#anyways i hope this makes some sense. go vote rinniki btw. theyre basically canon if not for the genre restrictions

[kalmeria]

I think when talking about how a queer ship is “basically canon” you have to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Go beyond the in-universe explanations of “gay marriage isn’t legal here” etc, and consider the reasons a piece of media is giving you these excuses.

Think about it logically: if a story is choosing not to depict any form of real life homophobia other than “we can’t get married”, then there should be no reason not to have these characters explicitly say they are dating. And you can’t ignore the actually practiced alternatives to marriage like the partnership certification system available in more and more parts of Japan (it’s still a long way from equal rights, but it is not meaningless!).

All of this is to say, this is just another example of using pausible deniability in depictions of queerness in order to keep mass appeal. And let’s not forget, Ensemble Stars is a franchise mainly targeted at women, and Anzu / the producer is an audience insert character meant to let readers imagine having a relationship of their own with these characters if they so desire.

#somthing something the point of marriage equality is the equal rights #and queer relationships shouldn’t have to conform to heteronormative standards #anyways i hope this makes some sense. go vote rinniki btw. theyre basically canon if not for the genre restrictions #enstars #my country also doesn’t have marriage equality so the argument of ‘this means we can’t be together’ is baffling to me #like. homosexuality isn’t criminalized so what are you talking about #idk idk i’m trying to get my thoughts out this is not against anyone other than h ele #and similar media in general lol #sorry if i get some terms wrong idk english