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Contents:
- IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
- WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
- THE WALKG DEAD FANS ARE FUR ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S BEEN KILLED OFF
- BURY YOUR GAYS: WHY ‘THE 100,’ ‘WALKG DEAD’ DEATHS ARE PROBLEMATIC (GUT COLUMN)
- ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ STS SHOW’S FIRST MALE GAY CHARACTER
- ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ CRICIZED FOR KILLG ANOTHER PROMENT GAY CHARACTER
- THE WALKG DEAD PRODUCER EXPLAS WHY TWO GAY CHARACTERS WERE KILLED OFF
IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
Before Aaron or Pl "J" Monroe me to the picture, The Walkg Dead was set to troduce s first gay character much earlier the story. * gay characters on 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. Before Aaron or Pl "J" Monroe me to the picture, The Walkg Dead was set to troduce s first gay character much earlier the story.
WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
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. * gay characters on the walking dead *
The seri never strayed away om s diversy, gog on to troduce several gay survivors who would quickly go on to bee fan favor, but seri -creator and wrer Robert Kirkman planned an earlier troductn for the seri' leap to diverse new characters. The first openly gay character troduced wh The Walkg Dead ic seri is Aaron, an experienced recer for Virgia's Alexandria Safe Zone muny.
It's nearly two years later when the ic troduc yet another major gay character Pl "J" Monroe. The letters pag of The Walkg Dead Deluxe #50 reveal exactly who Kirkman tend to have as the seri' first major gay survivor, and 's none other than The Governor's former litenant, Martez.
THE WALKG DEAD FANS ARE FUR ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S BEEN KILLED OFF
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In discsg his cisn to scrap the reveal that Martez was gay, Kirkman mented, "I remembered that I was planng to have Rick beat him to ath—then I thought, probably not the bt thg to do wh your first proment gay character. The Walkg Dead Was Wise To Change Its First Openly Gay Character. Martez beg troduced as the first openly gay character, only to have himself beaten by Rick a few issu later would have drastilly taken away the momentum that Kirkman had planned wh the reveal.
BURY YOUR GAYS: WHY ‘THE 100,’ ‘WALKG DEAD’ DEATHS ARE PROBLEMATIC (GUT COLUMN)
Future gay characters like Pl Monroe are not only pable of handg themselv but n be tsted nfidant and close iends to Rick throughout the remar of the seri. It's poetic that two of the seri' most fan-favore and perseverg gay characters, Pl and Aaron, would end the seri as lovers. He is a role mol, spiratn, and a mentor to other characters and a perfect example that prov to all the anti-LGBTQIA+ people that beg gay don’t mean you are a bad says:I would say whout doubt ’s Strand Fear.
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.
‘THE WALKG DEAD’ STS SHOW’S FIRST MALE GAY CHARACTER
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?
‘THE WALKG DEAD’ CRICIZED FOR KILLG ANOTHER PROMENT GAY CHARACTER
How e they always gotta kill off the gays? @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.
THE WALKG DEAD PRODUCER EXPLAS WHY TWO GAY CHARACTERS WERE KILLED OFF
Eric is a gay character om The Walkg Dead.