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When we move away om Joel and Ellie’s qut through a bombed Boston, feels like might jt be for a moment; the show has excelled at craftg memorable, pre-outbreak day flashbacks. Instead, the sequence tak up over 40 mut of the episo. You might also expect too, this adaptatn of a viogame, that the love story would be blandly told: such adaptatns do not have a history of brgg the nuanc of human relatnships to life. And yet, here is somethg well-acted and solidly-told. Fally, most importantly, is a romance between two men, Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett). </p><style data-emotn="css 18vfmjb">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;} em{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-style:alic;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;}</style><p data-no-id="1" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Bill, who avoid executn after break-out day, has created a well-guard, well-stocked hoe, plete wh a u and vegetable patch. His traps keep the stray fected out. He is safe, protected, alone. Until he meets Frank, for whom he oks and quickly falls for. The full timele of their love story certaly has some emotnal highlights, and their dnertime ath scene is shot through wh some memorable black humour. It also signifintly expands on the source material; the viogame, the relatnship is an asi. Bill mak vague reference to a partner, cri love as somethg that mak you vulnerable. The adaptatn’s cisn to expand on this storyle mak sense. There are not many humans this vastated landspe; the on that have personali beyond smuggler or soldier mt be temptg to wrers.</p><p data-no-id="2" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">It’s also good stg. Offerman, loveably gff, is bt known for his role as whiskey-lovg, animal-huntg libertarian Ron Swanson on <em>Parks and Recreatn</em>. Some of those valu – a spic, outdoorsy nature – are shared wh Bill, but you might not expect him to lead such a romance-heavy sequence. Bartlett, an openly gay actor whose most famo rol have been as gay characters <em>The Whe Lot</em>, <em>Wele to Chippendal</em> and <em>Lookg</em>, is a well-chosen scene partner. 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It as dreary as you might expect. <style data-emotn="css umdwtv">{-webk-text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn-thickns:.0625rem;text-ratn-lor:#FF3A30;text-unrle-offset:0.25rem;lor:her;-webk-transn:background 0.4s;transn:background 0.4s;background:lear-gradient(#ffffff, #ffffff 50%, #d5dbe3 50%, #d5dbe3);-webk-background-size:100% 200%;background-size:100% 200%;}{lor:#000000;text-ratn-lor:borr-lk-body-hover;-webk-background-posn:100% 100%;background-posn:100% 100%;}</style><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="One queer gamer timated that only 179 mercially-released gam had queer characters" class="body-lk css-umdwtv et3p2gv0">One queer gamer timated that only 179 mercially-released gam had queer characters</a>; only eight had a ma character was “pre-wrten as queer”, that is opposed to makg them queer as an optn. That was 2018. Sce then, more vio gam have featured queer characters, cludg <em>The Last of Us Part II</em>. As the gam have been adapted for the screen, there has not exactly been a wealth of gay characters to choose om.</p><p data-no-id="5" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">That mak Bill’s barely-mentned relatnship <em>The Last of Us </em>somethg of an outlier. The gamg anchise ntued to branch out wh s 2020 sequel, <em>The Last of Us Part II</em>, which Ellie’s relatnship wh girliend Da took centre stage. That follow-up was met wh review bombg on cril aggregator se <em>Metacric</em>, at least some of which was directed at s LGBT characters (a transgenr character was also troduced). That’s not exactly hearteng, but the world of TV and viogam are not the same. Gay storyl on TV, while not ubiquo, are not unheard of. Bill and Frank’s relatnship do have a sense of artificial serns, a very clear way of <em>The Last of Us </em>to signal that is not like the other viogame adaptatns. 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THAT ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAY LOVE STORY IS GROUNDBREAKG

The crease the number of visible gay and trans people is sometim treated as a cursy or a e for ncern by crics, but ’s not a surprise. It’s normal. * the last of us lgbt *

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.

AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?

A slew of bills are rollg back recently won eedoms for gay people. Is Ameri ready to fight for LGBTQ+ rights all over aga? * the last of us lgbt *

Unlike Da, Bill tri to hi his homosexualy and ially only refers to Frank as someone he had red for.

Bartlett, an openly gay actor whose most famo rol have been as gay characters The Whe Lot, Wele to Chippendal and Lookg, is a well-chosen scene partner.

There’s a good chance Bartlett will be playg a gay character: the ia that Offerman’s character might be too blossoms as litely as the pair’s relatnship. As the gam have been adapted for the screen, there has not exactly been a wealth of gay characters to choose mak Bill’s barely-mentned relatnship The Last of Us somethg of an outlier. Gay storyl on TV, while not ubiquo, are not unheard of.

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

"If you don’t want to watch the show bee has gay storyl, bee has a trans character, that’s on you, and you’re missg out. " HBO's live-actn retellg of the two-part seri has already troduced and explored arcs wh queer characters Season 1, as episo three spent much of s foc on a gay uple om the first game, Bill and Frank.

