We've got some important facts you need to know about The Walkg Dead's first gay male character, Aaron.
Contents:
- IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
- ‘THE WALKG DEAD’S TOM PAYNE ‘DISAPPOTED’ HIS GAY CHARACTER’S STORY
- THE WALKG DEAD‘S FIRST GAY MALE CHARACTER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- DID THE WALKG DEAD JT CAST ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE CHARACTER?
IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
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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.
‘THE WALKG DEAD’S TOM PAYNE ‘DISAPPOTED’ HIS GAY CHARACTER’S STORY
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. Walter and his partner Matthew are the first homosexual uple to be featured the Telltale Seri.
After Robert Kirkman dropped hts on The Talkg Dead that the show would be troducg s first gay male character, fans have been wag for to happen and looks like fally has. His name is Aaron and, if the ic books are anythg to go by, he is that gay character fans have been wag for. The Walkg Dead is takg aim at homophobia, as well as a small, but vol segment of viewers rpond negatively to the cln of a gay uple the sp-off seri The Walkg Dead: World Beyond, the anchise rpond om s official Twter acunt.
”Jelani Allad and Ni Tortorella portray a gay uple 'The Walkg Dead: World Beyond' (Photo Cred: Mall Polay/AMC)Premierg last October, World Beyond was a teen-centric variatn on The Walkg Dead, followg four adolcents who are among the first generatn to grow up a world populated by bra-eatg monsters.
THE WALKG DEAD‘S FIRST GAY MALE CHARACTER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Oh we n’t fd a character for you, screw you’re gay wh this guy. The "Bury Your Gays" trope has bee a part of cultual knowledge recent years, but not everyone has gotten the memo. The trope also extends to films, and gay and bi men.
Shows like Killg Eve, and most recently, Hoe of the Dragon, are still btally and needlsly killg off their queer characters stead of lettg them be are 15 of the most egreg -- and btal -- recent exampl of the Bury Your Gays trope. Hoe of the Dragon didn't blaze this trail for GOT buryg s gays. All throughout s n, fans were beggg for a gay uple to be troduced on Netflix's Voltron.
DID THE WALKG DEAD JT CAST ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE CHARACTER?
And jt like that, the show's only gay uple was gone.
It: Chapter Two's gay bashg scene. Y, It is a horror movie about a murro embodiment of evil, but that don't mean that viewers were ready to see an extremely graphic gay-bashg scene to open the film up. At the begng of the movie we travel to Derry's past, where we see two gay men on a date get terpted by a group of homophobic bigots, beat up, and thrown to the 's an uncserly upsettg scene that followed a great first movie.