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Contents:
- HOE OF THE DRAGON FALLY DID RIGHT BY SOME OF ITS GAY CHARACTERS
- 'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
HOE OF THE DRAGON FALLY DID RIGHT BY SOME OF ITS GAY CHARACTERS
Warng: Spoilers for Hoe of the Dragon ’s Hoe of the Dragon may be a show full of giant dragons and spooky propheci, but s cisn to spare not one, but two gay characters seemgly sted for ath somehow feels even more a massive change om Gee R. I know ’s Game of Thron, but to have our heroe workg to kill the gay hband she says she lov her own way jt for some ct-y schemg? "Reynolds grew up Mormon, and he's long been open about his journey to rencile the church's anti-gay doctre wh his own support for gay rights.
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'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
And while n be argued that most characters the seri experience some form of horrific vlence, queer characters’ aths are often also marked by homophobic subtext that n’t be ignored. He is arrted by a relig sect for the crime of beg gay and havg been timate wh other men. And for those who will try to pat the homophobia as some sort of “historil accuracy, ” “Hoe of the Dragon” is a fictnal show set a world wh dragons and ice queer women of “Game of Thron” fared slightly better.