Talk:List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2010–2014

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Comments are welcome, as this may still be too big of a page, although I think dividing it into a sub-page is justified. This suggestion came from John_B123.--Historyday01 (talk) 00:20, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Removed King Sombra

Removed:

November 10, 2012

King Sombra

Bisexual

Series writers Michael Vogel and Josh Haber confirmed that Sombra is bisexual. His portrayal in the TV series was, however, 'subtle'.

The statement was obviously a joke; do you know what the ";-)" smilie means? (Plus, they haven't expressly said that he was bisexual.) The matter of fact is: Sombra only appeared briefly in the series, and wasn't shown to be in any romantic relationship, same-sex or different-sex. Plus, the authors of the show have had the habit of playing jokes on the fans, such as by publishing fake episode titles and plot summaries in advance of the next season. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 13:43, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

I see what you are saying, but I think it should be kept. If a statement about Spongebob being asexual is fine, this statement is fine too. Historyday01 (talk) 15:41, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Confirmation and the use of secondary sources

I'm posting this to head off any criticism of this article that secondary sources are used to prove the LGBTQ identities of the characters listed on this page. This is similar to what I posted on the List of animated series with LGBTQ characters: 2000–2004 talk page, but I am posting it here as well. According to WP:YTCOPYRIGHT, specifically the original research section,

All material in Wikipedia articles must be attributable to a reliable published source. This means a reliable published source must exist for it, whether or not it is cited in the article. Sources must support the material clearly and directly: drawing inferences from multiple sources to advance a novel position is prohibited by the NOR policy. Base articles largely on reliable secondary sources. While primary sources are appropriate in some cases, relying on them can be problematic. For more information, see the Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources section of the NOR policy, and the Misuse of primary sources section of the BLP policy.

Furthermore, on WP:NOR, it says:

Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published secondary sources and, to a lesser extent, on tertiary sources and primary sources. Secondary or tertiary sources are needed to establish the topic's notability and to avoid novel interpretations of primary sources. All analyses and interpretive or synthetic claims about primary sources must be referenced to a secondary or tertiary source, and must not be an original analysis of the primary-source material by Wikipedia editors.

As such, citing sources like The A.V. Club, Dot and Line, The Queerness, Pride.com, The Verge, YAM Magazine, Anime News Network, T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews, Digital Journal, NewNowNext, Syfy, Polygon, Comic Book Resources, PinkNews, GLAAD, Autostraddle, Mashable, Vanity Fair, Screen Rant, The Guardian, and many others cited on the main page, are totally acceptable. When it comes to anime, official sites often are limited in the characters they talk about (usually only the protagonists, not the secondary characters for the most part) or give the characters biographies by putting text within images, making translation of the text impossible unless you are fluent in Japanese. This also means that primary sources are NOT necessarily needed to show the LGBTQ identity of any of the characters listed on this page. Such sources are nice, like in the case of Bojack Horseman, Sakura Trick, Love Stage!, RWBY, Attack on Titan, Steven Universe, Brickleberry, Chu-Bra, MLP, and some others, but they are not always available, especially if the show is an anime or is relatively obscure, and are also not necessary!

I just thought I'd point this out before some editor comes along and tries to remove content here. Historyday01 (talk) 14:34, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 17 April 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 08:38, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

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List of animated series with LGBTQ characters: 2010–2014 → List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2010–2014 – In line with existing consensus to use LGBT, rather than LGBTQ and because I cannot move the page manually to the other page name, like the List of animated series with LGBTQ characters, Animated series with LGBTQ characters: 1990s, Animated series with LGBTQ characters: 2000s, and Animated series with LGBT characters: 2010s, and Animated series with LGBTQ characters: 2020s pages Historyday01 (talk) 16:02, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

"Implication is not confirmation" and the entry for "Wendy Corduroy"

@User:Tyler Michael Mannix, in a recent edit on List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2010–2014, you said that "Implication is not confirmation" when it comes to the following entry for Wendy Corduroy in Gravity Falls:

In August 2020, show creator Alex Hirsch implied that Wendy is bisexual in a tweet. Wendy is a mellow, tomboyish, laid-back 15-year-old part-time employee at the Mystery Shack, and she stated that she had many boyfriends in the past, including one ex-boyfriend with whom she cannot remember breaking up.

