HBO’s The Last of Us expands Bill & Frank’s gay romance om the game - Polygon

Contents:

• WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME?
• HBO’S THE LAST OF US IMPROV ON THE GAME’S IMPLIED GAY ROMANCE
• WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME? EXPLAED
• WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME? EXPLAED
• WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME? RELATNSHIP WH FRANK EXPLAED
• ARE BILL & FRANK GAY ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAME? HERE’S HOW THE SHOW EXPAND ON THEIR STORY
• GAMER EXPLAS WHY BILL AND FRANK TOTALLY WEREN’T GAY ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAME, YOU GUYS
• IS NICK OFFERMAN GAY? HIS LAST OF US ROLE EXPLAED
• BILL AND FRANK’S GAY LOVE STORY THE LAST OF US GAME IS PLETELY DIFFERENT
• WAS BILL GAY IN THE LAST OF US GAME? THE SURPRISG ANSWER

WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME?

The most recent episo of HBO’s The Last of Us has left some fans wonrg if Bill and Frank were a gay uple the origal game. Wh such drastic chang, pecially when to Bill and Frank’s relatnship, some are left askg if Bill was really gay The Last of Us vio game.

The biggt hts towards Bill beg a gay man are his relatnship to Frank and a certa magaze that Ellie steals om his stash the church basement, both of which n be missed by players not engagg optnal ntent or not payg close enough attentn. “Long Long Time” has sparked several plats om the worst si of Twter about how The Last of Us allegedly shoehorned a gay relatnship.

But the fact is Bill has always been gay.

HBO’S THE LAST OF US IMPROV ON THE GAME’S IMPLIED GAY ROMANCE

So yeah, Bill has always been gay. Bill is gay the game, but ’s referenced so vaguely that plenty of players missed .

WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME? EXPLAED

The cisn to keep muted, hted at a sgle le of dialogue and a hidn letter, was both praised and cricized — was easy to overlook, but also avoid a lot of gay-character trop, and allowed Bill to be a human and not “a maniftatn of sexualy, ” as Polygon’s Danielle Rien put at the time. The game’s storyle don’t avoid trop altogether, though: It was cricized for “buryg s gays. Here’s everythg you need to know about if Bill was gay The Last of Us game.

Full Explanatn While both Bill’s sexualy and relatnship wh Frank were never explicly stated the game, there is plenty of evince to pot towards both Bill beg gay, and him and Frank havg mataed a romantic relatnship.

On top of this, Ellie also steals a gay pornographic magaze om Bill’s locker, to joke around wh Joel. So y, n be duced that Bill was very likely to have been gay The Last of Us game, or at least have some sexual attractn to men.

WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME? EXPLAED

That’s all you need to know about if Bill was gay The Last of Us game. *WARNING: Spoilers ahead for The Last Of Us*The story of Bill and Frank is only briefly touched upon The Last Of Us vio game, but episo 3 of HBO’s adaptatn has dramatilly expand on their relatnship what is a notable viatn om the source enthrallg episo is filled wh tensn, joy and heartbreak as tells the pair’s story over almost two s, begng wh their first meetg after Frank fell to one of Bill’s follows is a betiful love story that has left fans wh a number of qutns, wh some askg whether Bill was gay The Last Of Us game self. TERMINAL ILLNESS: FRANK’S FATE IN THE LAST OF US SERIES IS A HUGE DEPARTURE FROM ORIGINAL GAME© HBO | Liane HentscherWas Bill gay The Last Of Us game?

Y, Bill is nfirmed to be gay The Last Of Us vio game. Speakg The Last Of Us podst, Craig Maz reerated this pot, sayg: “This wasn’t a new ncept that Bill was gay, that’s the game. Bill's Sexualy Was Always Hted at the Origal 'Last of Us' GameIs Bill gay the origal 'Last of Us' game?

WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME? RELATNSHIP WH FRANK EXPLAED

This is new ground for The Last of Us, but is Bill gay the game?Article ntu below advertisementIn the origal Last of Us, Bill (W.

