To me, the parents' reaction confirms the homophobic bias, especially the father's reaction. They could just have said something comical like "finally, he's bringing somebody home", "finally, he's out of the closet", "I'm so happy he's happy" etc, and embrace the comically gay situation, allowing the people laughing about the gay situation to laugh, and the gay audience to witness a "happy ending" that doesn't degrade the comical nature of it all. The big bad enemy could also have been a Beholder or a Lich, etc. But no. It's an orc stud, because the fact that it's an orc stud is the point.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I can see that reading, but I think the joke would work the same with him bringing home any threatening partner. If it was an orc lady, the dialogue could be the same.

I mean, yeah, I think there's some low grade homophobia in here but not malice.