Why Walkg Dead Canceled Plans For Its First Gay Character

Contents:

• WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• THE WALKING DEAD: IS DARYL DIXON GAY? ROBERT KIRKMAN SAYS "IT'S BEEN DISCSED"
• THE WALKG DEAD: ROBERT KIRKMAN CONFIRMS FIRST GAY CHARACTER TO JO SHOW
• ROBERT KIRKMAN CONFIRMS THAT J IS GAY – BOTH OF HIM
• THE WALKG DEAD’S DARYL DIXON IS GAY? ROBERT KIRKMAN RPONDS!
• THE WALKG DEAD: IS DARYL DIXON GAY? ROBERT KIRKMAN COMMENTS ON DARYL’S SEXUALY
• ROBERT KIRKMAN SAYS THEY MAY MAKE DARYL GAY ON ‘THE WALKG DEAD’
• THE WALKG DEAD: ROBERT KIRKMAN SAYS DARYL DIXON COULD BE GAY
• IS THE WALKG DEAD CHARACTER DARYL DIXON GAY? FD OUT WHAT CREATOR ROBERT KIRKMAN SAID!

WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Before Aaron or Pl "J" Monroe me to the picture, The Walkg Dead was set to troduce s first gay character much earlier the story. The seri never strayed away om s diversy, gog on to troduce several gay survivors who would quickly go on to bee fan favor, but seri -creator and wrer Robert Kirkman planned an earlier troductn for the seri' leap to diverse new characters.

The first openly gay character troduced wh The Walkg Dead ic seri is Aaron, an experienced recer for Virgia's Alexandria Safe Zone muny. It's nearly two years later when the ic troduc yet another major gay character Pl "J" Monroe. The letters pag of The Walkg Dead Deluxe #50 reveal exactly who Kirkman tend to have as the seri' first major gay survivor, and 's none other than The Governor's former litenant, Martez.

THE WALKING DEAD: IS DARYL DIXON GAY? ROBERT KIRKMAN SAYS "IT'S BEEN DISCSED"

In discsg his cisn to scrap the reveal that Martez was gay, Kirkman mented, "I remembered that I was planng to have Rick beat him to ath—then I thought, probably not the bt thg to do wh your first proment gay character.

The Walkg Dead Was Wise To Change Its First Openly Gay Character. Martez beg troduced as the first openly gay character, only to have himself beaten by Rick a few issu later would have drastilly taken away the momentum that Kirkman had planned wh the reveal.

Future gay characters like Pl Monroe are not only pable of handg themselv but n be tsted nfidant and close iends to Rick throughout the remar of the seri. It's poetic that two of the seri' most fan-favore and perseverg gay characters, Pl and Aaron, would end the seri as lovers. In the TV show, Mark's bt iend at school is William, who is openly gay; however, this is a change om the character's pictn the ics.

THE WALKG DEAD: ROBERT KIRKMAN CONFIRMS FIRST GAY CHARACTER TO JO SHOW

Invcible tablish William’s homosexualy immediately.

” William's sexualy isn't a topic of discsn, and he quickly falls to the "gay bt iend" trope, which unfortunately don't leave room for much character velopment.

Consirg the show has been takg some liberti wh the source material already, uld easily tegrate new LGBTQ characters and storyl, as well as take the time to explore William’s homosexualy, subsequent seasons, and therefore boost queer reprentatn a genre that severely needs . Many moons ago, a lifetime Inter-speak, ‘The Walkg Dead’ urted a b of fx-sndal terview ments that saw creator Robert Kirkman acknowledgg the possibily of the seemgly asexual Daryl Dixon to emerge as a gay character.

ROBERT KIRKMAN CONFIRMS THAT J IS GAY – BOTH OF HIM

To w, the season 5's latter half will fact troduce a noted gay character om the ics, though Kirkman unrstandably cled to say the segment:In The Walkg Dead letters lumn the old ic book that I do, there was a qutn that ma me mentn that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon’s character gay and ed que a hubbub onle. I n make official, Daryl Dixon is actually straight, but g back the next half of the season we’re gog to be troducg a very proment gay character om ics that’ll be butg, so be on the look out om that.

Wonrful as would be if everyone’s favore crossbow-wieldg warrr turned out to reprent the LGBT e, the fact remas that Kirkman only ever acknowledged the pure possibily of Daryl’s sexualy, the procs remdg people that the endls zombie hack-and-slash wouldn’t leave much time to explore such an cintal while mak for a great headle to splash across the terwebz, feels ultimately rctive of the issue to sensatnalize the mere potential of a character g out as gay, rather than the likelihood or nfirmatn of. 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 Page/AMCFans 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. "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?

THE WALKG DEAD’S DARYL DIXON IS GAY? ROBERT KIRKMAN RPONDS!

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THE WALKG DEAD: IS DARYL DIXON GAY? ROBERT KIRKMAN COMMENTS ON DARYL’S SEXUALY

There have been mors that Daryl Dixon will be revealed as gay on The Walkg Dead, but Robert Kirkman untered that wh nfirmatn of a different openly gay character. Darly Dixon is one of the badst mothers on televisn but there were mors that he may bee the first openly gay character on The Walkg Dead.

ROBERT KIRKMAN SAYS THEY MAY MAKE DARYL GAY ON ‘THE WALKG DEAD’

Still, the ia of havg an openly gay character on the show is very much somethg the seri is thkg about dog and Robert Kirkman nfirmed as much on Sunday Talkg Dead after the powerful midseason fale, Kirkman nfirmed that there will be an openly gay character troduced before the end of Season 5. The fact that he’s openly gay won’t be that big of a plot pot though, as such a thg is jt gog to further along his character velopment rather than playg a pivotal role who he is and why he’s on the show.

THE WALKG DEAD: ROBERT KIRKMAN SAYS DARYL DIXON COULD BE GAY

"Comg back our next half of the season, we are gog to be troducg a very proment gay character om the ics. "Shownner Stt Gimple has prevly remaed y about Daryl's sexualy but nfirmed that a gay character would be troduced to the Walkg Dead will return to AMC on Febary 8, 2015.

IS THE WALKG DEAD CHARACTER DARYL DIXON GAY? FD OUT WHAT CREATOR ROBERT KIRKMAN SAID!

The charismatic Walkg Dead ic book character Pl Monroe, otherwise known as J, was fed as a gay character a long time ago, but the televisn versn of the character didn't have que as clear a fn. J is gay on the TV show as well. For those of you who don’t know, J is que a tough character the ic book seri and he’s also gay.

What do fightg zombi have to do wh Daryl fdg another man to love, if he really is gay? Shows that seem to ter to the straight male dience (more or ls) don’t have a good track rerd of troducg gay characters.

This is somethg gay fans were expectg bee a lot of shows are willg to but a lbian character rather than risk backlash om their target dience by troducg a gay male one. That’s not to say The Walkg Dead ic seri don’t have gay characters bee do. Havg gay characters TWD ics, however, don’t necsarily mean the TV show will utilize them.