#blond guy
So a lot of people have been assuming the blond guy from the trailer is a new love interest for Cyrus given how he is smiling at Cyrus and how TJ looks “jealous”. But given an interview with Sofia where she mentions an episode will revolve around Cyrus and an issue that will have a “very important message to get across in our day an age” it has me wondering that if the blond boy (anyone got a name for him yet?) is in THAT episode maybe we have misread the trailer entirely.
Lets be frank: america has come along way but its still heavy with homophobic violence and parties built on making LGBTQ people suffer. whats a good way to show that this is not right to a younger audience and make them aware of their own actions towards others, LGBTQ or otherwise? have a watered down version be a threat to a character on their show. by watered down i mean verbally attacking Cyrus without using the words that THEY use in real life but still implying his sexuality in a negative way. Maybe thats what the blond guy is, a bully who has guessed Cyrus’s sexuality and is mocking him in front of TJ, who took cyrus to the rally. Cyrus looking for support turns to TJ but he does nothing, causing cyrus that hurt look as he looks back at blonde guy realizing he is all alone dealing with this. this way the young audience is shown both the horrible situation someone being attacked this way is in and how doing nothing to aid the victim makes them a part of the bullying by allowing it to happen. they can then question if they have ever done anything like this or what they would do if they saw it happening to someone they knew. this could also be the cause of the look in the cafeteria: a friendship damaged by TJ not helping his friend when he needed him the most, perhaps out of fear he would then become a target by association with Cyrus. Cyrus does look the more hurt out of the two in that scene.
That situation is pretty dark for a Disney show but then this is Andi Mack, a show thats pushing alot of topics not handled by kids shows.
Another theory i havent really seen thats a little bit lighter than my other theory is that maybe Blond guy is either TJ’s boyfriend or ex. Maybe TJ and blond guy got together before he and cyrus even became good friends and TJ had been keeping him a secret because either a) their still together or b) he’s still trying to figure cyrus out and waiting to come out to him. then they meet Blond guy at the rally and TJ is not only possibly outed by him to cyrus but reveals their relationship which might cause cyrus’s hurt look: the guy he has been crushing on kept not only his sexuality a secret but also that he was in a relationship. i think this one is less likely but dont think many people would see it coming.
personally i hope it is that cyrus now has 2 guys interested in him as a lot of people seem to have taken the trailer that way (myself included first time i watched it). but the fact theirs going to be a Cyrus centered episode can only be a good thing whatever subject matter they tackle, boy troubles or not.
