Pixar’s Luca still reads like a queer romance — even its story lead thinks so
Fans of Pixar’s Luca — specifically those who ship the titular young sea monster and his best friend Alberto — are rejoicing on social media, announcing that “Luberto” (as the ship has been dubbed) has been declared canon. This conversation sparked when McKenna Harris, story artist on Luca and director of the companion short Ciao Alberto, shared a sequence of cute (and unofficial) art of Luca and Alberto in an Instagram story, ending with a picture of the two kissing beneath an umbrella.
“I had a whole sequence in mind of Luca and Alberto reuniting for four summers in a row culminating in a kiss,” Harris wrote.
Just to clarify, Pixar has not actually confirmed that Luca and Alberto are a couple. Some people on social media are calling Harris the director of Luca, but Harris only directed the accompanying short. These images are unofficial, and even if Harris is more intimately acquainted with the characters than a typical fan artist, director Enrico Casarosa has not weighed in. Still, the fact that someone who worked on the movie also interpreted the relationship as romantic is validating to fans.
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The movie’s first trailer sparked a lot of talk about the relationship between the two boys, especially since the Italian Riviera setting reminded some viewers of Luca Guadagnino’s beloved queer romance Call Me By Your Name. But when asked about the lead characters’ relationship ahead of the movie’s release, Casarosa denied they had any romantic feelings for
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