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2014-12-13 08:18 3720017 Anonymous (rs_560x347-141028093639-1024.cartoon-network-clarence-gay-kiss-102814.jpg 560x347 62kB)
So, are we quickly approaching the time when it's socially acceptable to have explicitly gay characters in American kid's cartoons? Japan gives no fucks, Canada has had more than one, and I hear Euro (French?) cartoons are pretty gay. American cartoon writers are often pretty liberal people but the networks keep them at bay. >I know Good Luck Charlie, a live action show, had a character with two moms. >Some CN cartoons have had background characters be gay as well. >I know Paranorman had that gay twist at the end. >I *think* PB and Marceline are married in the AT comics >Archie's has a gay character, three if you count Afterlife With Archie >I know a few kid aimed graphic novels with gay characters Alas we still don't casually have female characters with girlfriends, gay crushes, and stuff like we do with straight characters.

1 min later 3720025 Anonymous
>>3720017 >So, are we quickly approaching the time when it's socially acceptable to have explicitly gay characters in American kid's cartoons? Well the baby boomers are finally reaching retirement so that's about a yes. Also where is that pic from OP? Are they confirmed gay?

3 min later 3720035 Anonymous
>>3720017 Are they gay or just European?

3 min later 3720036 Anonymous
>>3720025 Clarence, a joke in one episode. Yes, they were supposed to mouth kiss but the censors wouldn't have it

7 min later 3720053 Anonymous
>Don't want to seem like egotistical fag trying to shoehorn gay stuff into media. >But so, so very image-starved for depictions of positive homosexuality in media. The conflict is real.

17 min later 3720101 Anonymous (Korrasami.jpg 500x277 32kB)
>>3720017 >Good Luck Charlie had a character with two moms And that resulted in the 5-year-old actress who plays the titular Charlie getting death threats on her instagram. Mericans are fucking creeps. Here's hoping Korrasami happens in the finale next week.

22 min later 3720124 Anonymous (1415479553790.jpg 388x566 55kB)
>>3720053 we need references to it without it being portrayed as involving sexual activity. Case in point: Paranorman

24 min later 3720131 Anonymous
>>3720124 Is this picture from Paranorman because if so I need to watch this movie.

24 min later 3720132 Anonymous
>>3720124 Outside of adult comedies gay people aren't walking sex jokes >>3720101 TLOK sadly isn't as mainstream as it was in season 1, and Nick is full of assholes. I bet Disney or CN will do gay characters first

26 min later 3720141 Anonymous
>>3720124 Sucks that the gay character in Paranorman was fucking ugly.

27 min later 3720147 Anonymous
>>3720025 The joke was some female characters was waiting for a date and this guy came in. Then his date arrived and it was a guy

27 min later 3720148 Anonymous
>>3720132 I think the worst part about the lack of Korrasami is that it's so obvious that the writers wanted it to go there in season 3 but were blocked from making it explicit. I could see Adventure Time doing it eventually with Princess Bubblegum/Marceline seeing how it's all but canon that the two of them used to be in a relationship; it's really just Cartoon Network stopping them at this point.

38 min later 3720186 Anonymous (Adventure_Time_032-005.jpg 1988x3056 1454kB)
>>3720148 It is canon. In the comics.

1 hours later 3720261 Anonymous
>>3720025 I am confused. I always thought baby boomers were the more liberal ones (sex, drugs, and rock and roll)

2 hours later 3720415 Anonymous
>>3720261 Nah, most people aren't hippies

3 hours later 3720434 Anonymous
>>3720017 That girl is a fucking fujoshi and probably fapped to that image when she got home.

3 hours later 3720437 Anonymous (1417656617846.jpg 960x1280 359kB)
>>3720186 I haven't read the comic but I got confused when I saw caps on /u/. It's wording is both obvious and vague. Finn doesn't react to them being a couple or being married and they never say the fact.

3 hours later 3720440 Anonymous
>>3720148 >Korrasami why did you have to remind me about the lack of this ship setting sail

5 hours later 3720621 Anonymous
>>3720437 >Voldemort kills Snape, lol >I hate you Marceline See? Nothing gay.

