>>101823640It's not recent. This was supposed to be on 2x1, giving Shiro his backstory there before he died.
Question: Let’s talk about the Shiro and Adam thing. How long has that been in development? Was that something you guys planned from the start, or was it something that sort of came along in the process?
Joaquim: Well it’s something that’s been in Shiro’s character from the start. We had to kind of shift things around with how we rolled out the backstories, just due to scheduling things. And at one point, as you know, Shiro was potentially gonna kick the bucket. So once we found out that that wasn’t gonna happen, we knew we could kinda hold off on this reveal. But yea, it’s something that’s been part of his character from the get-go, and we’re just super excited to finally get it out there in the world.
Question: What’s it been like to have people almost constantly being like, “Is the show going to be gay?”…
Lauren: It’s similar to when before the show premiered and people were like, “Where’s the women? Where’s the women?” And we kinda had to bite our tongues, because we knew Pidge was going to be revealed as a girl. And it’s a similar deal where we know it’s coming. We know people are going to be upset because they haven’t seen it yet, but we just hope that on the backend they’ll forgive us.
Joaquim: Yea, and that they’re along for the ride, regardless of where anybody stands. Just enjoy the ride.
Question: And then if you guys know, how do Shiro and Adam identify in their sexuality? Are they gay? Bisexual?…
Lauren: I think we just kinda consider them–
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