The Walkg Dead Fans Are Fur Another Gay Character's Been Killed Off - We Got This Covered

Contents:

• IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
• WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• THE WALKG DEAD FANS ARE FUR ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S BEEN KILLED OFF
• UN PERSONAJE GAY EN 'THE WALKG DEAD'
• THE WALKG DEAD PRENTA SU PRIMER PERSONAJE GAY
• J IS GAY ON 'THE WALKG DEAD.' HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.
• ¿QUé PROTAGONISTA IBA A SER GAY EN 'THE WALKG DEAD'?

IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?

As a rult, many viewers have scratched their heads for years and wonred if Daryl is gay — spe a strong majory of the fanbase suggtg that Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBri) should bee an em. In fact, Kirkman tailed that the origal plans were for Dixon to be gay, but simply never happened. On that same note, Res simultaneoly exprsed that he “isn’t aaid” to portray Daryl as a gay character and that he would happily work wh whatever material the wrers gave him.

So while Dixon isn’t currently gay nonilly, that don’t mean that plans won’t soon change down the le as the character’s story ntu to expand the latt pulse-poundg seri. 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.

WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER

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.

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.

THE WALKG DEAD FANS ARE FUR ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S BEEN KILLED OFF

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.

However, Tara’s ath also got a lot of people riled as spelled the send removal of a rare gay character on the show this same season. You’re probably aware that this is a troublg trope not jt  TWD but across the televisn landspe, wh the tratg trend so popular ’s often known as the “buryg your gays” trope.

UN PERSONAJE GAY EN 'THE WALKG DEAD'

I LITERALLY DO NOT CARE ABOUT ANYONE WHO DIED EXCEPT ENID AND TARA WHY DID THE SMARTEST DOCTOR AND ANOTHER HILLTOP LEADER DIE (also @ the walkg ad stop killg the gays off) #TheWalkgDead — khalil (@khvl1l) March 25, 2019 THEY KILLED TARA, ONE OF MY FAVOURITE CHARACTERS AND ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER FUCK OFF #TheWalkgDead — jordan (@jensmish) March 26, 2019 You jt had to kill Tara, didn't you?? #TheWalkgDead #BuryYourGays — Krystle?? It's weird they were too sred to do that but were fe to kill off all but one of their queer characters — Moe: Sparkledog edn (@EnbyDal) March 25, 2019 Are we surprised #walkgad did the bury your gays trope more than once?

How e they always gotta kill off the gays? @WalkgDead_AMC @AMCTalkgDead On the topic of killg off tara, why as soon as you troduce new gay characters you kill off an old one? — Syd (@squidr14) March 25, 2019 Alongsi Magna and Yumiko, Aaron (Ross Marquand) is the only other proment gay character left alive on the seri.

“Robert, el creador la historieta, quería tener personaj gays en la trama y, o él lo ha dicho, tiene amigos gays y personas en su vida que son gays, y quería reprentar a orientación sexual porque en la realidad la gente homosexual forma parte te mundo y la sociedad, y no podía imagar cribir las historietas s que ellos fueran parte ellas. Robert Kirkman, productor ejecutivo y tor los cómics en los que se basa la serie, alantaba que un "promente" personaje gay llegaría en la próxima tanda pítulos la ficción postapolípti.

THE WALKG DEAD PRENTA SU PRIMER PERSONAJE GAY

De ahí que, según publi TV Le, Marquand fue el elegido para dar vida a Aaron, el primer personaje gay en.

J IS GAY ON 'THE WALKG DEAD.' HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.

No obstante, Kirkman rolvió la cutión en el mismo programa afirmando lo siguiente: "en la sección rtas los cómics que hago mencné que s el prcip existía la posibilidad hacer que el personaje Daryl Dixon fuera gay. In The Walkg Dead ics, he's gay.

He's a badass, and he happens to be gay. "While he isn't the first gay character to be featured on the AMC seri, J beg gay is still a big al for televisn 2017.

Progrs has been ma, but gay characters still acunt for a small percentage of total TV rol, acrdg to the latt numbers om GLAAD's 2016 "Where We Are on TV" report. The "bury your gays" trope beme a hot topic last year after The 100 ntroversially killed off a character named Lexa, shortly after her relatnship wh another female character was nsummated. The Walkg Dead has also stggled to portray s only current gay relatnship between Alexandrians Aaron and Eric.

¿QUé PROTAGONISTA IBA A SER GAY EN 'THE WALKG DEAD'?

Frank Darabont, productor la serie AMC, propo al actor que su personaje fue homosexual. "Hubo un tiempo en la serie en el que Fran quería que fue gay, pero él no lo admirá.