Oh, I don’t know, anon, I think there are very few writers who completely exclude it from their repertoire. They always think that in their particular case, it makes sense and is separate from the character being part of a marginalized group.
But I wasn’t really thinking in terms of that, it’s just–it’s a soap, it’s gonna be messy. And possibly really short-lived like Shortland Street’s recent foray or, perhaps worst of all, just plain boring. Kana had great chemistry, but what I really loved was that it was between two characters who’d already been on for a while and had their own stories and were their own people. I haven’t read much into Iqra’s story yet but presumably her love interest will be introduced as just that, a love interest?