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challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Continuing growth with the characters themselves and their relationships. Good look at how there is a lot of room between "supportive" and "unsupportive," while still managing to be mainly lighthearted, delightful, and sweet.
Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, and Bullying
Minor: Addiction and Drug use
Subplot of the gay main character's homophobic and semi-homophobic family is front and center. All of the following occur in the background/backstory: a character used to struggle with a drug addiction; a character has an anxiety disorder that is being managed with therapy and medication; a gay character comes from a homophobic family and homophobic home town (and suffered homophobic bullying as a child); one or two characters are closeted due to their careers
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