Welp, I watched the whole 25 mins of "LEO IS LE BIGOTT" video because I've lost control of my life
Well, that's not entirely true. I actually confess that I'm a big fan of Leo and Forrest's relationship, it's one of the few parts of Fates that I genuinely thought was well written and made me reflect about it.
Leo's whole arc can be summarized as understanding that you don't need to base your whole life around looking as socially presentable as possible, imagine wearing Leo's shoes for example: You're the prince of Nohr, arguably the greatest nation around the continent, and your lil brat of a son for WHATEVER reason, thinks that they're a magical fairytale princess, wearing pink dresses and talking like they've never met their father before (which is kinda true). Can you imagine being in that situation? hearing "Oh is that son of Prince Leo of Nohr? Bwahahaha! Are their undergarments feminine too?" "Can't believe the Prince of Nohr would let their son dress like this" "Is this what my future king would look like if Siegbert dies early? What a disgrace." for almost every day of your life?
But then after you save your boy's butt from some bandits, you then start to watch some villagers coming back to your son just to thank them. They don't see a man in a dress, or look at you with an air of disappointment, all they see is a kind soul that helped in their time of most need, and that soul is your very own son... your offspring... your legacy. Maybe afterall, there's more than what others see in you than just your physical appearence, sometimes being a prince is to be an example to your people, with your collar inside out and all, and your son... was the very first to understand this.
I find it to be great writing because they never treat Forrest's whole character in this instance as "cute man in a dress uwu", you could replace his schtick by giving him a sailor mouth, making him not not groom himself properly, or even having him hold an IQ of a rock, he's a man who's not afraid of helping those in need, no matter how they treat him, which inspires Leo to not worry too much of doing the same.
... and then I get to hear an entire video of this schmuk daring to say that Leo's whole arc was "ummmm acktually Leo is only cruel towards his boy because he's a transphobe chud which makes you valid to not forgive him because trans rights are human rights xDDD". He flandarizes arguably the only three-dimensional relationship in this entire game to make his queer audiencce have a "feels good" moment. It's infuriating man.
He also keeps mentioning of Leo having autismo too, which kinda pisses me off even more.
I seriously despise nu-FETubers.
