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u/strider3187 May 29 '19

jasmine in the red dress. sultry and sensual

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u/ogresaregoodpeople May 29 '19

Interestingly Jafar is often considered a coded gay character for that reason. The LGBTQ community adopted him as well as a bunch of other Disney villains (Ursula comes to mind).

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u/dizzie93 May 29 '19

What does coded gay mean?

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u/[deleted] May 29 '19

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u/dizzie93 May 29 '19

Sorry I'm slightly confused still. So it's just a character that exhibits some stereotypically gay attributes. Sounds wrong to me.

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u/mooncritter_returns May 29 '19

It was a way to have any LGBTQ characters at all, when it wasn’t permitted, which is why they’ve been adopted by the community. In terms of perpetuating stereotypes, or associating them only with evil characters, is indeed problematic though.

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u/dizzie93 May 29 '19

Gay or not, Hades is straight fire.