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- "ONCE UPON A TIME" GETS GAY CHARACTER AS MULAN COM {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ANDREW VILLAGOMEZOCTOBER 14, 2013/8:50 AMBY ANDREW VILLAGOMEZOCTOBER 14, 2013 / 8:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"ONCE UPON A TIME\" GETS GAY CHARACTER AS MULAN COM OUT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-14T12:50:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-14T12:50:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ANDREW VILLAGOMEZ","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUNDAY'S EPISO OF ONCE UPON A TIME REVEALED WHAT EVERY GAY'S BEEN WAG FOR: A QUEER FAIRYTALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOWARD THE END OF THE EP, "QUE A COMMON FAIRY"—AND BEFORE YOU BLOW A GASKET, THAT'S A REFERENCE TO THE TRODUCTN OF TKERBELL—RUMPELSTILTSK'S SON, NEAL, ADMS THAT HE WAED TOO LONG TO TELL EMMA HE LOVED HER. "WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE, YOU DON'T KEEP . YOU SAY ," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MULAN (JAMIE CHUNG) HEARS THIS AND TAK TO HEART: AFTER HELPG NEAL TRY TO GET BACK TO HIS LOVE, SHE NS OFF TO TALK TO "SOMEONE" BEFORE IS TOO LATE. ONCE UPON A TIME HAS HTED THAT THIS SOMEONE MIGHT BE PRCE PHILLIP, GIVEN ALL THE TIME SHE SPENT WH HIM BEFORE PRC AURORA, A.K.A. SLEEPG BETY (SARA BOLGER), AWOKE, AND THE JOURNEY SHE WENT ON WH AURORA TO SAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT TURNS OUT MULAN HAD TO TALK TO SLEEPG BETY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK AT BETY'S STLE, AURORA NOTIC MULAN HAS RETURNED AND ASKS WHAT'S SHE DOG OVER AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM. "JT GATHERG MY URAGE," MULAN REPLI AND S (WHICH I DON'T THK WE'VE EVER SEEN HER DO BEFORE.) THE TWO N TO EACH OTHER AND JO HANDS AS THEY CHAT. BUT BEFORE MULAN N REVEAL HOW SHE FEELS, SHE FDS OUT AURORA AND PHILLIP ARE EXPECTG A BABY. THE WOMAN WARRR'S EY TEAR UP, AND SHE SUDNLY ANNOUNC SHE'S JOG ROB HOOD AND HIS GANG. THE GIRLS HUG, AND MULAN WALKS AWAY WH A SADNED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE PRODUCER EDWARD KSIS DID SAY THERE WOULD BE AT LEAST ONE GAY CHARACTER THIS SEASON, AND LOOKS LIKE MULAN'S THE ONE. THE EPISO WAS WRTEN BY JANE ESPENSON, CREATOR OF THE POPULAR GAY WEBSERI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE MULAN WILL FD ANOTHER LOVE ELSEWHERE AS SHE JOS ROB HOOD—AND WHO KNOWS WHAT FEELGS WILL BE REVEALED BY AURORA NOW THAT MULAN'S PARTG. SHE LOOKED AWFULLY SAD WHEN SHE SAID "YOU'RE LEAVG ?" AS MULAN WALKED AWAY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S NO NYG THE CHEMISTRY MULAN AND AURORA HAD THEIR JOURNEY TO SAVE PHILIP SEASON 2: THEY FOUGHT LIKE A UPLE, BATTLED TOGETHER AND, AT ONE POT, MULAN LERALLY GAVE AURORA BACK HER HEART. THE SCENE WAS SO TEARFULLY GOOD, EVEN MA GNIFER GOODW (SNOW WHE) CRY—AND SHE KNEW WAS G!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}— GNIFER GOODW (@GNYGOODW) OCTOBER 14, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ‘ONCE UPON A TIME’ REVEALS GAY STORYLE; CREATORS SAY “LOVE IS LOVE”
- ONCE UPON A TIME'S JAMIE CHUNG SPEAKS OUT ON MULAN'S GAY REVEAL: "HER HEART IS WH AURORA"
- ONCE UPON A TIME.. GAY CHARACTERS
"ONCE UPON A TIME" GETS GAY CHARACTER AS MULAN COM {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ANDREW VILLAGOMEZOCTOBER 14, 2013/8:50 AMBY ANDREW VILLAGOMEZOCTOBER 14, 2013 / 8:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"ONCE UPON A TIME\" GETS GAY CHARACTER AS MULAN COM OUT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-14T12:50:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-14T12:50:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ANDREW VILLAGOMEZ","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUNDAY'S EPISO OF ONCE UPON A TIME REVEALED WHAT EVERY GAY'S BEEN WAG FOR: A QUEER FAIRYTALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOWARD THE