‘The Last of Us’ Giv Ellie a Tragilly Betiful Gay Love Story of Her Own

HBO’S THE LAST OF US IMPROV ON THE GAME’S IMPLIED GAY ROMANCE
THAT ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAY LOVE STORY IS GROUNDBREAKG
‘THE LAST OF US’ CREATOR REVEALS HOW HE CRAFTED THE GAY LOVE STORY THAT HAS FANS TEARS
ARE MURRAY BARTLETT AND NICK OFFERMAN GAY?
THE LAST OF US’S GAY LOVE STORY BREAKS NEW GROUND FOR AN ENTIRE GENRE
HBO’S THE LAST OF US GETS REVIEW BOMBED AFTER HISTORIC GAY EPISO
FROM REVIEW-BOMBG TO BURYG S GAYS: THE LAST OF US AND S EPIC HISTORY OF LGBTQ REPRENTATN, EXPLAED
HBO’S ‘THE LAST OF US’ SERI WILL SHE A SPOTLIGHT ON GAY UPLE BILL AND FRANK
THE LAST OF US EPISO 3 REVIEW BOMBED BEE GAYS EXIST
THE LAST OF US SHOW CASTS GAY WILL PROBABLY BURY
‘THE LAST OF US’ GIV ELLIE A TRAGILLY BETIFUL GAY LOVE STORY OF HER OWN

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

Craig Maz says his own love story impacted how he wrote the tale of Bill and Frank, the ter's new favore gay uple. * the last of us gay couple actors *

Bill is gay the game, but ’s referenced so vaguely that plenty of players missed . The cisn to keep muted, hted at a sgle le of dialogue and a hidn letter, was both praised and cricized — was easy to overlook, but also avoid a lot of gay-character trop, and allowed Bill to be a human and not “a maniftatn of sexualy, ” as Polygon’s Danielle Rien put at the time. The game’s storyle don’t avoid trop altogether, though: It was cricized for “buryg s gays.

THAT ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAY LOVE STORY IS GROUNDBREAKG

* the last of us gay couple actors *

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.

‘THE LAST OF US’ CREATOR REVEALS HOW HE CRAFTED THE GAY LOVE STORY THAT HAS FANS TEARS

"The Last Of Us keeps buryg s gays - but that's OK," op wrer Tom Chapman, this season-wi rep * the last of us gay couple actors *

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.

ARE MURRAY BARTLETT AND NICK OFFERMAN GAY?

Bear World Magaze HBO's 'The Last of Us' seri will she a spotlight on gay uple Bill and Frank Entertament * the last of us gay couple actors *

Gay storyl on TV, while not ubiquo, are not unheard of.

"[Their] story was ls about their homosexualy, and more about the fact that 's a middle-aged romance, " says the wrer. As happens, there are gay people, there are Black people, there are whe people, there are disabled people and there are af people. All of those thgs happen whether you're gay or straight or anythg.

Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett portray lovers The Last Of Us, fuelg tert if the actors are actually gay off-screen. Comedia mourns loss of son Brandoncred official HBO Max youtube channel Is Nick Offerman gay? Parks And Recreatn actor Nick, 52, is not gay.

THE LAST OF US’S GAY LOVE STORY BREAKS NEW GROUND FOR AN ENTIRE GENRE

The Last of Us actor Nick Offerman lash back at a Twter er who was attackg the show for s portrayal of a gay uple Episo 3. * the last of us gay couple actors *

When I read scripts, if there’s any kd of humor that’s misogynistic or homophobic or racist, that is jt a red flag.

Murray Bartlett me out the early 2000sMurray, on the other hand, revealed his homosexualy early his reer. The exact date is unknown, but the Atralian actor is creded as a pneer for openly gay actors by portrayg Oliver Spencer, a gay shoe distributor, a 2002 episo of Sex And The Cy.

HBO’S THE LAST OF US GETS REVIEW BOMBED AFTER HISTORIC GAY EPISO

After wng turns Lookg, Tal of the Cy and The Whe Lot, he’s fast beg one of the medium’s most proment gay the episo nears s end, and Frank be curably sick, the uple’s last scen together are profoundly movg. The episo is, among other thgs, a subversn of the much-cricised “bury your gays” trope. Here, y, are two gay characters who die.

And bee of this gay reprentatn on-screen, a ntgent of largely homophobic dience members have been quick to share s vrl. Bill n’t exist whout beg gay Frank’s arms. Apparently the wrers thk Bill and Frank’s inty was jt that they were gay, nothg more than that.

Oh and that person jt happens to also be gay? "And jeroen-10631 even lled out the episo's haters, sayg review bombers should "be ashamed of themselv" and that "clearly the story of two gay men ma you so unfortable:""Some of the people mentg about “polil propaganda” and 'checkg off liberal box' should be ashamed of themselv.

FROM REVIEW-BOMBG TO BURYG S GAYS: THE LAST OF US AND S EPIC HISTORY OF LGBTQ REPRENTATN, EXPLAED

Clearly the story of two gay men ma you so unfortable that you only subnscly realized you are so behd the tim and been raised rigid and immature while htg that '1 star' button. All tak is a simple Google search to figure out that this is simply the act of homophobic ter trolls. In the game, while not overtly shown, Bill is gay.

HBO’S ‘THE LAST OF US’ SERI WILL SHE A SPOTLIGHT ON GAY UPLE BILL AND FRANK

"The Last Of Us keeps buryg s gays - but that's OK, " op wrer Tom Chapman this season-wi rep.

At a time when the work is known for queer shows like Euphoria and beg a memeable obssn thanks to Jennifer “The gays, they‘re tryg to murr me! Still, The Last of Us is dog the muny proud… and the homophob hate . The Last Of Us buri s gays – but that’s OK (spoilers ahead).

THE LAST OF US EPISO 3 REVIEW BOMBED BEE GAYS EXIST

Followg the aths of Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett) episo three, The Last of Us uld fall to ‘Bury Your Gays’ terrory. Maz stated they were both gay, but “their sexualy is nfg to them and sry to them. ” Remdg how the vastatg Outbreak Day occurred 2003, Maz explaed the world hasn’t gone through the “revolutn” of “acceptg homosexualy and whatever we’d ll non-heteronormative sexuali.

HBO seems equally aaid to nfirm Ellie is gay, and we’ll hazard a gus why. The game nfirmed Bill and Frank were a gay uple.

THE LAST OF US SHOW CASTS GAY WILL PROBABLY BURY

But when spun out to an epic love story, the homophob sharpened their pchforks.

She recently told GQ: “If you don’t want to watch the show bee has gay storyl, bee has a trans character, that’s on you. Dpe beg straight, Offerman clapped back at one homophobe on Twter, sayg that this hate and ignorance to gay storyl is the reason people keep makg them.

Through light dialogue and bs of addnal ntext you fd around Bill’s home and the neighborg abandoned town, players fd out that Bill is a gay man who was tryg to survive wh his now-ceased partner, Frank.