The first trailer for Sean Hay and Michael Schur’s animated gay spy seri Q-Force outraged a lot of people wh s open embrace of gay stereotyp and dated portrayals. The actual show is more of a medcry, not offensive so much as rny and unimagative. But queer dienc still wag to be acknowledged by the mastream, through endls Disney "first gay character" teas and sexls bt-iend characters, serve better. Q-Force is streamg on Netflix now.
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Q-FORCE AGENT MARY STEVE "MARY" MARYWEATHERVOICED BY: SEAN HAYTHE LEAR OF Q-FORCE. AN EXTREMELY PABLE SPY WHOSE REER TANKED WHEN HE ME OUT AS GAY DURG HIS GRADUATN SPEECH OM THE AIA AMY. THE ACE: HE'S AN EXPERT WEAPONRY, HAND-TO-HAND BAT, HORSE RIDG, IS ALMOST FLUENT SEVERAL LANGUAG, IS EXTREMELY PERCEPTIVE AND WAS SET TO BE VALEDICTORIAN BEFORE G OUT. ALWAYS SOMEONE BETTER: IN "BACKACHE MOUNTA" HE STGGL WH SUCCSFULLY SCG A TARGET, DUE TO LACKG EXPERIENCE WH THAT SORT OF THG A PROFSNAL ENVIRONMENT AND HAS TO ASK BUCK, WHO HOLDS THE RERD FOR MOST SPY SEX MISSNS. DU, WHERE'S MY RPECT?: HE'S EXTREMELY TRATED ABOUT THE BAD TREATMENT Q-FORCE IS GETTG, SPE BEG PRETTY MUCH THE BT AT WHAT THEY DO. HAIR OF GOLD, HEART OF GOLD: HE'S A BLON AND A RG LEAR AND IEND. INNOCENTLY INSENSIVE: MARY N BE KD OF OBLIV TO OTHER PEOPLE'S FEELGS AND N EVEN GET DOWNRIGHT DISMISSIVE OF THEM AT TIM. IT'S ALL ABOUT ME: HE TENDS TO GET A B EGOCENTRIC AT TIM, WHICH N MAKE HIM BLD TO WHAT THE RT OF HIS TEAM IS FEELG AND HE HAS A REAL PROBLEM ADMTG WHEN A SUATN IS TOO MUCH FOR HIM. LANTERN JAW OF JTICE: APPROPRIATELY FOR THE HERO, MARY HAS A STRONG JAW AND SHARP FACIAL FEATUR. THE LEAR: OF Q-FORCE, HAVG RECED NEARLY ALL OTHER MEMBERS AND HELD THEM TOGETHER FOR TEN YEARS, EVEN WHOUT A SE. STRAIGHT GAY: MARY DISPLAYS LTLE TO NO STEREOTYP SPE BEG GAY HIMSELF, HE DO GO BY HIS NICKNAME "MARY" A LOT EVEN THOUGH THAT N BE TERPRETED DIFFERENTLY BEE MARY IS PART OF HIS LAST NAME. DEB DEBVOICED BY: WANDA SYKTHE TEAM'S RINT MECHANIC AND VENTOR. BERSERK BUTTON: HURTG PAM ANY WAY IS A GREAT WAY TO GET YOUR FACE REARRANGED BY DEB. BUTCH LBIAN: SHE'S MCULAR, STOCKY BUILD, HAS SHORT HAIR, A VERY EP VOICE AND IS HAPPILY MARRIED TO ANOTHER WOMAN. GADGETEER GENI: WHEREAS HACKG AND SOFTWARE ARE STAT'S AREA, DEB HANDL ALL ELECTRIL AND MECHANIL ENGEERG PROBLEMS. SHE EVEN TURNS A SUBA OUTBACK TO A FLYG CAR WH EXTRA SPY FEATUR LIKE HOLLYWOOD MAGISM. HAPPILY MARRIED: IS A LOVG RELATNSHIP WH HER WIFE PAM. SASSY BLACK WOMAN: DOWNPLAYED. SHE'S A LOT MORE LM AND DOWN TO EARTH THAN MOST OTHER EXAMPL, BUT SHE DO HAVE A PRETTY SHARP TONGUE WHEN THE SUATN LLS FOR . TEAM MOM: HAS A GOOD HEAD ON HER SHOULRS AND ALWAYS MAK SURE THE RT OF THE TEAM KEEP THEIRS ON STRAIGHT. TWK