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The seri fale of “Killg Eve” fell victim to the “Bury Your Gays” trope. Viewers served – and serve – better. * villanelle gay moments *

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In a world where onle fandoms — many of which are often fueled by queer fans — are valuable, televisn wrers and shownners for male ensemble shows like Hoe, Merl, and Sherlock have n afoul of fans by suggtg their characters’ queerns whout ever actually makg them overtly gay — and by shuttg fans down when they look for fn of queerbag self has been bated among LGBTQ people.

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Image: BBC AmeriAnother potential landme for Killg Eve is the way has paired murr and homosexualy on-screen, an age-old, often problematic theme evoked movi like Strangers on a Tra, The Talented Mr.

But for viewers all-too-faiar wh the pa of watchg a queer character meet a tragic end – a trope referred to as “Buryg/Bury Your Gays” – felt like a shot to the back. Not every gay ath is an example of this trope. While few expected a perfect endg, many saw Villanelle’s ath as another sordid entry the “Bury Your Gays” trope bee, like other televisn and film moments unted among the offenrs, an LGBTQ+ character was killed off dub narrative fashn, and a way that unfortably centered on her sexualy.

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1920w, (1440x809:1441x810):format(webp)/ 2048w, (1440x809:1441x810):format(webp)/ 2400w" src="(1440x809:1441x810):format(webp)/" dg="async" data-nimg="rponsive" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver"/></span><div class="duet--media--ptn pt-6 font-polysans-mono text-12 font-light leadg-130 trackg-1"> <ce class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup le not-alic text-gray-63 dark:text-gray-bd [&>a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-gray [&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray">Image: BBC Ameri</ce></div></figure></div></div></div></div><div class="relative md:mx-to md:flex md:max-w-ntaer-md lg:max-w-none"><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent-ntaer clearfix sm:ml-to md:ml-100 md:max-w-article-body lg:mx-100"><div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe"><strong><em>Spoilers ahead for season one of </em>Killg Eve</strong>.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe"><em>Killg Eve</em>, BBC Ameri’s newt drama, is a twist on the ual pnage genre: the Jam Bond character and the charismatic, elive nemis are both women. Our hero, an M15 secury officer named Eve (Sandra Oh) fds herself ught a t and moe game wh a sadistic assass who lls herself Villanelle (Jodie Comer), one which the pair’s growg obssn wh each other ventur to homoerotic terrory. It’s a recipe that, if executed poorly, uld have fallen prey to age-old issu alg wh LGBTQ reprentatn on-screen, like queerbag or male-fantasy lbianism. Yet even wh s shockg fale this weekend, <em>Killg Eve</em> ped those cricisms entirely, thanks to a few specific choic — cludg the cisn to let Villanelle and Eve nfs, if not fully act on, their feelgs for one another.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">In the fal, explosive scene, Eve has found and broken to Villanelle’s Parisian apartment. Villanelle home, and the two have a standoff, mirrorg an earlier scene where Villanelle breaks to Eve’s home to “have dner” wh her at knifepot. This time, Eve is out for revenge: Villanelle has murred one of her only remag leads intifyg the assass’s employers, and her job is jeopardy. At the same time, she adms she’s also there bee she’s obssed wh Villanelle. “I thk about your ey, and your mouth, and what you feel when you kill someone," she nfs. Villanelle rponds what might qualify as a heart-to-heart for an unempathetic killer: “I thk about you, too. I mean, I masturbate about you a lot.”</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">It’s the sort of highly charged dialogue that might ordarily lead to a sex scene — pecially if the people volved were heterosexual. And for a moment, seems like is headg there. They lie on the bed facg one another, seemg like they’re about to kiss. Eve says, “I’ve never done anythg like this before.” But before Villanelle n rpond, Eve rams a knife to her stomach. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="my-9"><div class="transn-all duratn-300 ease--out"><div class="fixed set-0 h-[110vh] w-full bg-whe transn-all duratn-300 ease--out z-[-1] cursor-flt opacy-0"></div><div role="button" aria-label="Zoom" tabx="0" class="visible z-30 w-full orig-center transn-all duratn-300 ease--out cursor-zoom-"><figure class="transn-all duratn-300 ease--out lg:mx-0"><div><div class="duet--media--ntent-warng relative" style="paddg-top:56.285714285714285%"><span style="box-sizg:borr-box;display:block;overflow:hidn;width:ial;height:ial;background:none;opacy:1;borr:0;marg:0;paddg:0;posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver"/><noscript><img alt="" loadg="lazy" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver" siz="(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 744px" srcSet="(350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 376w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 384w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 415w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 480w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 540w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 640w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 750w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 