We knew Jofey Baratheon was a pt-sized bully, prone to beheadg good men and removg the tongu of sgers. But as we learned on Sunday's "Game of Thron," he's also a ragg homophobe, who has toyed wh the ia of makg gay sex punishable by ath.
Contents:
- ‘HOE OF THE DRAGON’ BEGS BURYG ITS GAYS
- 'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
- ‘GAME OF THRON’: SO JOFEY HAT GAYS, ON TOP OF EVERYTHG ELSE
- 'GAME OF THRON': SO JOFEY HAT GAYS, ON TOP OF EVERYTHG ELSE
- HOE OF THE DRAGON INTRODUCED (AND PROMPTLY KILLED) A GAY CHARACTER
‘HOE OF THE DRAGON’ BEGS BURYG ITS GAYS
Inct is mon. Dragons le the ski. But gay men are unacceptable? Here's a look at the anchise's problematic history wh LGBTQ reprentatn. * is joffrey gay got *
[EVERYTHING] Was Jofey gay?
I hate to troduce the possibily that he is reprentative of the typil morn day, self-loathg homosexual polician that seems to permeate today's polil arena wh illogil gay bashg polici and gay cur, but his behavr sure seems nsistent wh those morn day policians. To be clear, I mean no offense to the gay muny, so I apologize advance if I am off base here. I thk a lot of Jofey's anger om his supprsn of his natural homosexual sir.
Perhaps bee the language to scribe and fe multiple sexual orientatns don’t exist Wteros, his fay speaks only phemism, but Laenor is gay and his lover is Jofey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod).
'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
* is joffrey gay got *
And while n be argued that most characters the seri experience some form of horrific vlence, queer characters’ aths are often also marked by homophobic subtext that n’t be ignored. He is arrted by a relig sect for the crime of beg gay and havg been timate wh other men.
And for those who will try to pat the homophobia as some sort of “historil accuracy, ” “Hoe of the Dragon” is a fictnal show set a world wh dragons and ice queer women of “Game of Thron” fared slightly better. )For those who hoped that Laenor’s troductn might signal that “Hoe of the Dragon” had learned the same lsons about LGBTQ reprentatn as has Daenerys’ arc, Lonmouth’s ath is particularly troublg bee of the way evok the homophobic “panic” that has long been ed to try to fend vlence agast queer people.
But the sequence still amounts to a man, after beg approached by a gay man who knows his secret, beatg the gay man to the first episo, the prequel seri has been clear that the misogyny of the Realm is a mark agast . It’s past time the anchise do the same wh homophobia.
‘GAME OF THRON’: SO JOFEY HAT GAYS, ON TOP OF EVERYTHG ELSE
Jofey says he is nsirg makg homosexualy punishable by ath. It was all, of urse, somethg of a set-up: This week, after agreeg to marry her gay Laenor Velaryon, Prcs Rhaenyra curs Criston’s fury by refg to n away wh him; on the eve of her weddg, Criston vlently kills Laenor’s lover, Jofey Lonmouth, moments after Jofey not-so-discreetly approached Criston about how both of them uld rema lovers to the rpective almost-newlyweds. It’s the epome of the famo “bury your gays” trope, which se LGBTQ characters often wrten solely to meet some typilly vlent, tragic ath.
'GAME OF THRON': SO JOFEY HAT GAYS, ON TOP OF EVERYTHG ELSE
The aths of gay characters, pecially ostensibly ~historil~ shows like Hoe of the Dragon, tend to be mentary on the endurg stggl agast tolerance and anti-LGBTQ opprsn society. I’d jt like to see queer characters thrive for once—or, really, anythg stead of the leral gay-bashg we were all subjected to this impet for Jofey’s ath is jt as tratg as his actual ath scene.
Later, when he perceived Jofey as tntg him about his sexual relatnship wh Rhaenyra, that was apparently the fal straw to btally kill a gay man, whose bleedg-out, mutilated rpse we’re then treated to.
HOE OF THE DRAGON INTRODUCED (AND PROMPTLY KILLED) A GAY CHARACTER
It’s the epome of toxic masculy taken to a vlent, homophobic extreme. Whatever HotD has store down the le, I’m disappoted by the grotque vlence felt pelled to flict on one of the show’s first gay characters, all bee some straight man was particularly secure about his masculy one night.
Warng: this story ntas spoilers for episo five of Hoe of the one week after Hoe of the Dragon fans celebrated Wteros' first black — and gay — dragon rir, they are now llg the show out and accg of homophobic the most recent episo of the HBO seri, viewers were troduced officially to Laenor Velaryon's (Theo Nate) male partner, Jofey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod) and wnsed the ep love the pair had for each by the end of the episo, Jofey would be ad one of the show's most gome murr scen yet. Fans have acced the show of an anti-gay plotle. Criston, who also serv as Rhaenyra's protector, seeth at the prospect of her marryg someone else and tri to enurage her to n away wh him, but be enraged when she do not, at the welg dner for Rhaenyra and Laenor's weddg ftival, Jofey works out that Criston is the prcs' approach him wh a proposal, sayg they uld work together to protect their loved on durg their marriage and that way ensure they would always be near a clearly upset Criston lash out at Laenor and vicly attacks him the middle of the receptn beatg his face to a bloody was this scene that lead to outrage amongst the show's viewg public who acced Hoe of the Dragon of relyg on a trope known as 'Bury Your Gays.
"Anyway, Hoe of The Dragon is homophobic and I'd give a MAJOR trigger warng for homophobia-duced MURDER for the latt episo, " wrote one fan on Twter. Another add: "Wow, so Hoe of the Dragon really went for the one-two homophobia/misogyny punch this week.