Hmmm, I might. I watched the first ep when it aired and while my love for Hope from the last eps of TO carried over, I hated Landon and didn’t much care for most of the rest of the characters. I did like Penelope but she didn’t seem like she’d appear a lot. But you’re right, it is cool to have queer exes, it does add another dynamic to what people see, and exes with feelings is a popular trope so people can associate it to other couples like that. I do stay somewhat updated on what’s going on and it does seem like they didn’t shuffle Penelope away completely so I might check back in.
As for Julie Plec and trusting her, heh, I don’t know if she’s going to prioritize them ever or even really knows how to write them, but I do think that LGBT people on the CW are overall far safer now than any other place or time. From death, anyway. If they’re messy, well, I don’t think anybody is not messy on a Plec show.