Honestly, I would welcome anyone trying to help start the trend.
Like, seriously, I don’t know what story series or franchise to pick, but goddammit, how is “communist fanfiction” not a genre?
I mean, it’s much easier than writing or publishing a “real novel” (that’s also communist) so, like, why not?
It’s more achievable, at least.
Not intentionally. Just backfilling why the entire LGBTQ community in Hogwarts is just Dumbledore and Sirona.
But homophobia did have a huge surge in Victorian Britain. That was the era when things like male friends holding hands or kissing went out of fashion because of the fear of just being suspected.