'Once Upon a Time' Season 5 News: Gay Kiss Elicits Mixed Response From Fans [VIDEO]
The long-awaited gay storyline happened Sunday night on ABC's Once Upon a Time, and there are mixed reactions among fans.
During Sunday night's episode of Once Upon a Time, Ruby (Meghan Ory) and Dorothy (Teri Reeves) shared a true love's kiss and then another one at the end of the episode.
Buzz regarding a lesbian relationship on Once Upon a Time had been building ever since the start of the season in September.
"We know that [the LGBT] community has been a big supporter of the show, and we would love to be able to tell a love story that reflects that," executive producer Eddy Kitsis said at a screening of the season 5 premiere.
Now that it's finally happened, Kitsis and fellow co-creator Adam Horowitz have revealed their brief comments on the matter.
"True love's kiss has been a staple of this show since the beginning," they said. "This past Sunday's episode was just another example of how in a fairy tale, as in life, love is love."
Reaction to this kiss was met with praise among some sections of the OUAT fan community, while others weren't as happy. Some on Twitter were happy to see a "true love's kiss" between two women on national TV, while others weren't as thrilled to see it between two relatively minor characters in the Once Upon a Time universe.
Check out some of the most passionate responses below:
In #OUAT Red Riding Hood is in love with Dorothy Gale of Kansas and kissed her with true love's kiss breaking a curse. A happily ever after!
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) April 18, 2016
Two women know each other only one day and they already had "true love kiss". Do you really think true love works like that?!#ouat
— azáliya (@azaiiya) April 18, 2016
Reactions to the kiss -Seriously, we see someone kill her own father two episodes into S1, & *this* is what sends people packing? smh #OUAT
— Angela K (@AngiBelle1) April 18, 2016
I'm over here ugly crying cuz two women just shared a true love's kiss on national tv. #bless #ouat pic.twitter.com/YUwM8xK76G
— N. (@natalieraymond) April 18, 2016
Listen. As a gay woman, it makes me happy to see 2 women share true love kiss on #OUAT. The problem is with "why & how" the writers did it.
— Maryne La Eh? (@MaryneeLahaye) April 18, 2016
To those saying that the kiss on #OUAT tonight was wrong because kids watch it: Get over it. Grow up. Embrace love. pic.twitter.com/yQZxPGFRR0
— Shelly Kowalski (@shellalexandria) April 18, 2016
The way the spoiled brat homo/biphobic haters are behaving tonight over a kiss is pathetic. You're scum of the earth #OnceUponATime #OUAT
— Mizz M (@MizzM2_bi) April 18, 2016
So proud!!! O my god!! That kiss! #proud #OUAT
— Julian (@SedaRaul) April 18, 2016
So much hate on the #OUAT fb page just coz two girls kissed. Jfc. Mass murders ok. Rape is ok. Just not 2 girls sharing a little kiss
— Shannon Castle (@dogned) April 18, 2016
*me about the Ruby & Dorothy kiss on #OUAT pic.twitter.com/dBOW7wzZHB
— blvck ØRANCH (@gyioni) April 18, 2016
Once Upon a Time airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
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