Am I crazy?

Are you talking about a same-sex kiss being shown on a children's show specifically or on television in general? Because the latter is pretty much old hat these days, including on some shows that are considered prime time and/or family friendly or have at least a pre-teen or teenager audience.

So, on general principles, the people you were talking to are rather behind the times. In terms of precedent or 'the past as prologue' you are more likely to be correct than they are.

As same-sex relationships become more normalized the issue of same-sex kisses seems likely to become less and less of an issue. I won't be surprised if both of us live to see it become so routine as to be completely unremarked upon.

My 2c worth,

Todd

 

The creators of Legend of Korra actually confirmed their relationship. Korra is bi.
'Legend of Korra' creators confirm gay romance between Korra and Asami
And yeah, I can't wait till LGBT stuff is exposed to kids more directly. But then again, Korra wasn't really a show for little kids.

 

Yeah, I totally get what you mean now. That definitely would've helped me when I was younger! I was a bit disappointed they shied away from a kiss as well.

 

It does seem like they were being a bit too timid, considering that "The Last Airbender" ended with a kiss

 

I think you're completely sane and I think kids should be exposed to same sex couples so that way they can learn that it should be something acceptable in society.

 

I think it's more like the whole Neville and Luna OTP thing, where everyone sees it but the creators.

 

I think the people who are working on shows like Korra and Steven Universe are working with characters being in same sex relationships or possibly being in them. It's still relatively new to see them in cartoons aimed to kids. I believe that, in time, when people becoming a little more accepting, there will totally be a same sex kiss.

 

Am I the only one who refused to watch Korra because it seemed like another stupid spin off of a popular show? Granted I only watched half of Airbender before my cable was cancelled, but still. After the terrible flop the movie made, I was scared for any more spin-offs/retellings, etc.

 

I highly doubt that you're crazy over something like that. If you were to say something like, "well, I wish there were more scenes where characters were throwing poop at each other..." I'd say you're crazy. The problem is is that people focus too much on the sex aspect of the LGB+ sexualities. If they were to have a SS couple in a show people would be like, "NOOOO, THAT'S TOO SEXUAL!!! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!" Or something similar to that. Even if there was no sex involved with it. I do really think there should have been a kiss at the end of the show since there was one at the end of ATLA. Even if it was just at the cheek, so no one would be too confused about whether or not Korrasami was a ship that sailed. It would be really nice to see more LGBT+ representation on children's shows.

 

Isn't there one in Steven universe? The characters Ruby and Sapphire had this scene, where ruby picked sapphire up and spun her around and it looked like they kissed. And then they sang a song that seemed to imply that. It was the most straightforward LGBT thing I've seen in cartoons

 

Well alot of prime time 'family' shows have some form of nod to LGBT+ characters (e.g the fosters, modern family, etc.), so i guess that's one way kids might find out that gay people exist.

It must be mindblowing for a 5 year old to find out that straight people exist as well as gay people...

 

Everybody knows Azula and Ty Lee did it first.

<3

 

this is true

On the topic though, wasn't there a disney show that got cancelled for featuring a lesbian couple in an episode? Obviously, that kind of thing is a concern for creative teams. Widespread gay marriage rights is still very new in america, and I think it will take a while longer before alternative sexualities are commonplace in kids shows.

Lots of shows have already made a dip into portraying homosexual characters for a younger audience though.

 

Denis the Menis had something similar before other shows.

Denis was asked if he brought the Misses, he responded with he was nit married, would not ever get married, and even if he did, it would be to a boy.