END OF THE EP, "QUE A COMMON FAIRY"—AND BEFORE YOU BLOW A GASKET, THAT'S A REFERENCE TO THE TRODUCTN OF TKERBELL—RUMPELSTILTSK'S SON, NEAL, ADMS THAT HE WAED TOO LONG TO TELL EMMA HE LOVED HER. "WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE, YOU DON'T KEEP . YOU SAY ," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MULAN (JAMIE CHUNG) HEARS THIS AND TAK TO HEART: AFTER HELPG NEAL TRY TO GET BACK TO HIS LOVE, SHE NS OFF TO TALK TO "SOMEONE" BEFORE IS TOO LATE. ONCE UPON A TIME HAS HTED THAT THIS SOMEONE MIGHT BE PRCE PHILLIP, GIVEN ALL THE TIME SHE SPENT WH HIM BEFORE PRC AURORA, A.K.A. SLEEPG BETY (SARA BOLGER), AWOKE, AND THE JOURNEY SHE WENT ON WH AURORA TO SAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT TURNS OUT MULAN HAD TO TALK TO SLEEPG BETY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK AT BETY'S STLE, AURORA NOTIC MULAN HAS RETURNED AND ASKS WHAT'S SHE DOG OVER AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM. "JT GATHERG MY URAGE," MULAN REPLI AND S (WHICH I DON'T THK WE'VE EVER SEEN HER DO BEFORE.) THE TWO N TO EACH OTHER AND JO HANDS AS THEY CHAT. BUT BEFORE MULAN N REVEAL HOW SHE FEELS, SHE FDS OUT AURORA AND PHILLIP ARE EXPECTG A BABY. THE WOMAN WARRR'S EY TEAR UP, AND SHE SUDNLY ANNOUNC SHE'S JOG ROB HOOD AND HIS GANG. THE GIRLS HUG, AND MULAN WALKS AWAY WH A SADNED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE PRODUCER EDWARD KSIS DID SAY THERE WOULD BE AT LEAST ONE GAY CHARACTER THIS SEASON, AND LOOKS LIKE MULAN'S THE ONE. THE EPISO WAS WRTEN BY JANE ESPENSON, CREATOR OF THE POPULAR GAY WEBSERI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE MULAN WILL FD ANOTHER LOVE ELSEWHERE AS SHE JOS ROB HOOD—AND WHO KNOWS WHAT FEELGS WILL BE REVEALED BY AURORA NOW THAT MULAN'S PARTG. SHE LOOKED AWFULLY SAD WHEN SHE SAID "YOU'RE LEAVG ?" AS MULAN WALKED AWAY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S NO NYG THE CHEMISTRY MULAN AND AURORA HAD THEIR JOURNEY TO SAVE PHILIP SEASON 2: THEY FOUGHT LIKE A UPLE, BATTLED TOGETHER AND, AT ONE POT, MULAN LERALLY GAVE AURORA BACK HER HEART. THE SCENE WAS SO TEARFULLY GOOD, EVEN MA GNIFER GOODW (SNOW WHE) CRY—AND SHE KNEW WAS G!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}— GNIFER GOODW (@GNYGOODW) OCTOBER 14, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
In one ABC productn, Once Upon a Time, this character has feelgs for another prcs, technilly makg her one of the first openly gay prcs of the drama seri.
By the end of this episo, Ruby and Dorothy are the characters wh the first openly-gay relatnship on the seri, even sharg a kiss.
‘ONCE UPON A TIME’ REVEALS GAY STORYLE; CREATORS SAY “LOVE IS LOVE”
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Sunday's episo of Once Upon A Time revealed what every gay's been wag for: a queer fairytale the end of the ep, "Que a Common Fairy"—and before you blow a gasket, that's a reference to the troductn of Tkerbell—Rumpelstiltsk's son, Neal, adms that he waed too long to tell Emma he loved her.
ONCE UPON A TIME'S JAMIE CHUNG SPEAKS OUT ON MULAN'S GAY REVEAL: "HER HEART IS WH AURORA"
The girls hug, and Mulan walks away wh a sadned producer Edward Ksis did say there would be at least one gay character this season, and looks like Mulan's the one. The episo was wrten by Jane Espenson, creator of the popular gay webseri Mulan will fd another love elsewhere as she jos Rob Hood—and who knows what feelgs will be revealed by Aurora now that Mulan's partg.
Once Upon a Time fally ma good on s promise to clu a gay storyle season five, and was an unexpected choice.
This aligns wh what the duo told The Hollywood Reporter about the gay storyle earlier this season.
ONCE UPON A TIME.. GAY CHARACTERS
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Lady Gaga uldn’t have wrten a more powerful gay anthem. Her Lbian Matchmaker Knew She Wasn’t the Right Girl for Any Guy Yeah, that’s right: Openly gay lady Miriam Margoly (Harry Potter‘s Profsor Sprout!