rjalker:

Anyways, we need more characters who don’t want to have kids, ever, no matter how much they love the person they’re with, even if that person wants kids. It’s just an absolute dealbreaker for this person, including adoption.

And they are not demonized or initialized for feeling this way, nor are they aren’t pressured into changing their minds, nor are they forced “"by chance”“ into a parenting role by finding an abandoned baby on the side of the road or whatever.

If the character was abused as a child, this fact is not used to downplay or ignore their wishes not to have kids of their own, nor is it used to show that once they "get over it” they’ll change their minds.

Not everyone wants kids, including through adoption. Not everyone wants to be pregnant. Having kids is not a requirement for having a happy and healthy and “real” relationship.

We need more stories and characters that reflect the reality of everyone, not just the ideal of the nuclear family, now edited to include Queer couples.