EVEN SCRIB HER AS HAVG "MOM-ENERGY". TWK BASTIEN "TWK"VOICED BY: MATT ROGERSA FORMER CIRC ARTIST, NOW WORKG AS A MASTER OF DISGUISE FOR THE Q-FORCE. ABIVE PARENTS: HIS FATHER WAS NEVER SATISFIED WH HIS PERFORMANCE AND REGULARLY SULTED AND MEANED HIM FOR , EVEN TELLG HIM HE WASN'T EVEN GOOD ENOUGH TO BE A CLOWN A REGULAR CIRC. ACCENT RELAPSE: STARTS SPEAKG WH A QUEBEIS FRENCH ACCENT WHENEVER HE'S REMD OF HIS FATHER CAMP GAY: HE IS VERY EFFEMATE AND LIK CROSSDRSG AND HAIRDRSG ALONG WH BEG ATTRACTED TO MEN. HE IS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE Q-FORCE TO DISPLAY SUCH STEREOTYP. COSTUM CHANGE YOUR SIZE: AT ONE POT HE EVEN DISGUIS HIMSELF AS MARY, WHO IS BOTH TALLER AND WAY MORE MCULAR THAN HIM, PERFECTLY. DRAG QUEEN: HE DO DRAG BOTH SUALLY AND PROFSNALLY. AND HE'S PRETTY GOOD AT WHAT HE DO. MASTER OF DISGUISE: WHEN HE'S UNRVER WOULD TAKE NOTHG SHORT OF A MIRACLE TO SEE THROUGH HIS DISGUIS. HE'S CREDIBLY NVCG EVERY ROLE HE PLAYS. THE TWK: TO THE POT 'S HIS NICKNAME. VOICE CHANGELG: CAN IMATE JT ABOUT ANYONE PERFECTLY. STAT STATVOICED BY: PATTI HARRISONTHE TEAM'S HACKER AND PUTER EXPERT. AMBIGUOLY GAY: HER EXACT SEXUALY ISN'T STATED AND SHE NEVER SHOWS ANY TERT A ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP PRR TO MEETG JAQUELE. BUT WHEN JAQUELE STARTS SPEAKG TO HER SHE A FEMALE VOICE AND LATER ON "WEHO CONFINTIAL" SHE PRENTS HERSELF AS A FEMALE MON AND STAT SEEMS VERY TURNED ON. CONSPIRACY THEORIST: SHE HAS A LOT OF WEIRD THEORI THAT ONLY MAK SENSE TO HER, AND THKS EVERYONE IS TOO STUPID TO NOT BELIEVE THEM TO BE TE. HACKETTE: A YOUNG WOMAN PABLE OF VELOPG AN ALGORHM MORE ADVANCED THAN GOOGLE. AND ONLY SLIGHTLY LS EVIL. HOLLYWOOD SATANISM: HER PROFILE JAQUELE'S DATABANK LISTS HER AS A SATANIST, BUT APART OM G A FEW PAGAN TERMS AND LIKG A TV-SHOW WHICH SATAN PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE SHE DON'T SEEM TO PRACTICE HER FAH AT ALL. POSSIBLY A MORE REALISTIC PICTN OF REAL-WORLD LAVEYAN SATANISM, WHICH IS MORE OF AN ATHEISTIC BELIEF SYSTEM WHICH TENDS TO APPEAL TO MISFS, GOTHS, AND PEOPLE WHO THK MONS ARE SEXY. SO, OTHER WORDS, STAT IS ACTUALLY A PERFECTLY AVERAGE REALISTIC SATANIST. MISF LAB RAT: SHE'S THE TEAM'S HACKER, AND ALSO A GOTH. NIGHTMARE FETISHIST: DOWNPLAYED, BUT DURG "BACKACHE MOUNTA" SHE FILMS A HIO GROWTH ON AN OLD MAN'S EAR AND LLS "OL" WHEN REVIEWG THE FOOTAGE LATER. SHE'S ALSO A BIG FAN OF A FOREIGN SOAP OPERA THAT FEATUR HEAVY SATANIC THEM AND EXCEDLY ASKS IF THERE IS ANY CHANCE OF MONIC POSSSN WHEN MARY TO HER WH A SE. ROBOSEXUAL: SHE GETS TO A RELATNSHIP WH A STOLEN DRONE LLED JAQUELE. BUCK RICK BUCKVOICED BY: DAVID HARBOURQ-FORCE'S TOKEN STRAIGHT GUY, SENT BY DIRECTOR CHUNLEY TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM. AMBIGUOLY