Yuri/Yaoi goggles are OK.

I posted this because there has been an interesting discussion on Hibike Euphonium about the relationship of certain characters and I want to go further so I'm creating a thread because I want to see some discussion on this.

Personally, it's a new thing for me to actually start accepting yuri/yaoi vision in anime or cartoons. It's always been a rule in the back of my mind (and I'm sure to many people) that no anime/cartoon character is gay unless explicitly portrayed as one or with proof. It's no way because I'm homophobic but because it really just seemed to be a reality. There are anime that deal with LGBTQ issues seriously and with care like Hourou Musuko, Aoi Hana, even Sailor Moon and there are also anime that relegate these types of characters as a joke characters (most traps in LN adaptations for one). But never have I seen a character in mainstream anime that just happened to be gay. That's why I never really particularly bothered and cared for people who have Yuri/Yaoi goggles and pairing anime characters off because I know it was never gonna happen.

Then, The Legend of Korra came and completely broke that notion of the gate (I know Korra is a cartoon and is created in America but I'm trying to make a point haha). I've always read Korra and Asami's relationship as nothing but friendship but that ending really broke that wall I've kept up for a long time. When they were revealed to have been a couple, it just made perfect sense. It didn't come out of nowhere, I just interpreted what was happening to be something different. I never knew the creators would think that way but they did.

So now, whenever I see characters who I think could be gay in anything, I stopped putting that barrier and start acknowledging my interpretations. What if maybe it really was intended in Hyouka that Satoshi wasn't straight? What if Yuu and Mika from Owari no Seraph actually do have a loving relationship and I stop relegating it as "yeah that's shonen-ai they're just doing that to get viewers". In Hibike Euphonium, Kumiko and Reina have witty sexually charged banter and as some people pointed out that when Kumiko gave a bit of a hint that she cares a bit for Shuuichi (the guy), many people were quick to believe it yet many can't seem to grasp giving actual thought that maybe Kumiko's sexuality is fairly fluid and she actually really likes Reina. Maybe most of these things are just marketing stunts (I heard when the big episode in Euphonium aired, Stalker points for the DVD/BDs increased).

Anyway I went on a ramble here but my main point really is, what are your thoughts on having Yuri/Yaoi goggles (well in a more understandable way of putting it meaning accepting interpretations that certain characters may not be straight after all)

Yuri/Yaoi goggles are OK.