Executive producer Edward Ksis tells EW about the new gay character g season 7
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- WHY THE WRONG CHARACTERS WENT GAY ON ‘ONCE UPON A TIME.’
- "ONCE UPON A TIME" GETS GAY CHARACTER AS MULAN COM {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ANDREW VILLAGOMEZOCTOBER 14, 2013/8:50 AMBY ANDREW VILLAGOMEZOCTOBER 14, 2013 / 8:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"ONCE UPON A TIME\" GETS GAY CHARACTER AS MULAN COM OUT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-14T12:50:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-14T12:50:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ANDREW VILLAGOMEZ","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUNDAY'S EPISO OF ONCE UPON A TIME REVEALED WHAT EVERY GAY'S BEEN WAG FOR: A QUEER FAIRYTALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOWARD THE END OF THE EP, "QUE A COMMON FAIRY"—AND BEFORE YOU BLOW A GASKET, THAT'S A REFERENCE TO THE TRODUCTN OF TKERBELL—RUMPELSTILTSK'S SON, NEAL, ADMS THAT HE WAED TOO LONG TO TELL EMMA HE LOVED HER. "WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE, YOU DON'T KEEP . YOU SAY ," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MULAN (JAMIE CHUNG) HEARS THIS AND TAK TO HEART: AFTER HELPG NEAL TRY TO GET BACK TO HIS LOVE, SHE NS OFF TO TALK TO "SOMEONE" BEFORE IS TOO LATE. ONCE UPON A TIME HAS HTED THAT THIS SOMEONE MIGHT BE PRCE PHILLIP, GIVEN ALL THE TIME SHE SPENT WH HIM BEFORE PRC AURORA, A.K.A. SLEEPG BETY (SARA BOLGER), AWOKE, AND THE JOURNEY SHE WENT ON WH AURORA TO SAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT TURNS OUT MULAN HAD TO TALK TO SLEEPG BETY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK AT BETY'S STLE, AURORA NOTIC MULAN HAS RETURNED AND ASKS WHAT'S SHE DOG OVER AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM. "JT GATHERG MY URAGE," MULAN REPLI AND S (WHICH I DON'T THK WE'VE EVER SEEN HER DO BEFORE.) THE TWO N TO EACH OTHER AND JO HANDS AS THEY CHAT. BUT BEFORE MULAN N REVEAL HOW SHE FEELS, SHE FDS OUT AURORA AND PHILLIP ARE EXPECTG A BABY. THE WOMAN WARRR'S EY TEAR UP, AND SHE SUDNLY ANNOUNC SHE'S JOG ROB HOOD AND HIS GANG. THE GIRLS HUG, AND MULAN WALKS AWAY WH A SADNED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE PRODUCER EDWARD KSIS DID SAY THERE WOULD BE AT LEAST ONE GAY CHARACTER THIS SEASON, AND LOOKS LIKE MULAN'S THE ONE. THE EPISO WAS WRTEN BY JANE ESPENSON, CREATOR OF THE POPULAR GAY WEBSERI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE MULAN WILL FD ANOTHER LOVE ELSEWHERE AS SHE JOS ROB HOOD—AND WHO KNOWS WHAT FEELGS WILL BE REVEALED BY AURORA NOW THAT MULAN'S PARTG. SHE LOOKED AWFULLY SAD WHEN SHE SAID "YOU'RE LEAVG ?" AS MULAN WALKED AWAY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S NO NYG THE CHEMISTRY MULAN AND AURORA HAD THEIR JOURNEY TO SAVE PHILIP SEASON 2: THEY FOUGHT LIKE A UPLE, BATTLED TOGETHER AND, AT ONE POT, MULAN LERALLY GAVE AURORA BACK HER HEART. THE SCENE WAS SO TEARFULLY GOOD, EVEN MA GNIFER GOODW (SNOW WHE) CRY—AND SHE KNEW WAS G!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}— GNIFER GOODW (@GNYGOODW) OCTOBER 14, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ‘ONCE UPON A TIME’ WILL CLU ‘PROMENT’ GAY CHARACTER
WHY THE WRONG CHARACTERS WENT GAY ON ‘ONCE UPON A TIME.’
This is a list of LGBTQ+ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer) characters on ABC's Once Upon a Time. I had been lookg forward to Disney / ABC wrg a gay romance on s h Once Upon A Time. The negative ments all seemed to boil down to ABC g a fay show by troducg a gay romance and showg a gay kiss.
If your child tells you that s/he is gay, would you ll that child broken?
