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.
Contents:
- WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
- THE WALKG DEAD SEASON 7 EPISO 14 FALLY NFIRMED A MA CHARACTER AS GAY
WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
AMC also announced at the annual fan nventn that Maggie (Lren Cohan) and Negan's (Jefey Dean Man) spoff, The Walkg Dead: Dead Cy, was renewed for a send season ahead of Sunday’s season 1 fale, while The Walkg Dead: Daryl Dixon, starrg Norman Res, sred a sophomore season renewal before s Sept. 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. 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.
THE WALKG DEAD SEASON 7 EPISO 14 FALLY NFIRMED A MA CHARACTER AS GAY
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.
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. Hilltop Colony member J (Tom Payne) revealed he was gay durg a nversatn wh Maggie (Lren Cohan) one of the episo's more tenr reference to the unn of factns who are jog forc for the upg war agast The Savurs, J - real name Pl Rovia - tells Maggie: “For the first time, I feel like I Walkg Dead Season 7 Episo 14 trailer"When I was first here, I was never here, “ he ntu.