Eska is hitting a lot of really negative notes for me. If Desna was doing this to a female character, (calling her his slave and possession, using bending to threaten her for speaking to a male character, socially isolates him, ignores his needs, forcing her to carry him around in a rickshaw, demanding she move to his home for him, threatening to ice her up and feed her to dolphin piranhas if she left him, demanding she bow when he leaves the room and commenting on enjoying her groveling, forcing her to marry him, and changing her clothing to suit him and then angrily chasing after her when she tries to leave) this would not be allowed on children's television. It would be an episode of Avatar Law and Order, Special Victim's Unit. It's not funny on any level, and especially given the power imbalance (she's clearly a more powerful bender than him, and she's a princess with an army), it's incredibly unfunny.
And yes, the creators even say "androgynous, creepy twins" as in the androgyny is directly connected to the creepy factor. I can't speak more on gender issues, since I'm still learning. But sadly based on what I've seen with Nick, it will be a blizzard in Eilat before "a bisexual, gender binary smashing poly relationship" is allowed on a Y7 show. Heck, we haven't had an explicitly gay character on a children's show. A few hints, a few nods, but no American show has actually shown it more than "best friends," "in the same room" and such.
Most people aren't as educated as you on gender issues. I have two graduate level degrees and I barely scratched the surface, most of my education has been Professor Google.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
no subject
Date: 2013-09-29 02:39 am (UTC)And yes, the creators even say "androgynous, creepy twins" as in the androgyny is directly connected to the creepy factor. I can't speak more on gender issues, since I'm still learning. But sadly based on what I've seen with Nick, it will be a blizzard in Eilat before "a bisexual, gender binary smashing poly relationship" is allowed on a Y7 show. Heck, we haven't had an explicitly gay character on a children's show. A few hints, a few nods, but no American show has actually shown it more than "best friends," "in the same room" and such.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animated_television_programs_with_LGBT_characters
Most people aren't as educated as you on gender issues. I have two graduate level degrees and I barely scratched the surface, most of my education has been Professor Google.