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[Septimus Prime]

Originally Posted by camper

I doubt most have issues with people who are gay/lesbian individually (even those who are put off by that lifestyle) but when you take a character that is 60+ years old and change them in a drastic way, people will NOT be happy.

Exactly. It's the New Coke effect. While there was nothing ostensibly wrong with the drink itself, people hated that Coca-Cola was marketing as the "the same great taste" but "better." Now that it's back on the market with a different name (Coke II), no one seems to care at all anymore.