5 hours later 3720627 Anonymous
>wouldn't mind the hints of a past relationship with Marceline and Bubblegum being canon >BUT don't want them to get back together in the show because my crackships would be destroyed Why can't we just acknowledge gay relationships existing without destroying love triangles?

5 hours later 3720630 Anon-chan
>>3720017 The gay agenda, step 4: Push homosexuality on the children

5 hours later 3720635 Anonymous
>>3720630 I think what you mean is "Normalise homosexuality to the point where lgbt youths no longer feel stigmatised."

5 hours later 3720642 Anonymous
>>3720017 >Japan gives no fucks I hope you aren't talking about fujoshit anime because that's for straight adult women and they aren't gays

5 hours later 3720652 Anon-chan
>>3720635 I think what I mean is that you're an autist

6 hours later 3720662 Anonymous (whatsoperadoc-1.jpg 478x356 38kB)
>>3720017 stop acting like this is something new. bugs bunny was bi and a drag queen.

6 hours later 3720669 Anon-chan
>>3720662 iirc he married Elmer Fudd at least a few times

6 hours later 3720682 Anonymous
>>3720642 Sailor moon had a gay couple. There are gay couples and LGB and crossdressing people all the fucking time in Japan shows for kids around age 8 to 11

6 hours later 3720683 Anonymous
>>3720017 >(French?) cartoons are pretty gay No they are not... Why do everyone think that France is a "gay" country? It is just not..

6 hours later 3720721 Anonymous
>>3720682 Ah lesbians and trapsn for straight guys to fap to lol

6 hours later 3720749 Anonymous
>>3720721 It's a gay male couple I was thinking of from Sailor Moon. I think there might be a lesbian sailor scout but I dunno, I haven't actually.. umm.. watched it. So don't ask me why I know this They literally changed it from a gay couple to a straight couple for the Western version lol http://sailormoondub.wikia.com/wiki /Zoycite#Trivia

7 hours later 3720763 Anonymous
>>3720749 >pre-op mtf >gay

7 hours later 3720777 Anonymous
>>3720763 Trust me, when I rail you with my gurlcyck you'll feel just as faggoty :)

7 hours later 3720794 Anonymous
>>3720777 oh look another agp scum

7 hours later 3720814 Anonymous
>>3720794 >I get off on using my cock to rail gay bois silly and crossdressing as a man >means I'm AGP dude what I'm an AAP transwoman, lmao

8 hours later 3720868 Anonymous
Totally. As someone who worked at Cartoon Network about a decade ago, it's a nice surprise how far they've come in what they decide is appropriate regarding queer characters. Ms. Bellum was supposed to have a wife. The way the writers wanted to do it was just sort of a brush-off thing, this is my wife, head still conveniently out of frame. But that was too much for the higher-ups. You can have a weird evil genderfluid character, but you can't admit someone is gay. And now we got dudes kissing on screen! Crazy, but good.

9 hours later 3721027 Anonymous
>>3720868 Go back to /mlp/, Faust.

9 hours later 3721075 Anonymous
>>3720683 It's associated with wine, art, fashion and other stereotypically feminine/gay stuff as opposed to America which is associated with guns and obesity and typically masculine stuff.

11 hours later 3721301 Anonymous
>Japan gives no fucks Japan is a lot more socially conservative than some people seem to think. Just because you see LGBT characters in Japanese media doesn't mean it's any more acceptable to be LGBT in Japan. They don't have as many rights in Japan as in European countries, or even the U.S. LGBT characters in Japanese media are often just gross caricatures thrown in for laughs.

11 hours later 3721376 Anonymous
Marcy's voice actor just confirmed it at a book signing. Apparently Pen said it won't ever get any screen time because it's a legal liability in some of the countries the show airs in.

11 hours later 3721382 Anonymous
>>3720141 >images of gay men that do not revolve entirely around sex Its like you're trying not to understand.

12 hours later 3721422 Anonymous
>>3721301 Yes, but Japan is definitely a lot more tolerant than countries with comparable culture like South Korea.

13 hours later 3721554 Anonymous
>>3720627 There is no love triangle. Finn stopped loving Bonnibel a long time ago. CN just wouldn't allow explict lesbian romance on their PG show

13 hours later 3721557 Anonymous
>>3720642 Shoujo and shounen is aimed at kids elementary to high school age. Look at how much gay there is in stuff like that

13 hours later 3721561 Anonymous
>>3721557 Without having watched it, I'm pretty sure there's a gay kiss scene in Naruto.

