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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. The show also ma no secret that Laenor is gay, lettg him provi rare reprentatn the world. And mak sense why the shownners wouldn't want to utilize the problematic trope of "buryg your gays".
'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
Perhaps bee the language to scribe and fe multiple sexual orientatns don’t exist Wteros, his fay speaks only phemism, but Laenor is gay and his lover is Jofey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod). 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.
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It’s past time the anchise do the same wh homophobia. Warng: this story ntas spoilers for episo five of Hoe of the one week after Hoe of the Dragon fans celebrated Wteros' first black — and gay — dragon rir, they are now llg the show out and accg of homophobic the most recent episo of the HBO seri, viewers were troduced officially to Laenor Velaryon's (Theo Nate) male partner, Jofey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod) and wnsed the ep love the pair had for each by the end of the episo, Jofey would be ad one of the show's most gome murr scen yet. Fans have acced the show of an anti-gay plotle.