'The Wcher' Creator Explas Show's Gay Unrton - Gayety

Contents:

• ARE THERE ANY GAY CHARACTERS THIS GAME?
• IS THE WCHER GAY, OR VERY GAY?
• THE WCHER STAR HUGH SKNER STRS SIGNIFINCE OF PLAYG GAY ROLE HUGE FANTASY SHOW AS PRCE RADOVID MAK RIVETG SEASON 3 BUT
• THE WCHER WAS SUPER GAY WAY BEFORE SEASON 3
• ONE OF 2015’S BT FEMALE CHARACTERS WAS GAY AND YOU DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE
• ‘THE WCHER’ CREATOR EXPLAS SHOW’S GAY UNRTON
• THE WCHER CREATOR RPONDS TO SHOW’S GAY UNRTON

ARE THERE ANY GAY CHARACTERS THIS GAME?

And, now, a cisn that wrers and producers of season three have ma about one of the world’s most tertg characters is leadg to even more backlash, as well as strong accatns of homophobia. While reprentatn is ually a good thg, many fans of the show are potg out that this change has more sister unrton bee of the way plays to harmful stereotyp of gay men.

Fans on the /r/wcher subredd are particularly irrated wh the change his sexualy, which they feel is panrg to the stereotype that all effemate men have to be gay — pecially sultg as the episos were released at the tail end of Pri Month.

IS THE WCHER GAY, OR VERY GAY?

Many are gog a step further and claimg that not only is this dangeroly homophobic, but ’s also a pathetic attempt by producers to shoehorn diversy so that they n tick box, stead of actually velopg queer characters that move beyond stereotyp. On Twter, there have been plenty of folks exced to see some gay actn The Wcher, even if do mean viatg om the source material a way that some might nsir exploative or cynil. JASKIER DOING CUTE VOICES OH THIS SEASON IS FOR THE GAYS— Brendan – INDY AND WITCHER ERA (@_danbren) June 29, 2023 Wh that said, the overwhelmg opn among the fandom seems to be that this is a mistake.

Okay, nsir: Jaskier is 100% the kd of gay who'd be "oooh labels fun" so I n absolutely see beg likeAre you bi? You gay? Whether or not ’s homophobic is up for bate, but there’s no doubt there’s a tge of somethg unfortable here, pecially given the playg up of negative stereotyp.

THE WCHER STAR HUGH SKNER STRS SIGNIFINCE OF PLAYG GAY ROLE HUGE FANTASY SHOW AS PRCE RADOVID MAK RIVETG SEASON 3 BUT

Sign Up for ee (or Log In if you already have an acunt) to be able to post msag, change how msag are displayed, and view media topic ntas spoilers - you n click, tap, or highlight to reveal themBoardsThe Wcher 3: Wild HuntAre there any gay characters this game? Ponysteak 8 years ago#3The du that gets you cleaned and drsed at the Milfgaard stle, possiblyMaybe Danln tooSell_Gravi 8 years ago#4ponysteak du that gets you cleaned and drsed at the Milfgaard stle, possiblyMaybe Danln tooGot no ditn that the guy who drs you was gay. BoardsThe Wcher 3: Wild HuntAre there any gay characters this game?

THE WCHER WAS SUPER GAY WAY BEFORE SEASON 3

When he was younger, he served as the lol lord's hunter his employer's manor until Dieter, another servant, disvered the homosexual relatnship between Mislav and Florian, the lord's son. Katal Verm//NetflixWhen we asked Hissrich about Jaskier's relatnship wh Geralt, the shownner nied any liberate homoerotic unrton, statg stead that 's "jt an example of male iendship".

Part of the draw wh The Wcher was to play a gay character a big genre fantasy show wh a big dience. Is The Wcher gay? At the time, shownner Lren S Hissrich nied any homoerotic unrton, explag that this was "jt an example of male iendship" be fair, if any bottom was gog to receive pliments om straight men, would be the extremely pert and ed lovely one that belongs to Henry Cavill.

And when they were fally rned after an extend absence, Jaskier got his k off the first chance he uld get, showg off his newly-sculpted abs a bid to imprs Geralt and remd him of what he'd been missg out aga, The Wcher team nied any homoerotic unrton between the pair. After Nightmare of the Wolf tossed a blk-and-you'll-miss- gay character lled La, the Blood Orig prequel wove multiple queer storyl around Meldof's lost love, Gwen, and Nathaniel Curtis' "Fancy Gay J" (as the st liked to ll him).

ONE OF 2015’S BT FEMALE CHARACTERS WAS GAY AND YOU DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE

NetflixHontly, 's givg 'Padam', and we're not the only on pickg up on those gay vib by then eher. Still, that hasn't stopped onle tractors om whg that Jaskier shouldn't be "gay" at all. But the cx of all is that homophob n no longer ny Jaskier's queerns, so stead, they argue 's wrong bee 's not fahful to the source, Jaskier isn't queer the books, that's te, but where's the outrage for the many other chang that Netflix has ma to The Wcher then?

Speakg jt recently to Gay Tim, Batey mented on this "very vol negative space wh the fandom, " potg out that 's "actually the mory, " not the majory, who feel this way. We hope he's right bee do seem absurd to object agast a queer-d character beg revealed as queer a world where basilisks and chernobogs are readily accepted as the Jaskier sgs his new gay banger, their love is "not a want, 's a need". If they ma Geralt a b gay too.

One of last year’s biggt female characters, the one who steals the show om a protagonist you spend hours wh and then go on to save the whole bloody world no ls, is gay, and you didn’t even notice.

‘THE WCHER’ CREATOR EXPLAS SHOW’S GAY UNRTON

If you intify as a heterosexual man and Geralt's bathtub scene didn't turn you gay, then the sight of him sually heftg a giant boar over his brawny shoulrs might be what do for you season two. Short of dyeg his hair blond, Jaskier is full gay-crisis mo here. Perhaps Lren S Hissrich always tend for there to be some queer subtext, some extra nuance, that not even Batey might be aware we asked Lren directly about the homoerotic unrton of Jaskier's relatnship wh Geralt, she too said that there aren't any.

"I don't thk there are any homoerotic unrton for those characters, but I do thk that when you talk about girliends, people have no problem sayg, 'I love my girliend' or 'I would do anythg for her', or 'If we got to a fight, and she didn't want to see me anymore, my heart would be broken'. Outsi of La, a gay character who barely registers as such Nightmare of the Wolf, LGBTQ+ inti don't seem to exist this anchise at all (that we've noticed, anyway). The Wcher‘s shownner replied to the “homoerotic unrton” between the seri’ two prcipal characters.

At the same time, another penned: “Is jt me or are Geralt and Jaskier like really f—g gay for each other? Smh Com Out as Gay. ‘The Wcher’ Creator Explas Show’s Gay Unrton.

THE WCHER CREATOR RPONDS TO SHOW’S GAY UNRTON

The Wcher’s shownner has rpond to the ‘homoerotic unrton’ between the seri’ two lead characters. I’d be far more terted watchg , ” tweeted one fan, while another wrote: “Is jt me or are Geralt and Jaskier like really fuckg gay for each other?

When Digal Spy asked seri creator Lren S Hissrich about this, she nied any homoerotic unrton and said Jaskier and Geralt’s relatnship is “jt an example of male iendship”.