On the one hand, I find the Naruto and Sasuke dynamic--and really, pretty much any relationship Sasuke has--to be fraught and borderline obsessive and unhealthy. So if they do end up gay for each other, I would not view it as a positive portrayal of homosexuality.
On the other, any portrayal is probably better than the erasure that homosexuality receives in our heteronormative culture.
I'm kind of with you on "they wouldn't get it," too. I'd have to buy the build-up. As of right now, Naruto has canonically only been shown to be sexually attracted to women (Sakura). Not to say that I couldn't buy him turning out to be bisexual or even gay, but the story would have to make me believe it. But that's not me with my sexuality-issues hat on, that's me with my I-want-a-good-story hat on.
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On the one hand, I find the Naruto and Sasuke dynamic--and really, pretty much any relationship Sasuke has--to be fraught and borderline obsessive and unhealthy. So if they do end up gay for each other, I would not view it as a positive portrayal of homosexuality.
On the other, any portrayal is probably better than the erasure that homosexuality receives in our heteronormative culture.
I'm kind of with you on "they wouldn't get it," too. I'd have to buy the build-up. As of right now, Naruto has canonically only been shown to be sexually attracted to women (Sakura). Not to say that I couldn't buy him turning out to be bisexual or even gay, but the story would have to make me believe it. But that's not me with my sexuality-issues hat on, that's me with my I-want-a-good-story hat on.