They do ask them. They say several times they would MUCH RATHER have them join up than take their guns.

To be fair, how many io9 writers have been here since the show debuted in 2010. Most of the ones writing now were not here then.

... the only other io9 staffer who has been stuck with the show through thick and thin all these years.

Hey, io9...

He’s compelling for the same way Javert is; he represents just how wrong a blind adherence to law and order can go. He’s damned, and knows he deserves to be damned, but he’s not going to argue about it or plead innocence.

Is he a good man? Nooooooooo. But he’s a good character. And wow did the actor do a hell of a…

if I didn’t learn about things like “character deaths in books that aren’t published yet”

I think you should treat the books and the show as different beasts at this point I think they will be divergent, but ultimately end a the same place.

Yep, it’s so brazen it’s pretty shocking.

Learn the Force with this one neat trick!

This is one of the most click-baity click-baits I’ve ever seen on a site that I frequent. That title is really close to those bottom-of-article click baits:

This is some Buzzfeed-level tactics.

Not the photo up top

No, I understand. It’s just oddly amusing to me that they seemingly can’t stop themselves with subtext, but get weak in the knees over the mildest actual presentation. Danny can look deep in to Davos’ eyes and say, “I left you” but Trini can’t just flat out say “Girl problems.”

No, but if you’re going to have a character imply they’re not straight, have the director and actor say the character’s not straight, then your film shouldn’t try hiding it.

There’s a distinct difference between homoerotic subtext and actually showing it though, right? Like, it’s cool that the film versions of Bucky and Steve leave enough to the imagination that fans can interpret a relationship, but on screen, we’ve seen Steve macking on two generations of Carter women and nothing else.…

Yes.

The movie is apparently very clearly fine with spending a lot of time dealing with the Rangers’ teen struggles than it is them being Power Rangers though, so it’s not like a scene or two where Trini says something more than “I don’t like labels” would feel out of place.

No. Since this is the first big screen LGBT super hero, this still seems the exception rather than the norm actually.

Does every io9 thread have to feature a troll now?

Replace “LGBTQ” with “Black/Hispanic/Asian/Native American/etc” see how silly this sounds. Are we not human beings apart of society? Should we not be included in movies and television shows just as much as our heterosexual, white counterparts?