BI: HE IS OBVLY ATTRACTED TO WOMEN BUT AT ONE POT HE ATTEMPTED TO SCE A GAY MER BY TAKG A BATH RADACTIVE NOFF. BEE OF THIS IS HTED THAT HE IS HOMOPHOBIC BEE HE IS STGGLG TO E TO TERMS WH BEG BISEXUAL AND IS ACTUALLY CLOSETED. THE BULLY: HE'S LLO, MEAN AND BIGOTED TO JT ABOUT EVERYONE THE TEAM, PECIALLY MARY WHOSE POSN AS VALEDICTORIAN WAS GIVEN OVER TO BUCK UPON MARY G OUT, A FACT BUCK NEVER GETS TRIED OF GLEEFULLY BBG HIS FACE. THE FRIEND NOBODY LIK: WH THE WAY HE ACTS, 'S NO SURPRISE THAT THE RT OF Q-FORCE TOLERATE HIM AT BT AND ABSOLUTELY SPISE HIM AT WORST. HETERONORMATIVE CSAR: HE'S VERY AGGRSIVE ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON WHAT "REAL" MALE SPI SHOULD BE LIKE AND EXPRS NOTHG BUT DISGT AND DISFORT AT THE RT OF Q-FORCE BEG OUT AND PROUD ABOUT THEIR INTI AND TERTS. JERKASS: A HOMOPHOBIC, STAND-OFFISH PRICK WH ZERO RPECT FOR HIS LLEAGU. HE'S AS FAR OM A NICE GUY AS ONE N GET. JERKASS TO ONE: HE'S ALWAYS PECIALLY VILE TO MARY, STARTG WH WHEN HE GAVE HIM HIS NICKNAME. SURPRISGLY ENOUGH, "BACKACHE MOUNTA" HE REVEALS THAT HIS ANIMOSY TOWARDS MARY ISN'T BEE MARY IS GAY, BUT BEE HE THKS MARY IS ACTG WAY TOO ARROGANT FOR A SPY WH NO FIELD EXPERIENCE TO SPEAK OF. NEVER MY FLT: WHEN LLED OUT FOR HIS GENERAL DICKISHNS, HIS UAL RPONSE IS TO ACCE THE HURT PARTY OF BEG TOO SENSIVE. WHEN HE BULLI TWK TO A MENTAL BREAKDOWN "DEB'S BBQ", HE REF TO TAKE RPONSIBILY FOR OR APOLOGIZE AND STEAD SAYS THAT TWK SHOULD GROW THICKER SK. TOO DUMB TO LIVE: IN "BACKACHE MOUNTA" HE TRI TO SCE A GAY URANIUM MER BY SEXILY BATHG RADACTIVE NOFF. TROLL: IN THE FIRST EPISO, HE BRIEFLY STAND BEHD CHUNLEY WHILE TALKG TO V ABOUT RESTATG Q-FORCE, JT TO GIVE THEM THE FGER.THE AMERIN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DEPUTY DIRECTOR V DEPUTY DIRECTOR VVOICED BY: LRIE METLFTHE PUTY DIRECTOR OF THE AIA AND THE HIGHT-RANKG WOMAN THE AGENCY. SHE HAS A SOFT SPOT FOR MARY AND ACTS AS Q-FORCE GREATT SUPPORTER AND ALLY WH THE HIGHER-UPS. AMBIGUOLY GAY: WHEN SHE TELLS MARY THAT "PEOPLE LIKE " HAVE TO WORK TWICE AS HARD TO SUCCEED THE HETEROSEXUAL MALE DOMATED AIA, IS SLIGHTLY AMBIGUO IF SHE IS PARG HER STGGL WH SEXISM TO MARY'S WH HOMOPHOBIA OR IF SHE IS IMPLYG SHE IS GAY TOO. WH HOW SYMPATHETIC SHE IS TOWARDS Q-FORCE, 'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT SHE MIGHT BE GAY OR BI AS WELL. HER RELATNSHIP WH HER EX-(SPY)PARTNER CARYN IS VERY CLOSE AND ULD BE NSIRED PRETTY ROMANTIC. ON THE OTHER, V SOUNDS REASONABLY NVCG WHEN SHE SAYS, EVEN AFTER REGAG HER MEMORY, THAT SHE'S TOTALLY NOT GAY AND JT HAS "BIG ARMS". BENEVOLENT BOSS: SHE DO HER BT TO GET Q-FORCE THE ROURC AND EE ROAM THEY NEED AND EVEN PUTS HER JOB ON THE LE FOR THEM "ROGUE". IN