The Gay Optn trope as ed popular culture. When a vio game—ually a dited Romance Game, RPGs, or Wi-Open Sandbox—allows the player …
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ALL GAYS ARE PROMISCUO
An x page listg Homophobia Inx ntent. The trop n volve negative attus towards or stereotyp about lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr … * not too gay tv tropes *
While the real world, LGBTQ+ persons are jt as varied personaly and tras as straight/cisgenr on, has sued televisn wrers to e mon stereotyp for their gay characters li of actually makg them "real people". If the character has relatnships wh the same genr but they're portrayed as more tame than wh the oppose, that would fall unr But Not Too Gay, as the relatnship self is beg portrayed poorly rather than the character(s).
The tular character The Incredible Hercul has no qualms discsg var paramours of any genr; he don't shy away om talkg about his homosexual enunters durg the time of Greek myth, and 's strongly hted at his funeral that he had a flg wh Northstar, Marvel's first gay hero.
Merrill and Fenris do not discs their orientatns wh the PC at any pot, save to exprs an tert them—this allows some fans to sist that they're "player-sexual", beg eher straight or gay pendg on what genr Hawke is.
GAY OPTN
The All Gays are Promiscuo trope as ed popular culture. The homosexual versn (and logil ncln) of I'm a Man; I Can't Help It, All Men Are … * not too gay tv tropes *
Some of the Homoerotic Subtext regardg Cloud's feelgs towards Sephiroth Fal Fantasy VII was cut to tone down (like a le where he mat on how, as a teenager, he thought about Sephiroth so much that his mother 'gave up on him' — puttg a later flashback where his mother pleads wh him to get a 'nice girliend' a different light entirely). He flirts wh Barret and n even go on a date wh him if the player has him do enough while offendg the girls, but 's ually Gay Bravado and, on the date, Barret mostly acts nfed that Cloud isn't more terted the girls than him. The trop n volve negative attus towards or stereotyp about lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex, asexual, and/or genr non-nformg people, and they n the gamut om relatively mor limatns (on clothg choic, mannerisms, jobs or reers and the like) to hostily and vlence.
Ba-and-Swch Lbians: Two characters are subject to heavy and liberate Homoerotic Subtext, but are never explicly nfirmed as sexual partners, and one or both of them is a heterosexual relatnship by the end of the show.
BUT NOT TOO GAY (GAY CHARACTERS VIOGAM)
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MasculeFeme Gay Couple: This n be Tth Televisn, but when all same-sex upl are assumed to be like this appeals to outdated genr stereotyp of every romantic relatnship needg to have a "man" and a "woman". She's a Man Japan: This is not always homophobic motivatn, but a large proportn of exampl volve changg a character's genr or cis/trans stat orr to avoid provokg Moral Guardians by havg non-cis characters and/or non-straight romantic relatnships. Psycho Lbian: Plays on the purported lk between homosexualy and sany, flavoured wh the sexist implitn of "hysteria", as well as implyg that if they're willg to do somethg as bad as lbian sex, there's nothg they won't do.
Always Camp: The ia that certa profsns attract drama queens and people wh mpy sensibili verge to the stereotype area (when "mp" is equated wh "gay"), which leads to assumptns and mors about people those jobs. Flamg Devil: A triple-servg of the lack of humany of Disunt Lbians pl the riture nature of Camp Gay pl the stereotyp associatg male femy wh evil and male femy wh homosexualy (th leadg to associatg homosexualy wh evil as well).
WORD OF GAY
A page for scribg WordOfGay: Wtern Animatn. Adventure Time: The Ghost Gladiators om the episo "Moruri te Salutam" were revealed to be gay by … * not too gay tv tropes *
Gym Bunny: This trope impli that gay men work out or participate sports bee they're va (and want to perfect their looks) and horny (and are lookg for sex partners), and any other reason is an afterthought at bt.
Not That There's Anythg Wrong Wh That is what happens when homosexualy (or some other oft-ntted mographic) is pated a negative light by words or actns om characters jt to be portrayed as pletely normal. This n be played straight as : "Du, I always thought you were gay not that there's anythg wrong wh that" or played for lghs when a rather effemate character proclaims to an obvly straight character "That's kd of gay not that there's anythg wrong wh that. Played Wh and somewhat nstcted The Flash durg a mid-90's story; a Tmpli bsman nng for print ntroversy for his bigoted views, which particularly bothers Hartley Rathaway, the Pied Piper, both bee he's a die-hard socialist but also bee he's openly gay and an ex-n, and so is fearful of what life will be like for him unr this man's princy.
Wally Wt and his girliend Lda Park both quote this unison as they try to expla how they get why Piper don't like this guy, but they quickly realise jt sayg they're not homophobic don't really help the suatn he's . The tle (prit) character Father Ted is fltered to realise the man he's talkg to has a gay partner but then adds "not that there's anythg wrong wh that sort of thg" (the wrers have nfirmed the liberate Sefeld homage). Liz was upset wh Jack for assumg she was gay, but h off wh Gretchen; Liz proposed that if they were both still sgle 25 years they uld get together, sistg that she's still not gay but "you uld do stuff to me.