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Creators of Adventure Time: What do you think of Bubblegum/Marceline?
I don't watch much television anymore (except MLP, and even then on YouTube), let alone Adventure Time, but the idea of a lesbian couple in a kid's cartoon being portrayed positively instead of freaky/weird? YES PLZ. Hell, the song Marceline sings is damned awesome.Unfortunately ( Read more... )
I don't watch much television anymore (except MLP, and even then on YouTube), let alone Adventure Time, but the idea of a lesbian couple in a kid's cartoon being portrayed positively instead of freaky/weird? YES PLZ. Hell, the song Marceline sings is damned awesome.Unfortunately ( Read more... )
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There was one post by someone about this on tumblr that said essentially that while they wished it didn't have to be this way, they understood why Cartoon Network took it down because they're a business first and foremost yadda yadda yadda and that it "just wasn't the right time" to do this.
While I do understand from a business perspective the decision, I just have to ask: When is it going to be the right time? It's like you said, it's 2011. It's time to stop pretending like homosexuality doesn't exist. Having a homosexual character in an all ages cartoon isn't "indoctrination" when it's presented as just someone like any other character in the show who just so happens to be gay. It doesn't need a bunch of hubbub made about it, and it doesn't need to be their defining trait, because the sooner it's presented in a light of "hey, this is normal, it's ok, gay people exist and it's not a big deal" then we're that much ( ... )
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I have no idea if there's any "canon" pairings on Adventure Time, though I've heard an argument that "A cartoon show is pretty silly to be preaching gay tolerance on. Unless it was a cartoon meant to teach about lesbian tolerance, which AT is not." But that's the thing. What people need to realize is you can have a gay character without going into an Aesop roving that OMG TEYR HOOMAN TOO!!1!1". I'm not saying AT has to be educational if it isn't. AT can go on doing AT things, and Marceline and Bubblegum can hold hands for five seconds without anyone in the show going tl;dr about LGBT rights. Heck, I dislike preachy LGBT poster-children in media as much as the next person, which is one of the reasons why Brokeback Mountain rubbed me the ( ... )
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I should be putting a "THIS IS WHAT CARTOON NETWORK REALLY BELIEVES" disclaimer here because all whiteboys all the time. Forever.
But I think they just have a hateboner for good cartoons. Adventure Time's getting the censorstamp, Robotomy got COMPLETELY screwed by the network, OH WELL LET'S SHOW FIVE MORE SEASONS OF JOHNNY TEST.
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I just think that it's a further symptom of CN's shitty business decisions and total assheadery.
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If that's not a gay icon, I don't know what is.
...BRB gonna call them and demand more Rainicorns.
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Rainicorns 4Evah.
Also thank goodness I found another fan of T&EASGJ. It's a love it or hate it thing, but I LOVE it. Salame and such.
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Salame to you too! Love those Corinians.
After doing a thorough analysis of your LJ (I perused it for a good minute...maybe even a full two), and I apologize if this might be a bit forward of me, but would it be alright if I friend you? You seem like an individual of fine taste.
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