RETURN, THE Q-FORCE (ASI OM BUCK) HAVE NOTHG BUT RPECT FOR HER. ESPECIALLY MARY, WHO VIEWS HER AS A MENTOR AND SEEMS TO BE PHYSIL PA WHENEVER SHE'S DISAPPOTED HIM. DISAPPOTED YOU: HER REACTN "DEB'S BBQ" UPON FDG OUT THAT MARY AND STAT HAVE BEEN TRYG TO HACK THE THUMBDRIVE AGAST HER ORRS AND ALMOST UNLEASHED A VIS ON THE AIA'S DATABASE WHILE DOG SO. EXPY: OF M OM THE JAM BOND ANCHISE, BOTH BEG ALOOF SPYMASTERS ONLY KNOWN BY A SGLE LETTER NAME. HIDN DEPTHS: "DEB'S BBQ" REVEALS SHE HAS A SURPRISGLY VAST KNOWLEDGE OF RS, ALLOWG HER TO SOLVE THE FAL TRICK-QUTN THE THUMBDRIVE'S SECURY SO STAT N HACK . LASER-GUID AMNIA: IN "WEHO CONFINTIAL" 'S REVEALED THAT THE AIA MD-WIPED HER TO FET ALL ABOUT HER FORMER PARTNER CARYN. MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE?: WHEN SHE FOUND OUT "THE SECRETARI' BALL" THAT SHE SHOT HER FORMER PARTNER CARYN. AND OM THE SECURY TAPE, LOOKED LIKE V HAD NO CHOICE. THOUGH TURNS OUT SHE AND CARYN FAKED . ONE-LETTER NAME: PRUMABLY A NAME. SHE KNOWS TOO MUCH CHUNLEY FOUND OUT SHE KNOWS ABOUT GREYSLE AND HAD HER MEMORY ERASED. DIRECTOR CHUNLEY DIRECTOR DIRK CHUNLEYVOICED BY: GARY COLETHE HOMOPHOBIC STRAIGHT, NSERVATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AIA. ASSHOLE VICTIM: MARY'S JTIFITN FOR MD NTROLLG HIM FOR A FEW MOMENTS TO GET MORE FUNDG AND TO GIVE HIS OVERWORKED SECRETARY A RAISE. IT DID SEEM LIKE HE WAS ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHG SULTG RIGHT BEFORE THEY PUT THE HAT ON HIM. BAD BOSS: HIS MISTREATMENT OF Q-FORCE AND V ASI, HE IS A HORRIBLE VILLANO MAN TO WORK FOR DIRECTLY. HIS SECRETARY, LOUISA DK, SLEEPS THE OFFICE, ONLY GETS TWO DAYS OFF A (PL IS APPARENTLY RTRICTED TO NAVAL BAS WHEN SHE DO), AND NORMALLY ONLY LEAV THE OFFICE ONCE A YEAR FOR HALF A HOUR DURG THE SECRETARY PARTY, WHICH SHE LEAV HALF WAY THROUGH, EVEN THOUGH CHUNLEY HAS HIS PARTY HE ATTENDS AND DON'T RETURN UNTIL LATER. EVEN V, WHO HAT HER ASSISTANT, TREATS HER BETTER THAN THAT. HETERONORMATIVE CSAR / POLILLY INRRECT HERO: HE'S BOTH A ABIVE DIRECTOR AND A LGBT-PHOBIC ASSHOLE. ONE OF HIS VERY FIRST SCEN HAS HIM STRIP MARY OF THE VALEDICTORIAN TLE AFTER THE LATTER PROUDLY REVEALS HE'S GAY AND GIV TO BUCK STEAD. HE ALSO NSTANTLY THROWS HOMOPHOBIC SLURS AT THE Q-FORCE AND SENDS BUCK TO "KEEP AN EYE ON THEM" WHEN THEY AGAST ALL ODDS MANAGE TO GET A SE AFTER ALL. LOUISA DK VOICED BY: FORTUNE FEIMSTERCHUNLEY'S ASSISTANT. BUTCH LBIAN EVERYONE HAS STANDARDS: ONCE SHE FDS OUT CHUNLEY'S BEEN MD-ERASG GAYS, SHE HOLDS OFF THE SECURY ROBOTS TO ALLOW Q-FORCE TO PE. INK-SU ACTOR: SHE STRONGLY REMBL HER VOICE ACTRS, FORTUNE FEIMSTER.TRANSPARENT CLOSET: NO ONE SEEMS SURPRISED WHEN SHE OUT AS GAYOTHERS
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