828w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1080w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1200w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1440w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1920w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 2048w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 2400w" src="(350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/"/></noscript></span></div></div></figure></div><div class="z-1 w-full hidn"><figure class="transn-all duratn-300 ease--out lg:mx-0"><div><div class="duet--media--ntent-warng relative" style="paddg-top:56.285714285714285%"><span style="box-sizg:borr-box;display:block;overflow:hidn;width:ial;height:ial;background:none;opacy:1;borr:0;marg:0;paddg:0;posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver"/><noscript><img alt="" loadg="lazy" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver" siz="(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 744px" srcSet="(350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 376w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 384w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 415w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 480w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 540w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 640w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 750w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 828w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1080w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1200w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1440w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1920w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 2048w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 2400w" src="(350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/"/></noscript></span></div></div></figure></div></div></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">“I really liked you!” Villanelle says accgly, as blood pools at her waist. Eve is stantly apologetic. The stabbg is vic, and her prev fantasi about female ntract killers — cludg a tailed plan she shar wh her hband for how she’d hypothetilly kill him — are sudnly ma too real. She staggers to her feet and tri to get somethg to stnch Villanelle’s wound. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">On another show, this sudn (and particularly vlent) reversal before physil timacy uld be read as queerbag, a term fed by GLAAD’s director of entertament rearch and analysis Megan Townsend as “a show ... leadg fans to believe a character might be queer to brg new dienc, whout ever makg that character or relatnship non or explic on screen, or the project havg any tentn to ever move beyond subtle hts.” The fal scene is shot ambiguoly to lull the viewers to the same false sense of lm and anticipatn as Villanelle’s. The knife is hidn, and both of the actrs’ exprsns are so nocent you n almost believe they’re about to five each other and enjoy a nice, sexy break om a season of vlence and pursu. The scene is amed to ba and swch, and queer tensn between two women to acplish . So why were so many people — cludg, and perhaps pecially, s LGBTQ fans — still lighted by ?</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="my-9"><div class="transn-all duratn-300 ease--out"><div class="fixed set-0 h-[110vh] w-full bg-whe transn-all duratn-300 ease--out z-[-1] cursor-flt opacy-0"></div><div role="button" aria-label="Zoom" tabx="0" class="visible z-30 w-full orig-center transn-all duratn-300 ease--out cursor-zoom-"><figure class="transn-all duratn-300 ease--out lg:mx-0"><div><div class="duet--media--ntent-warng relative" style="paddg-top:56.285714285714285%"><span style="box-sizg:borr-box;display:block;overflow:hidn;width:ial;height:ial;background:none;opacy:1;borr:0;marg:0;paddg:0;posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="Eve and Villanelle’s first enunter." src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver"/><noscript><img alt="Eve and Villanelle’s first enunter." loadg="lazy" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver" siz="(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 744px" srcSet="(350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 376w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 384w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 415w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 480w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 540w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 640w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 750w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 828w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1080w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1200w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1440w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1920w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 2048w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 2400w" src="(350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/"/></noscript></span></div></div></figure></div><div class="z-1 w-full hidn"><figure class="transn-all duratn-300 ease--out lg:mx-0"><div><div class="duet--media--ntent-warng relative" style="paddg-top:56.285714285714285%"><span style="box-sizg:borr-box;display:block;overflow:hidn;width:ial;height:ial;background:none;opacy:1;borr:0;marg:0;paddg:0;posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="Eve and Villanelle’s first enunter." src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver"/><noscript><img alt="Eve and Villanelle’s first