"ONCE UPON A TIME" GETS GAY CHARACTER AS MULAN COM {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ANDREW VILLAGOMEZOCTOBER 14, 2013/8:50 AMBY ANDREW VILLAGOMEZOCTOBER 14, 2013 / 8:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"ONCE UPON A TIME\" GETS GAY CHARACTER AS MULAN COM OUT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-14T12:50:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-14T12:50:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ANDREW VILLAGOMEZ","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUNDAY'S EPISO OF ONCE UPON A TIME REVEALED WHAT EVERY GAY'S BEEN WAG FOR: A QUEER FAIRYTALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOWARD THE END OF THE EP, "QUE A COMMON FAIRY"—AND BEFORE YOU BLOW A GASKET, THAT'S A REFERENCE TO THE TRODUCTN OF TKERBELL—RUMPELSTILTSK'S SON, NEAL, ADMS THAT HE WAED TOO LONG TO TELL EMMA HE LOVED HER. "WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE, YOU DON'T KEEP . YOU SAY ," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MULAN (JAMIE CHUNG) HEARS THIS AND TAK TO HEART: AFTER HELPG NEAL TRY TO GET BACK TO HIS LOVE, SHE NS OFF TO TALK TO "SOMEONE" BEFORE IS TOO LATE. ONCE UPON A TIME HAS HTED THAT THIS SOMEONE MIGHT BE PRCE PHILLIP, GIVEN ALL THE TIME SHE SPENT WH HIM BEFORE PRC AURORA, A.K.A. SLEEPG BETY (SARA BOLGER), AWOKE, AND THE JOURNEY SHE WENT ON WH AURORA TO SAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT TURNS OUT MULAN HAD TO TALK TO SLEEPG BETY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK AT BETY'S STLE, AURORA NOTIC MULAN HAS RETURNED AND ASKS WHAT'S SHE DOG OVER AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM. "JT GATHERG MY URAGE," MULAN REPLI AND S (WHICH I DON'T THK WE'VE EVER SEEN HER DO BEFORE.) THE TWO N TO EACH OTHER AND JO HANDS AS THEY CHAT. BUT BEFORE MULAN N REVEAL HOW SHE FEELS, SHE FDS OUT AURORA AND PHILLIP ARE EXPECTG A BABY. THE WOMAN WARRR'S EY TEAR UP, AND SHE SUDNLY ANNOUNC SHE'S JOG ROB HOOD AND HIS GANG. THE GIRLS HUG, AND MULAN WALKS AWAY WH A SADNED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE PRODUCER EDWARD KSIS DID SAY THERE WOULD BE AT LEAST ONE GAY CHARACTER THIS SEASON, AND LOOKS LIKE MULAN'S THE ONE. THE EPISO WAS WRTEN BY JANE ESPENSON, CREATOR OF THE POPULAR GAY WEBSERI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE MULAN WILL FD ANOTHER LOVE ELSEWHERE AS SHE JOS ROB HOOD—AND WHO KNOWS WHAT FEELGS WILL BE REVEALED BY AURORA NOW THAT MULAN'S PARTG. SHE LOOKED AWFULLY SAD WHEN SHE SAID "YOU'RE LEAVG ?" AS MULAN WALKED AWAY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S NO NYG THE CHEMISTRY MULAN AND AURORA HAD THEIR JOURNEY TO SAVE PHILIP SEASON 2: THEY FOUGHT LIKE A UPLE, BATTLED TOGETHER AND, AT ONE POT, MULAN LERALLY GAVE AURORA BACK HER HEART. THE SCENE WAS SO TEARFULLY GOOD, EVEN MA GNIFER GOODW (SNOW WHE) CRY—AND SHE KNEW WAS G!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}— GNIFER GOODW (@GNYGOODW) OCTOBER 14, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
There were no right or wrong characters that should have been wrten to be gay, but did the creators pick sis on the Nature vs. Did they jump past the Nature of beg gay and tried to pair up two ladi that Nurture, or lack thereof, make gay? Gog back to some of the ments om the OUAT Facebook page, many said ABC ed a fay show by troducg the gay characters.
I was quick to pot out to them that fai do have gay members. I am not sure if any character beg gay would have been the right one for gay or straight viewers.
Like the ial parents, we need to jt say okay Dorothy and Red are gay and we’re happy for them. Wt) alongsi Rega (Lana Parrilla), Hook (Col O’Donoghue), and Rumple (Robert Carlyle) — executive producers Adam Horowz and Edward Ksis are g the opportuny to troduce a gay character who will have a more substantial role.
‘ONCE UPON A TIME’ WILL CLU ‘PROMENT’ GAY CHARACTER
I don’t thk ’s an arc, ’ll be a character who is gay and that’s who they are and they exist the world. In one ABC productn, Once Upon a Time, this character has feelgs for another prcs, technilly makg her one of the first openly gay prcs of the drama seri.