>>92421589Lesbian here.
It IS sort of shitty that all relationships in mainstream media are straight, because it perpetuates this idea that our relationships are deviations from the norm, weird, strange, or a "special interest" group instead of just other ordinary people. Media meant for "everyone" is almost exclusively straight - but if you want gays, you have to look for LGBT media specifically.
In regards to children's media, like Samurai Jack, LGBT relationships not being shown due to censorship or controversy is indicative of our relationships being seen as more taboo than straight ones. No parent worries about "explaining" heterosexual couples to their children.
Representation is necessary, too. It might sound crazy, but I didn't even realize that I was attracted to other women until I was a teenager.
>have best friend>cannot stop talking about>so proud of her and her accomplishments, deeply invested in her achieving her dreams>she gets a boyfriend>get irrationally obsessive and madAfter I "got over" her being straight, I found myself weirdly drawn to forming "friendships" with women who resembled her....and I still had no clue that I was hot for her. I only realized what was happening when one of my mom's friends came out of the closet.
When you're constantly bombarded with heterosexual relationships, it is sort of cathartic to joke about "oh gee whiz more straights never saw that coming lol".
With all of that said, I really like Jashi and ship it pretty hard. I think that blaming on individual is childish because it ignores the myriad of factors that contribute to what gets approved, or what writers anticipate will be approved, etc. I think Tumblr needs to chill the fuck out. It's lame that there isn't more gay representation, but it's a collective issue, not the burden of one dude and his cartoon.
>also I fucking loathe KorrasamiPic related, it's the waifu.