enunter." loadg="lazy" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver" siz="(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 744px" srcSet="(350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 376w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 384w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 415w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 480w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 540w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 640w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 750w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 828w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1080w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1200w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1440w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 1920w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 2048w, (350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/ 2400w" src="(350x197:351x198):no_upsle():format(webp)/"/></noscript></span></div></div></figure></div></div><div class="duet--media--ptn pt-6 font-polysans-mono text-12 font-light leadg-130 trackg-1"><figptn class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup le text-gray-13 dark:text-gray-e9 [&>a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray-63"><em>Eve and Villanelle’s first enunter.</em></figptn></div></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><hr class="duet--layout--standard-divir my-36 borr-0 borr-b borr-gray-94"/></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Gettg queer relatnships on-screen, let alone gettg them right, has been a huge challenge over the years, largely bee was once illegal to reprent them on TV, and th they uld origally only exist as subtext. Today, that tradn of subtext has evolved to a more overtly strategic tactic: queerbag. In a world where onle fandoms — many of which are often fueled by queer fans — are valuable, televisn wrers and shownners for male ensemble shows like <em>Hoe, Merl,</em> and<em> Sherlock</em> have n afoul of fans by suggtg their characters’ queerns whout ever actually makg them overtly gay — and by <a href=">shuttg fans down</a> when they look for acknowledgment.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">The fn of queerbag self has been bated <a href=">among LGBTQ people</a>. Some say that mandg physil exprsns of sexualy or other ncrete nfirmatns of queer relatnships om creators creat a higher bar for queer romance than straight romance and n erase subtler, more plex relatnships. Townsend mak a distctn between character velopment and queerbag, explag, “If a character is tly explorg their inty, there should be movement the story vers sly suatns and an eventual directn on how the character will move forward.” </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">While <a href=">some</a> <em>Killg Eve</em> fans have qutned the potential queerbag — we haven’t seen Eve and Villanelle hook up, and Eve has not nfirmed her sexual inty — the relatnship between the two has been rivetg nohels. This five queer bent, upled wh Eve and Villanelle’s nfsns of lt and fatuatn that fal scene, feel real, even if they don’t manift as physil sexualy.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><hr class="duet--layout--standard-divir my-36 borr-0 borr-b borr-gray-94"/></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="duet--media--embed m-h-[270px] mb-20 w-full md:max-w-[460px]"></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="duet--media--embed m-h-[270px] mb-20 w-full md:max-w-[460px]"></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">It’s easy to unrstand fans’ embracg<em> Killg Eve </em>through the lens of one of the show’s queer precsors: Bryan Fuller’s <em>Hannibal, </em>a show about the ambivalent and charged relatnship between the eponymo serial killer nnibal and Will Graham, an FBI profiler who hunts him. In 2014, Fuller <a href=">said an terview</a> that the characters’ relatnship would never be physilly nsummated: “It is not sexual, but ’s beyond sexual. It is pure timacy a non-physil way.” (Likewise, Waller-Bridge has lled the relatnship between Villanelle and Eve “<a href=">pnage love</a>.”) But rather than be angry at this ultimatum for Hannibal and Will’s relatnship, <a href=">many fans</a> rpond by sistg that Hannibal and Will were still a romantic relatnship, whout sex, and that therefore, <em>Hannibal</em> don’t qualify as a queerbag show. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Like <em>Hannibal</em>,<em> Killg Eve’s</em> fal scene is filled wh both explic queer tensn and betrayal. In so many ways, <em>Killg Eve</em> is already a queer show, so follows that would benef om havg that queerns affirmed through a nsummated relatnship. But both characters adm that they like each other, and ’s clear that Eve do genuely lt after Villanelle. (That’s the character velopment Townsend scrib.) And while they don’t actually kiss, admtg their feelgs is a ncrete first step. The show mak queerns even more explic than <em>Hannibal</em> did: Villanelle, is openly bisexual.