Characters should not be gay just because “we don’t have a gay character.”
That’s called tokenism and it’s worse, IMO, than exclusion, since it tends to lead to a character being a stereotype and it makes his gayness his whole identity.
If Blizzard wants to add a gay character, fine, so long as that character is a well rounded character but I’m 100% against taking an established character and then trying to smash in “oh by the way, he’s gay.”
I just linked that cutscene to someone else, it was a flirting moment between Shaw and Valeera clearly. She was giving big hints at wanting to spend time with him and he in a way agreed without saying her name. It was clear they were crushing on each other hard.
This was my stance on it for a while, and I didn’t like how it took Anduin punching Wrathion in the mouth for people to suddenly flock in and ship them together. It felt undeserved at the time.
that said, im more open to the idea, but I’m wouldn’t be able to explain why. If Anduin turned out to be bi, I’d be ok with that.
I’m not sure if I’d ship him with Wrathion straight off the bat, I’d like to see some chemistry between them first that didn’t involve domestic violence
He idolized a character who he now has to acknowledge is a homosexual and that makes him uncomfortable. This vibe check is why I want Prince Anduin to be openly gay in 10.0 – people would surface themselves in this sense.
Anyone who watched the Mop cloak line and says with a straight face they WEREN’T flirting, I will likely ask them to imagine anduin was a girl and watch it again and say it again.
I bet they won’t. They were 100% flirting throughout that questline.
You’ve got about a 2.5% chance of being right (here on Earth), probably way less in a warrior based society. That’s figuring 5% or less LGBTQ total and giving you half of them being male. But as brow beaten as the game runners are in this clusterputz, you’ll probably get your wish.