Bless this woman, in a position of power with this television show, for saying, “No, this is going to be a world of safety, a haven for anyone and everyone, to feel free to love whoever and however they want to and not be judged at all for it. And I’m going to make sure it stays that way.”

There will be no hate. There will be no homophobia. If one character rejects a relationship with another, it’s not because of their sex or gender, full stop. She set out to make a world like that and is going to fight for it, to build relationships within the confines of that world.

If we’d known this months ago, we would have seen Victuri coming from a mile away. And in that sense, I guess I’m a little happy I got to be surprised by it, but I’m more glad now to hear her come out and say these things–and just as happy that she’s got the backing of a company that’s willing to support these efforts, when it’s still a risky venture. It’s paying off, so hopefully it inspires other media companies to start taking similar risks and investing in less run-of-the-mill properties that give the artists and creators this kind of freedom to write the stories they’ve always wanted to see themselves.

She didn’t set out to write a gay love story. She wanted to write something where two people could grow into a relationship naturally, free from any sort of bias or pressure of society or culture or worries like omg I’m a guy and he’s a guy he would never love meeeee, to let what would be just be, and she’s succeeded beautifully. I will be very very sad to see it conclude.