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Redlion14 wrote:

Which reminds me, did you guys realize that there is a new article if not two basically every single day about this mess? I think that is pretty amazing. Like have you seen the response  of one of the executives of TVD? Perhaps change is in the air?

"Julie Plec did apologize to fans for the decision to kill off the two lesbian Heretics. During her column with Entertainment Weekly[...] she said that the trope was one she and the writers were initially unaware of until recently. By this point, the story had been written, scenes had been shot, and there was no going back. She also defended the decision as on The Vampire Diaries there are very few characters that do stay alive; unless it is one of the main characters that dies and somehow comes back. However, she did go on to say that with this trope—something she should have found herself falling into with The Originals with the decision to kill Aiden in Season 2—and the discussion, it does encourage her to introduce more LGBT characters on the show and thanks the fans for raising awareness to the current problem on TV." About the sponsors, do we know that because they SAID that they retracted tbeir money or because they SAID that they don't support the show? This is like politics. Words are important and frankly, since the 100 is still a big deal since the Lexa is still drawing publicity I don't think anyone is backing off officially just yet. (Personal opinion)

And no, sorry I haven't watched TVD ever, so I wouldn't have paid attention even if I bumped onto it. I know that Teen Wolf avoided killing gays. They killed the straight brother out of the twins, one of the newest black and gay secondary actor (guy who plays Mason) ended up *spoiler* being the big bad of the season *end of spoiler* and yet they managed to avoid killing him. Caity Lotz in Arrow was killed sure, but they brought her back and send her to a new show as a main character and adressed bisexuality/lesbians in the '50s. Even Revenge which did piss a few people off with the many seasons and neverending vendetta did make sure the best-friend of Emily/multibilionaire/bisexual survived and one of his gay love interest escaped his horrid mom and headed to train for an art career under a great mentor. Other shows did do a good job with their bisexuals/gays/lesbians. The 100 lack of attention to the subject especially since it was a period when Georgia was trying to enforce a gay marriage bill (if I am not wrong) after managing to vote in all states pro LGBT. Georgia gay bill was a huge thing that even caused studios to threaten to withdraw their productions on the area if it was voted "yes". So, the episode might had a less back lass and less attention if the circumstances were different.