Me, going: Oh wait. Maybe this is other people figuring out you can write like this. That would explain the hype.

And Trigun! Trigun also managed this with the gays. But better.

One could argue it's good foreshadowing, but I think these twists are meant to give emotional impact to help one relate more to the characters. And because I get no emotional impact, I do not get that relationship to the characters. I still hate 99% of them. They're terrible people.