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To me, the parents' reaction confirms the homophobic bias, especially the father's reaction. They could just have said something comical like "finally, he's bringing somebody home", "finally, he's out of the closet", "I'm so happy he's happy" etc, and embrace the comically gay situation, allowing the people laughing about the gay situation to laugh, and the gay audience to witness a "happy ending" that doesn't degrade the comical nature of it all. The big bad enemy could also have been a Beholder or a Lich, etc. But no. It's an orc stud, because the fact that it's an orc stud is the point.
I can see that reading, but I think the joke would work the same with him bringing home any threatening partner. If it was an orc lady, the dialogue could be the same.
I mean, yeah, I think there's some low grade homophobia in here but not malice.
It's because I don't sense malice that I'm not mad. I'm just pointing the facts.
You‘re not pointing out facts, you’re explaining your own interpretation. I (and the others in this thread) interpreted the parents‘ negative reaction as coming from their son bringing home the „Scourge of the North“ rather than disappointment in his sexuality. The mother says „Smile so he doesn’t kill us“ because he’s evil, not because he’s gay.
Once more, I agree to disagree