ARE BILL & FRANK GAY ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAME? HERE’S HOW THE SHOW EXPAND ON THEIR STORY

Bill is visibly troubled by his ath, revealg to Joel that Frank had lived wh him before leavg on poor terms.Though isn't explicly stated, Bill is heavily implied to be gay this scene.

In a 2014 terview wh Gay Gamer, Neil revealed that Bill's sexualy was somethg that he wanted to rporate more openly the game but that the fal product left ambiguo. After Joel and Ellie take off one of Bill's tcks, Ellie mmag through the back seat and disvers an old adult men's magaze that likely belonged to Bill.While Bill's sexualy is ultimately never nfirmed the game, his gay romance wh Frank is explored fully the show, where the two of them share their own love story that is pletely origal to the seri. If you watched ‘Long Long Time’, the third episo of HBO’s post-apolyptic seri and are only jt emotnally reverg, fans of the crilly acclaimed Sony exclive got the answer to a qutn that has been teased and theorized about for years: are Bill and Frank gay The Last of Us game?

Here’s how the show diverged and expand on their story and if Bill and Frank are gay The Last of Us om StyleCaster'That 90s Show' Star Ashley Aufrhei Plays 'That 70s Show' Trivia--See If She Nails ItHere's How to Watch 'Married at First Sight Atralia' the US to See Which Coupl Are Still TogetherWhat Disease Did Frank Have 'The Last of Us'?

GAMER EXPLAS WHY BILL AND FRANK TOTALLY WEREN’T GAY ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAME, YOU GUYS

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Like, what’s gay about a zombie apolypse? I mean, I’ve only played The Last of Us Part One, but I’m pretty sure there aren’t ANY gay characters.

I’ve even played the Left Behd DLC, and the libs like to say ’s gay, but ’s so totally not. Boys don’t though, e that’s gay.

IS NICK OFFERMAN GAY? HIS LAST OF US ROLE EXPLAED

Nothg gay about science. This is why Bill And Frank are f NOT gay the game Don’t believe the hype, bro.

There are SO MANY reasons why Bill and Frank aren’t gay the game.

” But fely NOT a gay way. It’s fely not gay to dance wh your bros when there aren’t any girls around.

BILL AND FRANK’S GAY LOVE STORY THE LAST OF US GAME IS PLETELY DIFFERENT

And sometim when he dips me and I look to his ep green ey they remd me of soft, rollg fields of grass that I jt want to stretch out naked on wh him while the sun warms our glisteng bodi—but totally NOT a gay way. I thk I need to tell Kyle somethg … that I love him … forever … But TOTALLY not a gay way.

LGBTQ+ them are not somethg entirely new to The Last of Us anchise, as the first stallment of the seri also showsed a gay NPC and then a very graceful lbian kiss the Left Behd DLC. Bill is gay and had a relatnship wh a man lled Frank, who is later found ad the game, much to Bill's dismay. Unlike Da, Bill tri to hi his homosexualy and ially only refers to Frank as someone he had red for.

In fact, Frank, who’s played by Murray Bartlett the TV adaptatn, never even appears the source material — at least not the flh anyway — and their romantic gay relatnship is only hted at. The actor’s role as Bill HBO’s The Last of Us adaptatn is part of a larger discsn that rais the qutn as to whether Nick Offerman is gay. Nick Offerman Is Not Gay, But He Believ Strongly In Reprentatn.

WAS BILL GAY IN THE LAST OF US GAME? THE SURPRISG ANSWER

While The Last of Us’ Bill is gay, Nick Offerman himself is not, and is married to Megan Mullally.

When I read scripts, if there’s any kd of humor that’s misogynistic or homophobic or racist, that is jt a red flag. While Nick Offerman do not share beg gay wh the character of Bill, as progrs has been ma society and queer characters are ls likely to be offensive ritur than once was and the LGBTQ+ muny is much more likely to get to reprent self today. Bill’s partner The Last of Us TV show, Frank, is played by Murray Bartlett, a gay man.

In the game, Bill’s partner Frank is never seen alive and only his remas are seen a move that walks dangeroly close to “buryg your gays.