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"
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"