'The Walkg Dead's Tom Payne 'disappoted' his gay character's story

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?

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. 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 TOM PAYNE ‘DISAPPOTED’ HIS GAY CHARACTER’S STORY

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.

And jt like that, the show's only gay uple was gone.

THE WALKG DEAD‘S FIRST GAY MALE CHARACTER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

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.

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Wh the bate over Daryl Dixon's sexualy fally over, The Walkg Dead has yet to troduce an openly gay male character to s st. But durg a recent episo of Talkg Dead, Robert Kirkman -- who created The Walkg Dead ics and serv as an executive producer on the TV seri -- revealed that a proment gay male character om the source material will make an appearance on the show the send half of Season other 15 Netflix origal seri you should be watchgI thk we found him. And though his role is beg kept secret as of now, THR speculat that Marquand will play Aaron, a gay rint of the Alexandria Safe-Zone.

DID THE WALKG DEAD JT CAST ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE CHARACTER?

The Walkg Dead ma clear that not even zombi n stomach hate and homophobia.

Jelani Allad and Ni Tortorella play a gay uple the spoff The Walkg Dead: World Beyond, and when some tolerant fans beme upset wh the characters and storyle, the show tweeted a quick and fal rponse for any bigots who fd their moral sens offend. Allad's recent remarks on the Talk Dead to Me podst scribg the bety of the characters' relatnship evintly was a triggerg event for some of the show's apparently homophobic fans.

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