Talk:Bolin/@comment-144.132.99.33-20120815061621/@comment-24.177.250.122-20120815153004

^ First of all, under the hypothetical that Bryke does decide to introduce a gay character, they will not just do it out of nowhere. They'd have to have gone through extrensive negotiations and planning with Nickolodeon, which will want to put all sorts of restrictions on what they can and can't do. But most importantly, they will have gotten the OK from Nick long before the episodes are made and aired. So it's unlikely that Nick would suddenly cancel the show because of backlash; they would know that it was coming.

Second of all, how big a backlash do you really think there will be? Look at Adventure Time - that's a show with a viewership demographic pretty similar to LoK's. They had fairly blatent lesbian subtext aired and experienced some screaming, some backlash. Mostly though, they had a sudden outpouring of support from the fans, and they even gained a whole new surge of viewership. And CN hasn't stopped airing that episode with the rest.

I think most of the people here wouldn't stop watching LoK because of one gay character, especially if it was well-executed and not too in-your-face. There probably would be a net drop in viewership, but that would be offset some by the gain in viewership caused by the publicity. Long story short, it's feasible if not probable.