#deleo

G1 set up so many possibilities for queer characters and couples.  What they could’ve done instead for G3:

Have Kiyomi's unrequited crush on Draculaura stated at some point, and then have her find love with another ghoul like Vandala or anyone single.

Have Cleo (Deuce too?) confirmed as bi but still together.  (You don’t have to have dated both genders to know you’re bi.  Cleo can still be bi while in a happy relationship with Deuce.)

Howleen and Twyla as girlfriends.  (Although I personally see Twyla being more on the aroace spectrum, but I think her and Howleen would be a great pairing too, maybe even a queer-platonic relationship.)

Clawdeen as a lesbian.  I’ve heard that she and Toralei have good chemistry in G3, and Toralei was never in a relationship, so that could’ve worked nicely.  (Toralei did seem to like one of the vampire actors in Frights Camera though so I’m guessing she would probably be bi.)

First of all I just want to say that if you ship Cleo x Frankie and Clawdeen x Deuce then I totally understand that as some people are just able to enjoy G1 and G3 for the separate generations that they are, or maybe never even saw G1.  That being said.

Monster High G3 is honestly so frustrating to me because on the one hand I’m so glad they decided to have a canon queer couple!  But I’m just . . . so baffled by their thought process and line of thinking.  They could have chosen literally ANY OTHER GIRL to pair with Frankie and I would have been deliriously dancing for joy.   And it’s bad enough they broke up Cleo and Deuce, but then to pair Deuce with Clawdeen, of all people!?  It just doesn’t make any sense to me whatsoever.  I feel like it was a mistake to break up the already beloved, established couple of Deuce and Cleo, and that they should have chosen different ghouls to pair with Clawdeen and/or Frankie.  A lot of people already got to thinking of Clawdeen as being queer, since the creator liked the idea, and I think the G3 writers could have done better at reading the room (or they did and just didn’t care about G1 fans.)

I get that this is a new generation and that some things are obviously going to change.  And that G3 is supposed to be for a new audience.  These are just my thoughts as an OG fan, and I feel like the G3 writers didn’t take the time to appreciate and understand G1 dynamics, and that they didn’t really care how G1 fans might feel about this.