Remember the time Griffin Mcelroy wanted to be more inclusive in The Adventure Zone so he wrote a wlw couple with tons of depth who were vital to the plot, and then gave them a beautiful but tragic end where they both (supposedly) die, not realizing he had fallen into the Bury Your Gays trope (this was the first romantic relationship he’d ever written) so then he proceeded to add another wlw couple who are also amazingly written and important to the plot, who literally get a fairytale ending and marry in the finale and he also resurrects the first couple who are now immortal forest spirits? Because I do
imagine: magnus giving an Anime Protagonist Speech and the bad guy is like rolling their eyes bc yeah this seems like something he would do but in reality he’s buying time as merle and taako rob the dude blind and then knock them out from behind before the three of them bolt
the little boy who created the Flaming Raging Poisoning Sword of Doom was at the live show tonight, and when the McElroys asked where he was, they couldn’t see him, so his dad lifted him up Circle of Life-style and people shone their phone flashlights and SURPRISE, HE WAS THE TINIEST CUTEST ANGUS MCDONALD
THIS IS THE KID HIS DAD POSTED THEIR COSPLAY PHOTOSHOOT IN THE OFFICIAL TAZ FB GROUP
Okay so it follows three protagonists named Taako, Magnus, and Merle who KHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHKHHHHHHHHHHKHHKHHKHHHHHHHHHHHKHHHHHHHHHHHHKHHHHKHHHKHHHHHHHHHHHHKHHHHKHHHHHH and KHHHHHHHHHHHKHHHHHHKHHHHHHHHHHHKHHHHHHKHHHHHHHHHHHKHHHHHHKHHHHHHHHHHHKHHHHHHKHHHHHHHHHHHKHHHHHHKHHHHHHHHHHHKHHHHHH-
“[Playing Taako] has made me understand a little bit better how taxing it can be when your sexuality is politicized, rather than just your own thing. When who you…and who you want to love…becomes polarizing, it’s very stressful. Being Taako became a lot more complicated once Taako was a canonically gay character, and I’m sure that is true ten-thousandfold for people for whom that’s their actual life.”
Holy shit this though.
Also this:
“I asked Justin how he felt about the positive attention he and his family have received for espousing inclusivity in their work. ‘If I’m being honest, it makes me uncomfortable. I always feel like I’m doing the bare minimum we should be doing as people. When people talk about kindness, it messes me up a little bit because I feel like I’m just treating people the way I was taught to treat people. It’s weird to me that that’s so much of a unicorn, that it’s worth noting.’”
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