Call me nuts, but I legitimately think that My Adventures with Superman moved from the Cartoon Network brand to Adult Swim brand because of LGBT+ elements. Last week's episode actually contained a romantic kiss between two ladies.
CN has been trying to shy away from those elements globally too.
It does seem notable that in their "revive/reboot everything" phase they still aren't doing any Steven Universe spin-offs (while Adventure Time's spinoffs get split between an "adults" version with the gay stuff and two presumably less gay kiddy versions)
In addition to the kiss, Mallah literally said my husband in both English and French to Brain on open screen and that was not censored in the Latin American dubbing made in Venezuela
Craig of the Creek had LGBT+ elements as well (not to mention being unapologetically Black to boot), and they straight up canceled that series even though it was one of the highest-rated series on the entire channel.
Yeaaaah, I doubt that. This theory makes no sense because:
- CN have recently been promoting Steven Universe
- MAWS airs on other international CN feeds
The real reason is advertising. Can't make enough money with the regular ads during daytime CN.
I'm at the point where I won't consider it groundbreaking or brave until we get a similar scene with a m/m couple in animation. That's NOT played for laughs.
This is the only real rep seen in animation, and it's been like that for years now. Background dads don't count, either.