It's an example of how to handle heavy/important topics in kids media well by not treating kids like idiots and trying to hammer in a message.

Like the issue for me (and from others, on this website and other ones) is when it's not done subtly and treats people like idiots by hammering it in. It always feels artificial and can be pretty condescending at times.

Which isn't what Dino Fury's done; it's basically treated like any other romance in Power Rangers; the most they do it just hold hands or hug. Like I don't ever recall Power Rangers ever showing characters kiss onscreen. It's the type of representation I think needs to be done in kids media; show that loving someone of the same gender is completely normal.

I'm incredibly moved by the fact that only one person in this thread has busted out homophobic rhetoric, and that the entire community here moved to shut it down.

Thank you, Tokunation. :cry

The problem is, someone having an opinion that isn't the same is now seen as " phobic wrong-think" now (the blank is for ya'll to fill it in), just cause someone is personally not okay with this stuff bding in a show for younger people doesn't mean it's hateful till it's seen so by any amount of people, so many words lose meaning the more broadly & loosley they get used, and in my OPINION, it should'vs ended without anyone jumping down anyones throats cause this whole thread got political, and no I personally care of you like who you like, that's ya'll's business, not mine, but anime has been doing this for god knows how long, and shows from NA, EU, and AUS have just been doing this recently as proper, non-gag representation, so for the love of all that is holy can we end the arguing, yes some will be happy, some won't, but opinions are just that, a person's PERSONAL view, I personally am neutral due to me watching Sentai & Kamen Rider more than Power Rangers these days.

Well, yes; I would quite like if we could just discuss or talk normally about something without someone yelling that loving who I love is in some way 'political' and going on about Modern Day Politics, whatever that's supposed to mean. Pretty much everyone here is interested in and has engaged multiple times in civil, polite discussion; but I think you've gotta understand that sometimes people really lose their patience for that when there's people yelling about the gays ruining media or whatever the moment a character isn't straight for five seconds. It gets really tiring.

This is why I'm normally radio silent unless the topic is about something being released by bandai or Hasbro cause those topics barely run into anything more than x-thing is too expensive or just random memes happen.

Cool. It's all ways good to find love in life. I Hope this is not a one off story.

If someone think a couple merely existing in a form of media is "political" or "immoral" then yes, I would use the term homophobic.

To be fair I've also met people in the community who don't like this sort of pandering and got shunned by the community for their political leaning, so it's a matter of how someone intiperates it, like if I had a kid and they came out as whatever involving who they liked I'd support them all the way, but again, it's about how each person views it, like yes I'm glad Power Rangers got around to doing something different, but I've seen it in enough of other media to where I'm not super surprised by it anymore with how part of society it is now.

How is it pandering? It is incredibly subtle, no more blatant than any PR romance (which I'd argue has been too subtle for over 20 years).

It's become more common, but the fact it is still made a big deal of is telling it isn't common enough.

Technically, Tommy and Kim kissed once or twice and I think that might be the "real" reason it isn't seen too often as it was their thing! Even Jen and Wes weren't allowed to kiss!