I am, personally, somewhat in favor of keeping this entry, as implication could serve as confirmation, but I'd like to hear more from you, because I'd be willing to change my mind on it. I haven't watched Gravity Falls and likely won't, so I don't have that perspective, but it seemed like more of a confirmation than someone saying Cassandra in Tangled is gay-coded, an entry which was formerly on one of these LGBTQ lists before I removed it a while back. In the end, I hope to hear from you on this, as these pages are obviously not static, as entries can come and go as needed over time. The main reason I beginning this discussion is I want to see more of your reasoning here.--Historyday01 (talk) 16:06, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

I have watched the entirety of Gravity Falls more than once and I am a huge fan of the character. Never in the entire series is it ever actually implied that Wendy Corduroy was attracted to women. All of her love interests mentioned in the show were male. It was only after the show and in off-hand tweets that Alex Hirsch implied her bisexuality. In my mind, that is not enough. If he wanted the character to be bisexual, he would've put it in the actual show. He and his crew had the balls to make the policemen gay in the last episode and they could've done the same thing with Wendy but they did not. And there wasn't anything else like comics or video games or anything to my mind that ever implied it either (though I have not read them). If you were to ask me, as someone who has seen the show, I think with the evidence that is shown in the show how it is written currently, Wendy Corduroy is heterosexual. Sure she could be implied to be bi from Alex, but in my mind, as I said before, he wanted her to be bi, then he had all the means and the capabilities of making it canon in the actual show but it never happened. Tyler Michael Mannix (talk) 22:13, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Hmm, that is a fair point. I would say that after-the-fact confirmations can be fine, as long as there is enough in the canon of the show to support that determination. I do know of cases where people have code characters as they couldn't outwardly say a character is LGBTQ in some way or other.Historyday01 (talk) 01:19, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Well in my mind, there is no actual evidence on the show outside of the fact that she fits an "archetype" on the show being a tomboyish chill teenager and so therefore has to be LGBT (like Jackie Lynn Thomas on SVTFOE or Luna Loud in Loud House), and there is the fact that Hirsch is an extremely pro-LGBT content creator and likely wants it to happen. But again, I watched the show and no there was nothing to imply in the show that Wendy is into girls.

Tyler Michael Mannix (talk) 06:22, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Oh one more thing! I was talking with former storyboard artist on Gravity Falls Luke Weber and he said that it was akin to the J.K. Rowling Dumbledore situation where it was initially that the character was straight but was made gay after the fact. Tyler Michael Mannix (talk) 16:27, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Very interesting. Yeah, luckily I don't think there are many characters who are confirmed as gay after the fact, as many shows try to be more outward in LGBTQ identities, but it still happens from time to time nowadays. Historyday01 (talk) 18:01, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

References

Entries which need better sources

Like the sections on the Talk:List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2000–2004 and Talk:List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2005–2009 pages

Duration	Show title	Character debut date	Characters	Identity	Notes	Country
2010	Baka and Test	January 7, 2010	Miharu Shimizu	Lesbian	Miharu has an extreme attraction to Shimada Minami, acting possessive especially if Minami is near boys, and is shown to be a sociopath.	Japan
2011-2014	Hunter x Hunter	July 15, 2014	Alluka Zoldyck	Trans woman	Alluka is part of the Zoldyck family, a well-known family of assassins. Alluka is referred to as the son of the Zoldyck family and is referred to by her siblings as their brother as shown in the episode "Request × And × Wish." In addition, the official data book states Alluka's gender as male, but she uses she/her pronouns. However, the data book was not written by the author, who refers to her exclusively as a girl. Alluka tends to dress and act as a trans girl, while she is referred to as a sister and girl by her brother Killua whom she loves dearly and vice versa.	Japan
2011–2015	China, IL	October 10, 2011	Crystal Peppers	Trans woman	Crystal is implied to be a transgender woman. In the episode "Coming Out of the Casket" it is said she has testes that were to be cut off as part of losing a bet, and while writing a thank you note for Crystal during another episode, "Bi-Topping-Ality," Frank makes reference to her being trans, with Steve responding that he thinks that is probably the case.	United States
2014	Ikki Tousen: Extravaganza Epoch	December 21, 2014	Himiko	Lesbian	Leader of Yamashiro Academy who came with other warriors to gather as many Magatamas for a purpose not yet known.	Japan
2012–2016	Gravity Falls	June 29, 2012	Wendy Corduroy	Bisexual	In August 2020, show creator Alex Hirsch implied that Wendy is bisexual in a tweet. Wendy is a mellow, tomboyish, laid-back 15-year-old part-time employee at the Mystery Shack, and she stated that she had many boyfriends in the past, including one ex-boyfriend with whom she cannot remember breaking up.	United States

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