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Contents:
- THE WALKG DEAD FANS OBJECT TO KISS BETWEEN TWO GAY CHARACTERS
- 'THE WALKG DEAD' TRODUC A GAY UPLE AND THE INTER GO CRAZY
- GAY KISS ON ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ DRAWS FIRE ON TWTER (VIO)
- IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
- 'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY
- FACT CHECK: IS ROSS MARQUAND GAY REAL LIFE?
THE WALKG DEAD FANS OBJECT TO KISS BETWEEN TWO GAY CHARACTERS
Meet Aaron and Eric, TV's first post-zombie-apolyptic gay uple. * gay kiss the walking dead *
AMC's The Walkg Dead troduced s first gay uple, and wh them, s first gay kiss. The Walkg Dead is takg aim at homophobia, as well as a small, but vol segment of viewers rpond negatively to the cln of a gay uple the sp-off seri The Walkg Dead: World Beyond, the anchise rpond om s official Twter acunt.
”Jelani Allad and Ni Tortorella portray a gay uple 'The Walkg Dead: World Beyond' (Photo Cred: Mall Polay/AMC)Premierg last October, World Beyond was a teen-centric variatn on The Walkg Dead, followg four adolcents who are among the first generatn to grow up a world populated by bra-eatg monsters.
Oh we n’t fd a character for you, screw you’re gay wh this guy. 'So you're OK wh child murr, but not a gay kiss? ' Twter ers react wh fury after fans of The Walkg Dead object to kiss between two homosexual characters Characters Aaron and Eric share kiss after beg rned latt episoSome fans of the show took to social media to object to the embraceBut the abe sparked a fur rponse om a number of Twter ersThe scene appeared episo 11 of the fifth season of The Walkg Dead Published: 15:33 BST, 25 Febary 2015 | Updated: 17:45 BST, 25 Febary 2015.
'THE WALKG DEAD' TRODUC A GAY UPLE AND THE INTER GO CRAZY
After a small, but vol segment of viewers rpond negatively to the cln of a gay uple the sp-off seri "The Walkg Dead: World Beyond," the anchise rpond om s official Twter acunt. * gay kiss the walking dead *
Twter ers have reacted wh fury after fans of The Walkg Dead objected to a kiss between two homosexual seri' first gay male character Aaron and his boyiend Eric shared a kiss the most recent episo, The Distance, after fdg each other the embrace sparked an angry reactn wh some fans postg homophobic ments on social media after the programme had down for vio Twter ers have reacted wh fury after fans of The Walkg Dead objected to a kiss between two homosexual characters The seri' first gay male character Aaron (right, played by Ross Marquand) and his boyiend Eric (left, played by Jordan Woods-Robson shared a kiss the most recent episo, The mut, Twter ers had h back at the abe - wh many potg out that should not have e as a shock bee Eric and Aaron are both gay characters the ic that spired the h post-apolyptic horror drama, which stars Brish actor Andrew Lln as Rick Grim, is currently s fifth Episo 11, Aaron, played by Ross Marquand, and his boyiend Eric, played by Jordan Woods-Robson fight to persua Rick and his ras to jo forc wh their a cynil Rick floors Aaron wh a punch and tells his lleagu to tie him up and be on high Walkg Dead viewers are okay wh: -Gory murr -Cannibalism -Child killg Thgs they aren't okay wh: -Gay people. This is totally unacceptable a show where a 6 year old kills her sister— Jt (@GigawattCondu) Febary 24, 2015 Lots of homophobic #WalkgDead tweets sayg "da gays" ed the show Apparently they never read the ic Please go fall off a cliff— Jsi Dwyer (@JsiDwyer) Febary 23, 2015 Eventually Rick agre to travel to the new mp wh the rt of the group but sists on takg a different route om the one Aaron had suggted.
GAY KISS ON ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ DRAWS FIRE ON TWTER (VIO)
The seri' first gay male character Aaron and his boyiend Eric shared a kiss the most recent episo, The Distance, after fdg each other alive. * gay kiss the walking dead *
Afterwards, Twter ers h back wh one, Jsi Dwyer, sayg: 'Lots of homophobic #WalkgDead tweets sayg "da gays" ed the show Apparently they never read the ic Please go fall off a cliff. 'Another, Keifer Lirette, wrote: 'Thgs Walkg Dead viewers are okay wh:-Gory murr-Cannibalism-Child killgThgs they aren't okay wh:-Gay people. 'Talkg to the Daily Beast about the timate scene, Ross Marquand said: 'It’s been a great al of rponsibily to do jtice wh rpect not only to our gay fan base, but to the viewers general.
One of The Walkg Dead's biggt mysteri is one that hasn't actually ever been addrsed on the AMC h seri: is Daryl Dixon (Norman Res) gay? "I do have to clear somethg up, though: the letter lumn of the ic book that I do, I mentned that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon's character gay.
Kirkman did reveal that a "very proment gay character om the ics" will be troduced the send half of the fifth of the character have often "shipped" him wh Carol (Melissa McBri), whom he stck up a iendship wh season one, and then Beth (Ey Kney), who got closer to the guard Daryl season four. He's gay.
IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
* gay kiss the walking dead *
"He said, 'Well, he's prison gay—like, you'll tch him lookg at a member of the same sex, but if you mentn to him, he'll jt stab you and be like what the f--k? As a rult, many viewers have scratched their heads for years and wonred if Daryl is gay — spe a strong majory of the fanbase suggtg that Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBri) should bee an em. In fact, Kirkman tailed that the origal plans were for Dixon to be gay, but simply never happened.
On that same note, Res simultaneoly exprsed that he “isn’t aaid” to portray Daryl as a gay character and that he would happily work wh whatever material the wrers gave him. So while Dixon isn’t currently gay nonilly, that don’t mean that plans won’t soon change down the le as the character’s story ntu to expand the latt pulse-poundg seri. Payne said last year that he saw no reason why his on-screen J wouldn't be gay, as he is the ics, and tonight's episo "The Other Si, " he officially beme the show's third major gay character.
'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY
Tom Payne's good-natured badass is now the show's third gay ma character. * gay kiss the walking dead *
Her girliend Denise (Merrt Wever) was ntroversially killed off what beme part of a troublg TV trend last year; an unwele rurgence of the "Bury Your Gays" trope which me to a head wh a profoundly ntroversial storyle on The CW's The 100. But the fact that this is now a show wh three gay characters s ma st matters.
Given his stat as a badass fan favore, his signifint role the ics and the bonds he's veloped wh several of the show's ma characters, the now-openly-gay J has the potential to bee genuely inic a way Aaron and Tara are not. Gay characters on televisn are no longer unmon, but gay male hero on actn-led genre shows are, and the fact that The Walkg Dead has an unually bipartisan fan base wh a strong Republin ntgent mak s sexual diversy all the more charged. "In my opn there should be more awome gay people fictn bee there are plenty of awome gay people real life, " Robert Kirkman, who created The Walkg Dead ics and is an EP on the show, said last year.
FACT CHECK: IS ROSS MARQUAND GAY REAL LIFE?
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