Talk:Leni Loud/@comment-1650307-20190716055439

I know that this is going to sound somewhat terrible, but I will try to explain it in the past way I can.

I think that because Leni has a more simplistic mindset, I do not know if she necessarily fully grasps or understands that the McBrides or Luna and Sam have romantic inclinations between them. Now, she still acts loving towards them and of course understands that Luna and Sam have a special connection and a deep bond, but I do not know if she really fully understands that they like each other romantically, mostly because of her simplistic mindset, that she sees the "traditional" couplings (male-female) as the most typical since that is the move prevalent in our society and since the majority of people on Earth (and ergo, the majority of people in Royal Woods) are heterosexual. Again this isn't strictly "homophobia" since like I said before, she harbours no resentment towards the McBrides, Luna or Sam since she doesn't have a hateful bone in her body.

The way I see it is that she thinks of Harold and Howard as either "brothers" or "friends" and not as husbands. Like she understands that the two live in the same house and take on paternal responsibilities towards Clyde, but she does not think of them as husbands because she doesn't understand that two boys could marry and father a child. In the same way, she knows that Luna is Sam's closest friend and that they have a deep connection and a strong bond, but she doesn't really seem that as a couple. I oftentimes imagine that this is usually a point of frustration for Lori since she is, at least in my mind, a strong LGBT supporter and she frequently gets upset with Leni for not understanding it.

And also, before you guys reply, I am aware that she is written in the opposite way in "Racing Hearts", however 1) I never really found that to be a believable way that she would react in those situations, and 2) I think the writers (and Kevin Sullivan) are scared that if they did write her in the way that I suggested, that people would accuse her of being homophobic, so they sort of had to write her that way. They kind of were stuck in a corner in that respect. Darned if you do, darned if you don't.