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="my-9"><div class="transn-all duratn-300 ease--out"><div class="fixed set-0 h-[110vh] w-full bg-whe transn-all duratn-300 ease--out z-[-1] cursor-flt opacy-0"></div><div role="button" aria-label="Zoom" tabx="0" class="visible z-30 w-full orig-center transn-all duratn-300 ease--out cursor-zoom-"><figure class="transn-all duratn-300 ease--out lg:mx-0"><div><div class="duet--media--ntent-warng relative" style="paddg-top:69.01081916537866%"><span style="box-sizg:borr-box;display:block;overflow:hidn;width:ial;height:ial;background:none;opacy:1;borr:0;marg:0;paddg:0;posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="Villanelle tri on Eve’s srf, which she stole." src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver"/><noscript><img alt="Villanelle tri on Eve’s srf, which she stole." loadg="lazy" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver" siz="(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 744px" srcSet="(2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 376w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 384w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 415w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 480w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 540w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 640w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 750w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 828w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 1080w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 1200w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 1440w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 1920w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 2048w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 2400w" src="(2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/"/></noscript></span></div></div></figure></div><div class="z-1 w-full hidn"><figure class="transn-all duratn-300 ease--out lg:mx-0"><div><div class="duet--media--ntent-warng relative" style="paddg-top:69.01081916537866%"><span style="box-sizg:borr-box;display:block;overflow:hidn;width:ial;height:ial;background:none;opacy:1;borr:0;marg:0;paddg:0;posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="Villanelle tri on Eve’s srf, which she stole." src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver"/><noscript><img alt="Villanelle tri on Eve’s srf, which she stole." loadg="lazy" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver" siz="(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 744px" srcSet="(2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 376w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 384w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 415w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 480w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 540w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 640w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 750w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 828w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 1080w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 1200w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 1440w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 1920w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 2048w, (2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/ 2400w" src="(2588x1786:2589x1787):format(webp)/"/></noscript></span></div></div></figure></div></div><div class="duet--media--ptn pt-6 font-polysans-mono text-12 font-light leadg-130 trackg-1"><figptn class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup le text-gray-13 dark:text-gray-e9 [&>a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray-63"><em>Villanelle tri on Eve’s srf, which she stole.</em></figptn> <ce class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup le not-alic text-gray-63 dark:text-gray-bd [&>a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-gray [&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray">Image: BBC Ameri</ce></div></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Another potential landme for <em>Killg Eve</em> is the way has paired murr and homosexualy on-screen, an age-old, often problematic theme evoked movi like <em>Strangers on a Tra,</em> <a href="><em>The Talented Mr. Ripley</em></a> (both adapted om Patricia Highsmh novels), and the 1980 Al Paco film <em>Cisg</em>. <em>Killg Eve</em> uld do more to expand s views on queerns by growg beyond queer serial killer trop. (Also race: Eve is Asian, which is never discsed.) But as is, <em>Killg Eve</em> is one of the only shows phg the envelope the <a href=">pnage genre</a> on race, genr, and sexualy. And ’s perhaps pavg the way for other stori after , wh some fans clarg <a href=">“our bt queer ntent.”</a></p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="duet--media--embed m-h-[270px] mb-20 w-full md:max-w-[460px]"></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="duet--media--embed m-h-[270px] mb-20 w-full md:max-w-[460px]"></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">There’s a strong argument for why ’s important that a show like <em>Killg Eve, </em>which has already ma a lot of <a href=">headway on the issu</a>, should more explicly vt queerns by allowg Eve to clarify her feelgs, and figure out what she really wants om Villanelle after pursug her for a whole season. <em>Killg Eve</em> has already been renewed for a send season, which will provi a wealth of opportuni for her to do precisely that and to cement the show as tly revolutnary televisn.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"></div></div><div class="mb-40 mt-30"><button class="duet--article--ments-button group le-flex h-40 w-full ems-center jtify-center round-[2px] borr-[1px] borr-solid borr-blurple font-polysans-mono text-11 font-light upperse trackg-12 text-blurple hover:bg-blurple hover:text-whe md:w-to md:px-30"><svg class="mr-10 le pt-2" width="12" height="14" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 12 12" stroke-width="1px" xmlns="><tle>Comments .

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