User blog comment:Mirnish/LGBTQ+ Representation on Total Drama/@comment-5221692-20150730210024

The issue, @Mughees, is that Fresh PROMISED us they'd make the show more mature and that they'd listen to the fanbase more often.

It's no surprise that the most arguably vocal parts of the fandom are the tumblr parts. The fandom nearly unanimously agreed on a few things they wanted in the new season since Fresh made it clear that they were listening to us. We didn't want screenhogs, we didn't want continuity errors, and we didn't want excessive cruelty. Most importantly, a whole lot of us requested for at least ONE confirmed LGBTQIA character.

The fact that Fresh is denying that they ever made this initial promise and connection with us is rather insulting. It's saddening because they basically BAITED us. It's almost hilarious, because it's as if they made a REAL LIFE continuity error by forgetting that claim they made.

I don't care that they're not going to include an LGBTQIA character. Honestly, that doesn't bother me. Fresh being flimsy and weak, and too scared to push any barriers or cross any lines is old news. No. Heather's boobs and Owen's gay jokes don't count as "pushing barriers".

I honestly don't care how Fresh personally feels about these topics. Through their social media accounts, they've proven that they're uneducated on these topics and are not ready to tackle these issues quite yet. When confronted on who they believed may be gay characters, they pointed to the most stereotypical "queer-esque" characters on their show i.e. Jo, Owen, and Tom. This proves that this show really does only focus on stereotypes, and that if they were to include a queer character on the show, they would flanderize the living daylights out of them. Their sexuality would be their only quality, and we all know it would. Fresh doesn't go into depth with their characters anymore. That's too much work.

Overall, Fresh is extremely disorganized, and should not try and include representation in their show, because we all know how well that'll work out. They slandered mental dissabilities with Mike. Imagine the damage they could do with a queer character. Like I said; we're ready for a queer character, but Fresh certainly isn't.