Honestly to someone extremely pedantic, what he said is actually technically correct as He-man doesn't step aside, he is killed.
and Teela is supposed to be Queer Bait, not actually gay, but close enough for the gays to go. i wuv her or some such. but never actually answering the is she/isn't she.
but apart from the nitpicking of 'no she hasn't fucked her friend yet and what happens depends on what reactions we get' and 'he didn't do it willingly' everything else was spot on.
and the general feel of how it happened happens exactly as people expected.
Teela is supposed to be Queer Bait, not actually gay, but close enough for the gays to go. i wuv her or some such. but never actually answering the is she/isn't she.
Reminds me of what they did to Kait going from Gears 4 to Gear 5. She was attractive and hetero in Gears 4, was in a relationship with J.D.
Then in Gears 5 she gets a butch makeover, has zero interest in men, and comes across as far more masculine; so much so that even an audience member during a VO panel discussion asked if she was a lesbian and John DiMaggio shouted down the guy asking the question saying "it's none of your f'n business!"
Given the ending of Gears 5 (where either J.D., or Del has to die, and it's obvious they'll likely go with the J.D., dying ending), it's likely Kait will have a girlfriend in Gears 6, just as they'll probably double down and make Teela a full-on lesbian in Part II of the series/season after receiving a lot of support from the Twitter/Reddit/critics crowd.
my guess is they were hoping it would be a surprise and were going to use those responses to solidify their position on it once the 'number$' get added up.
the leak and response... has not gone their way.
not only that, but they they painted them-selves into a corner by sending Kevin Smith in to answer questions.
I would bet $ he had almost no involvement, other than being approached like: "we want to make a show, we want your name on it, sign here and here. does this look like he-man to you? great, we will tell you when to do press, we are done here. bye"
Honestly to someone extremely pedantic, what he said is actually technically correct as He-man doesn't step aside, he is killed.
and Teela is supposed to be Queer Bait, not actually gay, but close enough for the gays to go. i wuv her or some such. but never actually answering the is she/isn't she.
but apart from the nitpicking of 'no she hasn't fucked her friend yet and what happens depends on what reactions we get' and 'he didn't do it willingly' everything else was spot on.
and the general feel of how it happened happens exactly as people expected.
Reminds me of what they did to Kait going from Gears 4 to Gear 5. She was attractive and hetero in Gears 4, was in a relationship with J.D.
Then in Gears 5 she gets a butch makeover, has zero interest in men, and comes across as far more masculine; so much so that even an audience member during a VO panel discussion asked if she was a lesbian and John DiMaggio shouted down the guy asking the question saying "it's none of your f'n business!"
Given the ending of Gears 5 (where either J.D., or Del has to die, and it's obvious they'll likely go with the J.D., dying ending), it's likely Kait will have a girlfriend in Gears 6, just as they'll probably double down and make Teela a full-on lesbian in Part II of the series/season after receiving a lot of support from the Twitter/Reddit/critics crowd.
my guess is they were hoping it would be a surprise and were going to use those responses to solidify their position on it once the 'number$' get added up.
the leak and response... has not gone their way.
not only that, but they they painted them-selves into a corner by sending Kevin Smith in to answer questions.
I would bet $ he had almost no involvement, other than being approached like: "we want to make a show, we want your name on it, sign here and here. does this look like he-man to you? great, we will tell you when to do press, we are done here. bye"