trainthief:

trainthief:

Also not to STILL be going on about this with my galaxy brain but 

1) the fact that it’s not a one-off character like an uncle or a neighbor we never see again, but Mr. Ratburn, one of the central characters who has been around since season 1 and has a lot of depth and actual history 

2) the fact that he’s a teacher, for young kids specifically. Even just within the context of the story, in the “Arthur Universe”, the fact that he’s in charge of young children and is trusted with protecting them, and is well-liked among their parents enough that they all attended his wedding, and he even in the past stayed at Arthur’s house when his roof fell in. Implying that the Reads trust him around their two children in about as casual a setting as you can get. Sure it’s 2019, but that’s still a pretty important idea. I frankly don’t think a gay teacher would have a chance in hell getting hired at the elementary school I went to, or any of the ones in the area I live in, and if an established one came out they’d be run out of town by the parents here. 

AND

3) The impact of it being a PBS show as opposed to Disney or Nickelodeon… The kids who are going to get to see this who are intentionally sheltered from other lifestyles and points of view by their parents…. or who are poor and can’t afford cable….

It IS that deep.



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