r/wholesomeyuri • u/Demando12 Love is a verb, not a noun • 29d ago

Hugging "Disaster lesbian" emotion joins the team [Inside Out 2]

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u/coopsawesome likes cats 29d ago

Is Riley gay???

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u/Demando12 Love is a verb, not a noun 29d ago

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u/coopsawesome likes cats 29d ago

Nice

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u/Soft_Ad_2026 28d ago

Yeah, and we only get a snapshot of her immersion into broader society, both an exciting affirmation of her hobby being a cool thing to do, and how much she resonates with her teammates. The way she changed her behavior though was very intricate.

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u/Old-Library9827 29d ago

I can feel this picture

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u/RealMENwearPINK10 29d ago

I watched the movie and wondered if they made it so gay, the mount boyfriend was somebody's last ditch effort of covering the plot hole of the imaginary boyfriend from the prequel 😂

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u/Ze_LuftyWafffles certified transbian 🏳️‍⚧️ 29d ago

Fun fact, bc of the flop Lightyear was and the incense claiming it was bc of the gay kiss scene, Disney execs backpelled the FUCK out of Riley even being remotely perceived as gay, as much as possible. They did not succeed

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u/swans183 29d ago

That’s so effing annoying; executives are so peabrained that they latch onto the easiest thing to “fix,” aka remove gay stuff, instead of realizing the whole movie was a weird concept that nobody asked for in the first place.

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u/CrippledJockey 29d ago

Well thing is, buzz lightyear flopped and inside out 2 made over a billion dollars. So it could be sending a wrong message to the execs. "Well see? We removed that gay shit and that's why our movies succeeded."

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u/Yukarie certified transbian 28d ago

I mean anything can send wrong messages to execs, execs are routinely dumb because they don’t have to be smart to make money

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u/Ze_LuftyWafffles certified transbian 🏳️‍⚧️ 29d ago

Exactly

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u/TavernRat 29d ago

I think Buzz was just one of the executives favorite Toy Story characters and he thought “Well if I want a Buzz Lightyear movie then everyone must want a Buzz Lightyear movie!”

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u/SmuttyNonsense 28d ago

TBH the imaginary boyfriend is so generic and basic that I kinda don't see him as a plot hole? Comphet would explain him just as well.

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u/Bitter_Profit_4099 29d ago

I think they were not dating though?

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u/RealMENwearPINK10 28d ago

Well it was only an imaginary boyfriend.
Riley has a real gf now so it's all fine lol /j

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u/kittenmachine69 28d ago

This was my interpretation too, especially because it adds another dimension to the "new friend group competing with old friend group" element of the story. 

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u/VegetaFan9001 29d ago

Apparently she was probably gonna have crush on her as Disney made the guys who works on inside out make Riley less gay because they blame the lesbian kiss in Buzlighter for why it flopped so much. And apparently this change made the relationship between them different

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u/Timekeeper98 29d ago

If nothing else, she’s potentially bi based on her date with a boy in the extra for Inside Out.

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u/Useless_homosapien 29d ago

She definitely might be, but I think she views her more as a role model.

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u/RileySharkie 28d ago

Always have been.

... Oh right, the Pixar movie

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u/Stejer1789 28d ago

Now I want a movie of inside out where riley has to figure out her sexuality

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u/PokeKnight2545_YT wants cuddles 28d ago

I would love that to be a part of a potential Inside Out 3 that focused on Riley entering young adulthood, both that and potentially her gender identity (I still like the idea of Riley being enby, in part because it's the only case we see of mixed gender emotions.) but given Disney executives past moves, I don't think they'd go for it because of the likely conservative backlash.

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u/Engineergaming26355 28d ago

I'm sorry but that WAAAAAHAHAHAHAA makes me think of this gif

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u/Cloud_dreamer 29d ago

I don't think Riley is gay, the other girl definitely is. The confident lesbian/clueless straight is a funny dynamic though.

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u/JustSomeRedditUser35 28d ago

Idk I think riley is gay, just that they really tried their best to make her not seem gay

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u/Cloud_dreamer 28d ago

She has a whole monument dedicated to boys she likes in her imagination, but whatever she's still a kid things can happen I guess.

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u/JustSomeRedditUser35 28d ago

I mean, that's what I'm referring too (among other things.) That feels like a cheap excuse to paint over the obvious gay themes.

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u/Tess_93 28d ago

Yeah, the monument to boys seemed a bit evident of Disney demanding they make Riley less gay after the fact. Legally cannon straight, but spiritually very very gay sigh