I was just checking out AskGreg (not even for YJ this time). I just rediscovered W.I.T.C.H., and wanted to see what Greg had previously said about it there, so I was only actually looking for the W.I.T.C.H. related responses… however, in the very first response that came up, I found an ask regarding the romances in Greg's different works... and look who gets an official explicit mention amongst his faves...
Now, I’ll be first to admit, I might be making a big thing out of nothing with this, but I wanna gush about it, so please indulge me… :)
This is the first time I've ever seen Greg directly refer to them both in a comment that explicitly relates to their being in a relationship… and I'm not gonna lie, my reaction was an audible one. This has me freaking the freak out, because while we have all known this was the situation with them, Greg has always been very wink-wink-nudge-nudge about it. Consistently only ever being explicit with the Ed side of things, while Bart always remained nameless… so has something changed? Or is it simply that Greg just doesn't give a shit about being cryptic anymore?
Also, what I find kinda hilarious about this whole thing is that there are some big-name romances on this list... Spitfire, Supermarian, Clark and Lois, from W.I.T.C.H., there's Cornelia and Caleb, Will and Matt (also voiced by Jason Marsden), Goliath and Elisa from Gargoyles. They are all very focal, very well-established couplings. The fact that these two boys, who just barely get a kiss on the cheek moment (which is technically more of a nuzzle, thanks to, I presume, last-minute meddling), are included on this same list is absolutely insane… and I love it so much! They really are iconic and deserve their place amongst the bigs.
Though it does lead me to once again mourn what could have existed had TPTB not been absolute homophobes unreasonable people regarding Bart's sexuality.Â
Especially when it comes to S4. I simply refuse to believe that in a season involving a subplot where Bart goes missing for multiple weeks, there wasn't supposed to be some sort of Ed perspective on the matter... Whether that takes shape as acknowledging Ed did in fact know what Bart was up to (like Wally and Artemis in s2). Or some reference to him being particularly worried about his missing boyfriend. Because they ARE boyfriends, he SHOULD be worried!
His looking for Bart would have been a perfectly acceptable excuse for Ed (and the Outsiders) not being very present in s4… It's one of my main gripes with that season because I don't think it makes any sense why the Outsiders aren't the ones looking for their own teammate! Also, since we’re on the topic of gripes… why is there apparently zero concern for the fact that there's a load of the MHYC teens now on Brion's team in Markovia?! Seriously, why is no one talking about this and WHERE THE HELL IS ED?! We all saw him in S3. We know how much he cares about those kids. He would be very concerned about this, or at least he should be, just like he should be very concerned about Bart…Â
No, but seriously, where is Ed in s4!? I can’t help but feel like his absence, despite Bart’s subplot, is just another consequence of the restrictions… As in, since Greg and Brandon are clearly committed to keeping them in a relationship despite the situation (which I'm very much thankful for), they can’t exactly show Ed not being concerned for Bart, therefore they just won’t show him at all and that way the audience can freely interpret things however they wish... Y'know, like I just did with this baseless justification of why my favourite character did not get screen time in S4. Even though the more likely case is probably just - it's a big cast, and he didn't make the cut… (but that reason is boring, so I'm sticking with mine.) ;)
So, I originally went for many more paragraphs rambling on and on about this subject (as is usually the case with me), but decided the post was way too long, so they will be posted separately... You can read them HERE once I have :)
The point is, it’s nice to see a BartxEd mention from Greg that isn’t hidden within cryptic clues for once! Maybe there’s hope yet…Â
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