remember which character and I don't watch the show. Another is an antagonist in "Maltese Falcon" (Movie) who was associated with things that smelled of lilac and also had suggestive posing with props for a second that could easily go overlooked.