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Paranorman reveals first openly gay animated character

at first i thought mitch and kathy were going to hook up, like athletic boys and bratty teenage girls always do at the end of movies. but then he said this and the whole theatre screamed and EVERYTHING MADE SENSE AND IT WAS SO GREAT

What I like about this the best is that they LITERALLY WAITED UNTIL THE VERY LAST SECOND TO REVEAL IT. Basically forcing you to form your opinion of him based on his personality and characteristics, instead of his sexuality.

WHICH IS HOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO WORK.

And that was the point to his character, whenever I get someone try to give me “He isn’t real representation, he’s a punchline” I let them know that the punchline is her ignorance in assuming he was straight based off his attributes. This was a film that deals with how we treat people we view are different and how that affects everyone involved. They knew what they were doing, and they did it wonderfully. Still my favorite Laika film.