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Contents:
- HOE OF THE DRAGON FALLY DID RIGHT BY SOME OF ITS GAY CHARACTERS
- HOE OF THE DRAGON TRODUC GAY CHARACTER AND FANS ARE ECSTATIC: ‘THE GAY ANGST IS PALPABLE’
- HOE OF THE DRAGON INTRODUCED (AND PROMPTLY KILLED) A GAY CHARACTER
HOE OF THE DRAGON FALLY DID RIGHT BY SOME OF ITS GAY CHARACTERS
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It is wily believed that Rhaenyra’s future children are bastards, born to Ser Harw Strong fily, and not to may meet a few more LGBTQ character 'Hoe of the Dragon, ' as Laenor is a nfirmed gay character om Ice and Fire non, sexualy is pretty fluid the world.
Wh Laenor already beg gay, wouldn’t be surprisg if Rhaenyra and Laenor’s sister wanted to explore a siar relatnship. 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? 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.
HOE OF THE DRAGON TRODUC GAY CHARACTER AND FANS ARE ECSTATIC: ‘THE GAY ANGST IS PALPABLE’
Hoe of the Dragon has troduced gay character Laenor Velaryon the most epic way possible episo three. * gay characters house of the dragon *
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.
)For those who hoped that Laenor’s troductn might signal that “Hoe of the Dragon” had learned the same lsons about LGBTQ reprentatn as has Daenerys’ arc, Lonmouth’s ath is particularly troublg bee of the way evok the homophobic “panic” that has long been ed to try to fend vlence agast queer people. But the sequence still amounts to a man, after beg approached by a gay man who knows his secret, beatg the gay man to the first episo, the prequel seri has been clear that the misogyny of the Realm is a mark agast . It’s past time the anchise do the same wh homophobia.
HOE OF THE DRAGON INTRODUCED (AND PROMPTLY KILLED) A GAY CHARACTER
The phrase refers to a history which gay characters have disproportnately died as a plot vice. * gay characters house of the dragon *
Hoe of the Dragon has troduced gay character Laenor Velaryon the most epic way possible.
“We have a Black gay man on a dragon! “A strong gay character ridg a dragon! We got our first bad ass gay dragon rir tonight!
Hoe of the Dragon episo 5 feeds to the extremely tired and outdated Bury Your Gays trope wh a btal character ath. * gay characters house of the dragon *
Laenor was lerally: be gay do crim while enjoy burng people wh Seasmoke… I LOVE HIM WKKSKSKW #Hoeofthedragon— karenofhoetargaryen (@karentargaryen) September 5, 2022. absolute highlight was seeg my favoure lil gay dragon rir? gay rights?
The gays tonight said DRACARYS! The gay angst.
The gays won this episo + Laenor.? ”After weeks of watchg Prcs Rhaeynyra Targaryen and Queen Alicent Hightower’s eply (and tentnally) sapphic-d relatnship terrate on Hoe of the Dragon, HBO’s Game of Thron prequel fally troduced s first nonilly gay characters durg Episo 5 (tled “We Light the Way”). Unfortunately, the “bury your gays” trope reared s ugly head shortly bulk of “We Light the Way" centers on Rhaenyra’s (Milly Alck) betrothal to her Laenor Velaryon (Theo Nate), which is hontly tame the grand scheme of the Targaryens’ ct clownery.