‘Lord of the Rgs’ Is Still Gayer Than Ever

"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not," the Fallg actor said after qutns of gayface. * lord of rings gay *

What’s no longer doubt is that Peter Jackson’s team for the Osr-wng trilogy were perfectly well aware of their epic tale’s homoerotic unrton. In The Lord of the Rgs: The Fellowship of the Rg's st mentary, Ian McKellen, a gay in his own right who played Gandalf the Grey, revealed that he was rponsible for the cln of a small but ccial moment between Sam (Sean Ast) and Frodo (Elijah Wood) that featured the books but might not have ma to the films whout his suggtn.

"When I suggted to Sean that he take Elijah's hand, ” McKellen explas, “ was bee I thought that [] might be missed by two rolutely heterosexual actors who might not appreciate that gay people, like myself, saw a touch somethg, perhaps, more meangful than others might. McKellen’s suggtn exemplifi how The Lord of the Rgs so succsfully rved a niche for self as a part of queer fandom, and why LGBTQ+ fans are so drawn to the Sam/Frodo relatnship the books: Though Tolkien himself likely didn’t tend to the relatnship as gay, the sheer tenrns of the language and the nstant affectn between the two speaks to a kd of timacy that queer fans are able to regnize and ronate wh.

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Lord of the Rgs is gay wh a pal "G"-for-Gandalf, and anyone who ntts that is clearly not readg the same books or watchg the same films that we are. And durg said discsn, he implied that the same uld also be te of his own character, Gandalf: "Now there are two gay dwarfs.

There’s a gay elf.

There are six openly gay actors.

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Who’s to say that Gandalf isn’t gay anyway? So between all that and Legolas' bleached gay crisis hair, 's easy to see why queer fans love Lord of the Rgs so much.

However, that hasn't stopped thirsty gays om suggtg that Elrond, the elf played by Robert Aramayo, might be gay still. Pl, there's fely some Gay Bt Friend™ vib every time Elrond chats to Galadriel. But the ma reason fans spect he might be gay has everythg to do wh the iendship Elrond shar wh Dur.

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One of the most often ced exampl of queer dg Fellowship of the Rgs only happened bee Ian McKellen directly proposed to the actors on set:"When I suggted to Sean that he take Elijah's hand, " Ian explaed the DVD mentary, " was bee I thought that [] might be missed by two rolutely heterosexual actors who might not appreciate that gay people, like myself, saw a touch somethg, perhaps, more meangful than others might. " Two s on, Lord of the Rgs ntu to overlook this re aspect of the fandom wh Rgs of Power, which is not gay wh a pal "G" for Gandalf, Galadriel, or any other "G" nam for that matter too. A hobb, for example, is sort of gay.

In a 2015 say, “Sex and Subtext Tolkien’s World, ” David LaFontae adds: “The homoeroticism of the hobbs, the race of begs that lnched Tolkien’s fame, has often been glossed over, nied, and sometim attacked.

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Craig not the passag, and adds that ‘queer’ at the time did suggt a state that was sexually meetg of Bilbo and Gollum the darkns uld even be allive of gay experience—so often done shadow.

Hontly, every time I thk I uldn't love gay people more,.

"I thought I had strayed to a dream"Arwen and (lbian) Aragorn for Diverse Tolke Week day one – women of lor #dvtw21 — molly (active) (@hobbgay) Febary 23, 2021.

‘LORD OF THE RGS’ ACTOR VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS CISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE

LONDON (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Armed wh a retort volvg proctologists, Osr-nomated actor Viggo Mortensen is prepared for cricism of his cisn - as a straight man - to play a gay character his directorial but, which premier Bra on Monday.

Mortensen, bt known for his portrayal of Aragorn the “Lord of the Rgs” trilogy, said he was jokg, but wanted to make the pot that actors are actors - simply playg a role whether a gay man or a proctologist. “Fallg” tells the story of John’s racist and homophobic father Willis, played by Lance Henriksen, who mov om his ral farm to live wh his son Los Angel when he starts showg early signs of mentia.

‘SO MUCH INJUSTICE’Mortensen, who wrote and directed the film as well as playg s ma protagonist, was keen to strs that his cisn to make John a gay man was not “a gimmick, anchor or some trigger” was while wrg an early scene which John gets a phone ll om his partner as Willis wanrs off an airport, that Mortensen cid to swch John’s sexualy. Meanwhile, openly gay poet WH Aun, once said: “No fictn I have read the last five years has given me more joy.

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‘Who’s to say Gandalf isn’t gay? When McKellen filmed the movi he was the only openly gay st member – but over the past two s more of the actors have e out cludg The Hobb stars Lee Pace (Elven Kg Thranduil) and Le Evans (Bard the Bowman).

In an terview wh The Tim he said: “When I beme Gandalf, I thk I was the only gay member of the st.

“Now there are two gay dwarfs. There was also the hugely popular LiveJournal satiril fanfictn The Very Secret Diari om 2001-2003 which clud several gay relatnships.?

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