13 hours later 3721575 Anonymous (vinni_9937.png 236x269 59kB)
I haven't actually seen it, but I've heard there's a character on a Hasbro cartoon which has a full-on fantasy crush sequence for one episode with another male lizard

13 hours later 3721589 Anonymous
>>3720017 Wait, which Canadian ones?

13 hours later 3721602 Anonymous (harley-ivy.jpg 300x295 34kB)
>>3721301 Everyone knows that. It's just the cartoons have a lot of gay stuff. >>3720683 I was referring to Wakfu mostly but I heard of some other stuff on /co/

13 hours later 3721610 Anonymous (naruhina_sasusaku_happy_ending_sd__by_777luck777-d6d1ljt.jpg 1000x605 507kB)
>>3721561 The one that's played for laughs between the two straight guys that end up with wives and children you mean?

13 hours later 3721613 Anonymous
>>3721610 I really have no idea. I think I saw it in AMV Hell.

13 hours later 3721621 Anonymous (1375216784275.jpg 1065x1199 154kB)
>>3721610 It wasn't a real kiss, they got pushed. Naruto and Sasuke are like brothers There are a lot of gay jokes in Naruto though.

13 hours later 3721630 Anonymous
>>3720682 >Sailor Moon had a gay couple ...that were turned into cousins for the English dub.

13 hours later 3721649 Anonymous
>>3721630 Gay cousins. If I recall SM had a gay male as well. >>3720437 "Marceline still loves you" "I love you too Marceline"

13 hours later 3721656 Anonymous
>>3721649 In Sailor Moon >Zoiciste and Kunzite were a couple >Haruka and Michiru were a couple >Fish Eye was a gay crossdresser, even had a kiss with Mamoru

13 hours later 3721659 Anonymous
>>3721656 Oh yeah, and the Sailor Starlights, they had MAGIC male disguises, but were actually girls and one of them was in love with Usagi

15 hours later 3721966 Anonymous
>>3721554 There was a pretty central one a few seasons back. Hell, the main paperwork for the pitch has a shot where Marceline is challenging Bubblegum to a 'Kissing Finn' competition, and she's like 'you're on'. It's ancient.

15 hours later 3721973 Anonymous
>>3721630 90s censorship. I don't know if Crystal will be aimed at little kids for the dub. Even though it's a show for 8 year olds people in America think it's for 16 year olds. I can't see it airing on tv unless it's Toonami either

15 hours later 3721985 Anonymous
>>3721966 Oh please, lesbians dare each other to fuck little boys all the time. It's one of the big gold-star lesbian trials, the trick is to know when you've made them men and back out before you're a disgusting bislut. It's sex with boys, not sex with MEN, see?

15 hours later 3722003 Anonymous (tumblr_l7x3cvIdy61qbbs78.jpg 500x373 20kB)
>>3721659 The mangaka got batshit pissed that they made the Starlights male instead of delicious lesbian reverse traps. Now we're stuck with hundreds of fangirls saying "It's not gay for Usagi to like Seiya!"

16 hours later 3722184 Anonymous
I honestly thought Arthur would have a character with two mommies or daddies, or a cis boy who wears dresses. They've done cancer, bullying, Sept. 11, disabilities, tomboys, etc.

18 hours later 3722434 Anonymous
>>3720017 By the way, the same show where this gay couple shows up, one of the main characters has two moms.

18 hours later 3722461 Anonymous (jeffs moms.png 800x464 701kB)
>>3722434 Yeah, and the best part is, they're just as clueless and normal as the rest of the parents. None of this 'it's so special, it's so unique' like some insecure person telling himself he's amazing, they're just as dumb yet well-meaning as all the other parents, like people actually fucking wanted. NORMAL PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY. How was that hard?

19 hours later 3722613 Anonymous
>>3722434 Surprisingly no one seems to care about this when it's a big deal

19 hours later 3722632 Anonymous
>>3721027 Slightly offended I was mistaken for someone who browses /mlp/.

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