And everywhere the dragons danced the people died
Claudia. Ukulele Girl. 22 years old. Mexico. Salt Queen and professional nightblogger.
Hi. Meet Keahu Kahuanui. He plays a character named Danny Mahealani on a show you might have heard of called Teen Wolf. Danny is gay. Danny is Hawaiian. If you want to talk about queer representation, he is right there, being all shirtless in the locker room, hanging out in gay bars, lusting after Derek Hale and taking a boy to the prom. If you want to talk about elevating white narratives in the name of queer representation, there’s good news, you don’t have to. Because there’s Danny Mehealani. Who is gay. Also Hawaiian. I realize he’s a secondary character, but because we care so deeply about queer representation, we could start a letter writing campaign to fix that. We won’t, but we could. So I guess the real question is why we elevate a couple of ostensibly straight white dudes with absolutely no chemistry at all over Danny Mehealani. Who is actually gay in canon. And also Hawaiian.
