Kit-N-Kadoodle

jedi-rey-organa:

One of the reasons why it’s so significant that Bryke confirmed cutesy Korrasami dates and them being together and happy forever is that it seems like every time a movie or show has queer girls, it always ends in some sort of tragedy.

Like I’m so sick of being represented in heart wrenching, coming of age~ films that center on coming out, suicide, break ups, and queerphobic parents. Like I deal with that enough in my life, and presenting all queer lady relationships as inevitably doomed to failure serves to just invalidate the worth and the viability of our relationships.

Which brings me to Korrasami.

It would have been so easy to write them like Bubbline (they dated once on the sidelines and it didn’t work out so they broke up), or like Yumikuri (which let’s be honest with ourselves, the way the canon is going, things are not gonna end well for them :/), but the thing is, Bryke didn’t do that.

No, they gave us the subtle, gradual love story between a strong, stubborn, selfless, impulsive super hero and an inventive, nurturing, slightly awkward super genius and the thing is, their story ends with them happily ever after.

Like this is the kind of stuff I only thought I would every see in fan fic aus, not on my favorite series of all time, a very popular series at that.

The Legend of Korra broke a tired, over played trope, and raised the bar for how queer lady relationships are discussed and written. And I can’t wait to see what kind of impact that has on pop culture and mainstream media.

MY THOUGHTS exactly. The way that media treats LGBTQ relationships really grosses me out.

(via turtleduckdate)