Harry Potter and the Cursed Child could have ended with Scorpius asking Albus to the dance and Albus accepting, and it would have been the most perfect way to show the audience that they had just witnessed one of the world’s greatest love stories that just happened to be between two men. That’s what it had the potential to be, and J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorn and John Tiffany would have been praised for being innovative storytellers breaking down barriers in LGBTQ storytelling.
Instead, we’re left with another Harry Potter story that doesn’t directly show us a single member of the LGBTQ community. Sure, if she wanted to, J.K. Rowling could announce in a few years that Albus Potter is gay, but that 👏 just 👏 doesn’t 👏 count. Telling your readers and/or audience a few years later that a character has been gay this entire time doesn’t equal representation, because you weren’t representing that community when you wrote it.
It’s important that we represent the LGBTQ community with central characters that already exist in the main story arc, so that people reading or watching these stories understand just how normal the community is. If you announce that a character is gay after the story is over, you’re pointing out their differences and making it about their sexuality again, which singles them out as something different or odd. The point should be to make them equal to the heterosexual characters during the story.
When I was talking about the possibilities of Scorpius and Albus being together with my friends one of them had said, “I just don’t see it,” and the other said, “Why can’t two men just be friends?” In terms of not seeing it, I’m frankly surprised how anyone can’t see the connection between Albus and Scorpius because it’s about as obvious as Hagrid’s height, and while they may not think it’s inherently romantic, that’s the problem: It could be, and it should be. And save for Scorpius’ “crush” on Rose it totally is.
When it comes to the argument of “why can’t two guys ever just be friends,” which is a frequent one when possibilities of a male/male friendship becoming romantic in canon come up (i.e. Merlin/Arthur), I have to remind you that the two male protagonists in movies and shows are always just friends. Literally, and I do mean literally, always. It’s so rare to see a close male/male friendship move past that, to see a natural romance occur between two characters that have already established a fantastic connection. Two male best friends is a common theme among almost every single major franchise, and never do they actually get into a relationship.
With all the shows and movies I watch I haven’t really seen a male friendship ever become more than just a friendship despite the possibilities of it happening, and that’s why I feel so strongly about Albus/Scorpius. With how strong their connection is there’s literally no reason to not make it go where it’s naturally already going and I’m honestly surprised that it didn’t go there when I watched Part Two.
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