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a-lilacsong

3 weeks ago

A graphic with a screenshot from the show Firebuds with text on it that reads: “Violet and her two moms.” With a picture of a lesbian flag at the end of the sentence. In the screenshot Violet is being hugged by both of her moms. The graphic also has text which says the characters names which reads from left to right: Val Vega-Vaughn (Paramedic), Violet Vega-Vaughn, Viv Vega-Vaughn (Mechanic).

A graphic with two screenshots from the show Firebuds with text on it that reads: “Axl and her two dads.” With a picture of a gay flag at the end of the sentence. The screenshots show the characters in smiling but neutral stances. The graphic also has text which says the characters names which reads from left to right: Axl Ambrose, AJ Ambrose (Semi-hauler), Arnie Ambrose (Ambulance).

The “Okay, was anybody going to tell me that…” meme template with the text: Okay, was anybody going to tell me that there is a lesbian couple and a gay couple who are parents of main characters on Firebuds, or was I just supposed to actually watch a few episodes of the show myself?

Okay so it was confirmed that for Sofia the First Royal Magic, the same animation studio (Link) and many of the people from the creative team who worked on Firebuds (Link) are going to make it. So, I watched some episodes of Firebuds to try to predict what Royal Magic might be like, and I made an absolutely amazing discovery! Now I am more excited for Royal Magic than ever before because this is amazing and awesome, and it makes me so happy! The parents are treated as completely normal and accepted by everyone else in the show, and there's an episode (Balancing Act) that talks about how families are the people who love you and that they can be bigger or look different than one might expect!

Anyway, here are some of the main episodes with Violet and her moms:

Firebuds Season 1 Episode 4a Picnic Pile-Up

Firebuds Season 1 Episode 21b Job-O-Rama Day

Firebuds Season 2 Episode 8a Balancing Act

These families are just so adorable and it's so amazing that the creative team was able to do this! Like in Sofia the First they weren't able to have any overtly LGBTQ+ characters, in my opinion there was coding for some characters, but nothing openly confirmed in the show itself. In Elena of Avalor they were able to have certain scenes in “Sweetheart's Day” and “Coronation Day” that implied possible gay and lesbian relationships, but nothing overtly stated (along with more coding). And then in Firebuds they are just like: Yep, they’re a couple. They're married. Love is real.

Anyway, I'm excitedly hopeful that Royal Magic is going to have LGBTQ+ characters, either new ones or characters we already know being confirmed.🏳️‍🌈