Talk:Season 23/@comment-43358771-20190826223240/@comment-43316746-20190826231036

With how much of an uproar (even though there was more positive from younger fans) Patrick made, I'm not convinced that they want to make Patrick the new center stage. Yes it would be good for LGBTQ+, don't get me wrong, but I'm not sure if PBS wants to cause even more attention than adding Patrick did. I could see them doing something with him, yes, but I'm not confident in how much PBS wants to push the envelope. Would I support more Patrick? Yes, but how much does PBS want to go with it is the question.

Also, people would have done the same to whoever Mr. Ratburn's husband was. I don't think many people did soley due to Patrick himself, but they would have done fanart, fanfics, etc. for any male character. Not that it's a bad thing, but nothing sticks out about Patrick yet other than he's male and married to Mr. Ratburn. Could that change? Yes, but I don't think we'd suddenly see Mr. Ratburn and Patrick a ton more than the other adult characters.

I also know the show is not always focused on Arthur, the library, school, etc. but I think most of the focus is on the kid characters since it is more for kids. Yes there are adult episodes now and again, but I just find it hard to be replacing not just one, Bud too, two kid characters, with one adult. The math doesn't add up for me.