Seven years have passed since then, and the media and entertainment’s support for the gay community has now been branded as an agenda. As a result, Conservatives, Libertarians, and Christ Followers have voiced their criticisms, including Larry Tomczak who had verbal fisticuffs with gay daytime talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres. Robert Rich of Mad World News even reported that actor Billy Crystal is demanding that the entertainment industry stop shoving the gay lifestyle into people’s faces.
Despite the details described above, there is one detail the gay agenda did that could be considered respectable. You may find that a surprise, but it was good to know they didn’t purposely expose homosexuality to children on shows meant for children. They kept such a lifestyle delegated to more grown-up programming. However, that line was recently crossed when Nickelodeon subjected millions of young viewers to the message that gay is a-okay through one of their most popular cartoons.
Some of you are probably shocked right now. Nickelodeon, the network that had animated classics like Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, and Rocket Power, possibly being in league with the gay agenda? That can’t be true, right? Unfortunately, they might be doing just that through their animation series, Legend of Korra.
For those of you who are not up to date with cartoons, Legend of Korra is an animated series that aired from April of 2012 to December of last year. It already had an established fan base because it was the successor of Avatar: The Last Airbender, a series that won many awards and garnered many fans for utilizing both Western and Japanese storytelling and animation. Because of this fact, an average of 4.5 million viewers tuned in to watch Legend of Korra‘s premier. For Nickelodeon, that is a very high viewership!
The scene in question of exposing young people to a gay relationship is actually the final scene of the series finale. That’s right! The minds behind Legend of Korra waited to the very last episode to cement a gay relationship to their audience. I have attached a video of the scene below for your viewing. Understand, the video is partially cropped so Youtube wouldn’t take it down for violating copyright laws.
As you can see, main protagonist Korra (in blue) and Asami Sato travel to the Spirit World together. The parts that should be noticed are when they both hold hands while gazing into each other’s eyes while standing in the midst of the Spirit World portal. Looks like gestures a loving couple standing in front of a sunrise (or sunset) would do right? The Huffington Post, along with many media news sites of a LGBTQ preference, seem to agree.
Now to be fair, Korra and Asami Sato’s gestures may just be innocent displays of a very strong friendship. It could be possible that LGBTQ communities are seeing something as pro-gay when it is not. Such assumptions were made for Bert and Ernie of Sesame Street, Lucy and Ethel in I Love Lucy, and David and Jonathan in the Holy Bible. It may also be possible that the scene is up to interpretation, possibly a means to cement the series’ importance years from now through discussion and social debate.
In the end, all questioning on said scene would be put to rest when the creators of Legend of Korra, Bryan Konietzko and Mike Dante Dimartino, confirmed “Korrasami” to be canon on December 22, 2014.
According to Bryan Konietzko’s official blog, he talks about how he was the first shipper for Korrasami and how the creative team focused on developing Korra and Asami’s relationship throughout the third and finals seasons. Apparently, he was upset that every single time a male and female appears in the same feature as primary characters, they end up together. That is when Bryan came across a quote by famed animation director of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, that read the following:
“I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live – if I’m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love.”
However, Bryan Konietzko wanted to update that sentiment that just because two characters of the same sex appear in the same story, it should not preclude the possibility of a romance between them. So, when the finale was close to being finished in production, Bryan wanted to openly depict Korrasami. Nickelodeon was supportive but gave limits on what can be shown. After Bryan discussed details with Mike Dante Dimartino, they both made sure the relationship was unambiguous.
In Mike Dante Dimartino’s official blog, he writes how he is humbled that the decision to unambiguously show Korra and Asami’s relationship has meant so much for the LGBTQ community. He even shows support for them just before giving thanks to his readers. Utilizing a quote from Legend of Korra character Tenzin when he said, “Life is one bumpy ride,” Mike writes the following to the LGBTQ community:
“And if, by Korra and Asami being a couple, we are able to help smooth out that ride even a tiny bit for some people, I’m proud to do my part, however small it might be.”
Now that you know that Nickelodeon supported a confirmed gay relationship that was subjected to millions of young viewers, what are your views? Sound off in the comments!
Source: http://madworldnews.com/
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