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.
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
* 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.
'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
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. * is joffrey gay got *
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).
‘GAME OF THRON’: SO JOFEY HAT GAYS, ON TOP OF EVERYTHG ELSE
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.
'GAME OF THRON': SO JOFEY HAT GAYS, ON TOP OF EVERYTHG ELSE
He is arrted by a relig sect for the crime of beg gay and havg been timate wh other men.
HOE OF THE DRAGON INTRODUCED (AND PROMPTLY KILLED) A GAY CHARACTER
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. 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.