Turns out, Barbieland isn't as gay as s queer fans had hoped

Contents:

• ‘ANDOR’ FANS ARE GIDDY FOR THE NEW ‘STAR WARS’ GAY UPLE
• STAR WARS’ ANDOR HTS AT GAY ROMANCE
• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM DEFEND BY FANS
• ANDOR GAVE US THE GAYT SCREEN FA STAR WARS HISTORY
• BARBIE SAID “GAY RIGHTS!” LONG BEFORE MARGOT ROBBIE OR GRETA GERWIG SHOWED UP

‘ANDOR’ FANS ARE GIDDY FOR THE NEW ‘STAR WARS’ GAY UPLE

Back the 2000s, was bluntly stated that gay people “did not exist Star Wars“.

But this week’s episo of Andor — ‘The Axe Fets’ — sually reveals Star Wars‘ newt gay uple: Faye Marsay’s Vel and Varada Sethu’s Cta.

STAR WARS’ ANDOR HTS AT GAY ROMANCE

Fans are over the tw moons about : Some mand a smooch before we properly celebrate: #andorOk, all the gays seem aaid to accept the cu about Vel and Cta so at least I’m not alone ?Be more clear, Star Wars. — Spoopy Angel |?️‍? ४ ☽ ?‍☠️ (@angel_ponrs) October 5, 2022 Andor knows where stands: ANDOR SAID GAY RIGHTS I WILL NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THIS— Noah (@keldorjedii) October 5, 2022 Y, we all picked up on that: #andor // spoilers (maybe?

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Instead, they provid a blk-and-you’ll-miss- gay kiss at the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – between two more-mor characters, Larma D’Acy and Wrobie Tyce. Consirg we live a world where teachers are vtigated for showg films featurg gay characters, the lack of any backlash is surprisgly rehg. Hollywood has a nasty hab of tegorizg queer reprentatn alongsi mature ntent like sex and vlence, which is why Marvel’s R-rated Jsi Jon featured a lbian character four years before Avengers: Endgame dropped that lghably tokenistic gay meo.

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

Technilly, Vel and Cta’s relatnship is still subtle enough that obliv and/or homophobic dienc may not pick up on . And while there’s nothg wrong wh killg off some supportg characters, ’s not a great look to troduce a queer uple and then crash directly to the oft-cricized Bury Your Gays trope. “First of all, I’m gay, ” he said, “and this movie is gog to be gay non.

"Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon. PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn.

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM DEFEND BY FANS

Many also flagged the teased scene which Barbie, now the real world, exchang a longg look wh Ameri Ferrera’s Gloria character; though, the relatnship between the two turns out to be a tribute to motherhood and the tradnal, nuclear before the film’s release, Robbie all but squashed the mors that some or any of the Barbi and Kens would be gay, tellg the Brish LGBTQ magaze Attu: The dolls don’t “actually have sexual orientatns.

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ANDOR GAVE US THE GAYT SCREEN FA STAR WARS HISTORY

Makg gay. Barbie Said “Gay Rights! "I curse the name of the lord this new Barbie movie that has been released full of transexual, and transgenr, and homosexualy, " the preacher clared.

BARBIE SAID “GAY RIGHTS!” LONG BEFORE MARGOT ROBBIE OR GRETA GERWIG SHOWED UP

So many of those “transexual, and transgenr, and homosexualy” “perpetrators” are buyg advance tickets bulk for Barbie!

Then there’s the key moment where our two hero waltz across a rabow bridge triumph, which is jt credibly gay. Jt the fact that dienc are never given any specific reason for Liana and Alexa livg the woods all alone together is enough to get the imagatns of the gays workg.