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jsx-1062180250" data-cy="article-headle">The Last of Us: Bella Ramsey 'Isn't Aaid' of Backlash Over LGBT Characters, 'Com From a Place of Defiance'</h1><h2 class="tle3 jsx-2866659985" data-cy="article-sub-headle">Ramsey sounds ready for a fahful The Last of Us: Part II portrayal of Ellie.</h2><div class="piano-template-placeholr" id="p-article-below-hear"></div></div><div class="jsx-1897904587 page-ntent"><sectn class="jsx-3528870638 byle"><div class="stack jsx-3073931819 byle-stack"><div class="stack jsx-898537701 article-thors"><sectn class="jsx-1825775112 thor-avatars avatars-1"><div class="jsx-3001299294 thor-thumb profile-thumb aspect-rat aspect-rat-1-1"><img dg="async" alt="Andrea Shearon" src=" srcSet=" 1x, 2x" class="jsx-2920405963 progrsive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-2407332289 jsx-3166191823"/></div></sectn><div class="ptn jsx-1189612256">By <a href="/person/AndreaShearon" class="jsx-3953721931 article-thor unrled">Andrea Shearon</a></div></div><div class="jsx-3176214726 divir"></div><div class="ptn jsx-1189612256">Updated: <!-- -->Feb 19, 2023 4:12 am</div><div class="jsx-3176214726 divir"></div><div class="ptn jsx-1189612256">Posted: <!-- -->Feb 13, 2023 11:08 pm</div></div><div class="jsx-4050243981 divir"></div></sectn><div class="piano-template-placeholr" id="p-article-below-hear-image"></div></div><div class="jsx-3517015813 page-ntent"><div class="jsx-3517015813 si-by-si"><div class="jsx-3517015813 article-ntent page-0"><sectn class="article jsx-2571790323 article-sectn jsx-28683165 news"><sectn class="article-page"><p class="jsx-3649800006 ">HBO's The Last of Us seri has <a class="jsx-955973305 unrled" href="/articl/hbo-the-last-of--renewed-for-season-2"><u>been officially renewed for Season 2</u></a>, and executive producer Neil Dckmann has already teased a Part II storyle. Wh the foc further shiftg to Ellie, actor Bella Ramsey knows what li ahead for the character and isn't "particularly anx" about potential backlash over LGBT characters.</p><div class="jsx-303009029 adun-wrapper"><div class="jsx-303009029 bobble bobble-0 pogot pg-article"><div data-mix-name="mediumAd" data-pos="0" data-pogo-hi="1" class="jsx-343126785 pogo-slot"></div></div></div><p class="jsx-3649800006 ">In an terview wh <a href=" target="_blank" class="jsx-955973305 unrled" rel="noopener noreferrer"><u>GQ Magaze</u></a>, Ramsey touched on her faiary wh Ellie's story The Last of Us Part: II tellg the outlet she hop Da's relatnship wh the character is somethg Season 2 explor.<br/>"There are a few bs wh Ellie on her own, probably," Ramsey said. 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In her GQ terview, Ramsey explas how she's well aware of the potential backlash playg a queer character like Ellie may brg, but as a non-bary actor wh years the public eye, she don't seem disuraged.</p><p class="jsx-3649800006 ">“I know people will thk what they want to thk. But they’re gonna have to get ed to ," Ramsey said. "If you don’t want to watch the show bee has gay storyl, bee has a trans character, that’s on you, and you’re missg out. It isn't gonna make me aaid. I thk that om a place of fiance." </p><p class="jsx-3649800006 ">HBO's live-actn retellg of the two-part seri has already troduced and explored arcs wh queer characters Season 1, as episo three spent much of s foc on a gay uple om the first game, Bill and Frank. The episo is notable for s major viatn om the origal story's tale, choosg to give Bill and Frank a <a class="jsx-955973305 unrled" href="/articl/the-last-of--lets-gay-love-flourish--the-apolypse"><u>'happier' endg that don't doom Bill and Frank</u></a> to typil "Bury Your Gays" trop. </p><output class="box-wrapper jsx-537794787" data-cy="article-vio"><div class="jsx-3033355949 jsx-2961976369 vio-wrapper"><div class="jsx-3033355949 jsx-2961976369 vio-ntaer"><div class="jsx-3866305403 vio aspect-rat aspect-rat-16-9"><div class="jsx-3044862456 loadg"><svg class="ign-in jsx-2211565535 in-loadg" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" lor="whe" aria-hidn="false" role="img"><tle>Loadg</tle><path d="M16,5 L16,9 M23.7781746,8.22182541 L20.9497475,11.0502525 M27,16 L23,16 M23.7781746,23.7781746 L20.9497475,20.9497475 M16,27 L16,23 M8.22182541,23.7781746 L11.0502525,20.9497475 M5,16 L9,16 M8.22182541,8.22182541 L11.0502525,11.0502525" stroke="currentColor" fill="none" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" stroke-width="2" class="jsx-3044862456"></path></svg></div><div class="jsx-1093179800 badge"><svg class="ign-in jsx-1735195406 in-play" focable="false" viewBox="-2 0 17 21" aria-hidn="false" role="img"><tle>Play</tle><path stroke="none" fill-le="evenodd" clip-le="evenodd" d="M16.094 9.176c1 .6 1 2.049 0 2.649L2.341 20.092A1.545 1.545 0 0 1 0 18.768V2.232A1.545 1.545 0 0 1 2.34.908l13.753 8.268Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></div></div></div><div class="piano-template-placeholr" id="p-article-below-vio-1"></div></output><p class="jsx-3649800006 ">While The Last of Us Season 2 don't have many official tails yet, there's hope the seri will rema fahful and build upon queer characters met the gam. The -wrer of the adaptatn, Craig Maz, promised 2020 that <a class="jsx-955973305 unrled" href="/articl/the-last-of--hbo-tv-seri-wrer-promis-ellie-will-be-gay"><u>Ellie would be gay the HBO versn</u></a>.</p><div data-cy="accent-divir" class="jsx-2008757641 divir"></div><p class="jsx-3649800006 ">Andrea Shearon is a eelance ntributor for IGN verg gam and entertament. She's worn several hats over her seven-year reer the gam dtry, wh byl over at Fanbyte, USA Today's FTW, TheGamer, VG247, and RPG Se. 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