The Walkg Dead fans were not happy that Tara - one of the show's few proment gay characters - died the penultimate episo of season 9.
Contents:
- IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
- 'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY
- THE WALKG DEAD FANS ARE FUR ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S BEEN KILLED OFF
- ‘FEAR THE WALKG DEAD’ STAR LENNIE JAM LLS FOR BATE OVER GAY AND DISABLED ROL
- J IS GAY ON 'THE WALKG DEAD.' HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.
IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
Tom Payne's good-natured badass is now the show's third gay ma character. * is james gay the walking dead *
As a rult, many viewers have scratched their heads for years and wonred if Daryl is gay — spe a strong majory of the fanbase suggtg that Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBri) should bee an em. In fact, Kirkman tailed that the origal plans were for Dixon to be gay, but simply never happened.
On that same note, Res simultaneoly exprsed that he “isn’t aaid” to portray Daryl as a gay character and that he would happily work wh whatever material the wrers gave him.
So while Dixon isn’t currently gay nonilly, that don’t mean that plans won’t soon change down the le as the character’s story ntu to expand the latt pulse-poundg seri.
'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY
After a small, but vol segment of viewers rpond negatively to the cln of a gay uple the sp-off seri "The Walkg Dead: World Beyond," the anchise rpond om s official Twter acunt. * is james gay the walking dead *
Payne said last year that he saw no reason why his on-screen J wouldn't be gay, as he is the ics, and tonight's episo "The Other Si, " he officially beme the show's third major gay character. Her girliend Denise (Merrt Wever) was ntroversially killed off what beme part of a troublg TV trend last year; an unwele rurgence of the "Bury Your Gays" trope which me to a head wh a profoundly ntroversial storyle on The CW's The 100. But the fact that this is now a show wh three gay characters s ma st matters.
THE WALKG DEAD FANS ARE FUR ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S BEEN KILLED OFF
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Given his stat as a badass fan favore, his signifint role the ics and the bonds he's veloped wh several of the show's ma characters, the now-openly-gay J has the potential to bee genuely inic a way Aaron and Tara are not. Gay characters on televisn are no longer unmon, but gay male hero on actn-led genre shows are, and the fact that The Walkg Dead has an unually bipartisan fan base wh a strong Republin ntgent mak s sexual diversy all the more charged.
"In my opn there should be more awome gay people fictn bee there are plenty of awome gay people real life, " Robert Kirkman, who created The Walkg Dead ics and is an EP on the show, said last year. The Walkg Dead is takg aim at homophobia, as well as a small, but vol segment of viewers rpond negatively to the cln of a gay uple the sp-off seri The Walkg Dead: World Beyond, the anchise rpond om s official Twter acunt. ”Jelani Allad and Ni Tortorella portray a gay uple 'The Walkg Dead: World Beyond' (Photo Cred: Mall Polay/AMC)Premierg last October, World Beyond was a teen-centric variatn on The Walkg Dead, followg four adolcents who are among the first generatn to grow up a world populated by bra-eatg monsters.
‘FEAR THE WALKG DEAD’ STAR LENNIE JAM LLS FOR BATE OVER GAY AND DISABLED ROL
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Oh we n’t fd a character for you, screw you’re gay wh this guy. Jam is a gay character om Telltale's The Walkg Dead. Badass Gay.
However, Tara’s ath also got a lot of people riled as spelled the send removal of a rare gay character on the show this same season. You’re probably aware that this is a troublg trope not jt TWD but across the televisn landspe, wh the tratg trend so popular ’s often known as the “buryg your gays” trope. I LITERALLY DO NOT CARE ABOUT ANYONE WHO DIED EXCEPT ENID AND TARA WHY DID THE SMARTEST DOCTOR AND ANOTHER HILLTOP LEADER DIE (also @ the walkg ad stop killg the gays off) #TheWalkgDead — khalil (@khvl1l) March 25, 2019 THEY KILLED TARA, ONE OF MY FAVOURITE CHARACTERS AND ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER FUCK OFF #TheWalkgDead — jordan (@jensmish) March 26, 2019 You jt had to kill Tara, didn't you??
#TheWalkgDead #BuryYourGays — Krystle?? It's weird they were too sred to do that but were fe to kill off all but one of their queer characters — Moe: Sparkledog edn (@EnbyDal) March 25, 2019 Are we surprised #walkgad did the bury your gays trope more than once? How e they always gotta kill off the gays?
J IS GAY ON 'THE WALKG DEAD.' HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.
@WalkgDead_AMC @AMCTalkgDead On the topic of killg off tara, why as soon as you troduce new gay characters you kill off an old one?
— Syd (@squidr14) March 25, 2019 Alongsi Magna and Yumiko, Aaron (Ross Marquand) is the only other proment gay character left alive on the seri. Fear The Walkg Dead star Lennie Jam has said there needs to be more of a bate over the stg of gay and disabled rol film and TV. Jam told BBC News: “Where gay actors have not been given the opportuny to play gay parts, or disabled actors have not even been nsired for the opportuny to play disabled parts, that suatn then I would 100 per cent be part of the nversatn of sayg, ‘Why not?
In The Walkg Dead ics, he's gay.