>>39760473But nobody complains why heteronormativity has been so ever present in public media. Even in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, there was implied or outright explicit heterosexual relations in TV. Even in programs for infants, like Rugrats, there's visual on-screen kissing between adult heterosexual couples. But then there's implied heterosexual relations between babies! BETWEEN BABIES!! BABIES!! B-A-B-I-E-S! One to three year olds in a 90s cartoon with fictional, fantasized depictions of relations as if they were heterosexual adults!!! Obviously nothing outright explicit, but there's audio scripting and visual coding where the roles of adults are personified through their lenses. Numerous episodes had implications of heterosexual romancing through infant characters.
And then people today are outraged over same-sex relations between adult characters in Steven Universe?
In canon of the Pokemon anime, Ash should have been allowed to have a bi-sexual relation with Harley during the Advanced Generations arc. Obviously that character was explicitly gay. And Ash's sexuality has never been canonically defined as explicitly heterosexual. It isn't like anything more than a loving embrace, or a visual sign of affection through blushing would have been inappropriate. Brock was shown heterosexually fawning upon the bodies of women throughout the bulk of the anime's run.
