Game of Thron prequel Hoe of the Dragon dropped s first episo to praise – and trigue over gay vib between Rhaenyra and Alicent.
Contents:
- GAME OF THRON SP-OFF HOE OF THE DRAGON PRAISED FOR SERLY ‘GAY VIB’
- OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON
- ‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR KRISTIAN NAIRN COM OUT AS GAY
GAME OF THRON SP-OFF HOE OF THE DRAGON PRAISED FOR SERLY ‘GAY VIB’
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In the mystil land of Wteros, they’ve got everythg — dragons, Whe Walkers, and a whole lot of gays. Inty: GayLikelihood of Stg on the Iron Throne: Not happeng, ever sce a hly born shadow monster took his life and claim to the throne. By the way, Kristian Nairn, who played the beloved protector, is gay.
Inty: GayLikelihood of Stg on the Iron Throne: As he was mutilated and blown to piec Kg's Landg, the most persecuted character’s only chance of makg back to the Iron Throne is as a ghost. Sexualy: GayLikelihood of Stg on the Iron Throne: While Ltlefger’s sex worker and spy might have had some noteworthy nnectns to Loras Tyrell and the Martells, ’s unclear if Oliver is ad, alive, or somethg between.
Perhaps bee the language to scribe and fe multiple sexual orientatns don’t exist Wteros, his fay speaks only phemism, but Laenor is gay and his lover is Jofey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod). And while n be argued that most characters the seri experience some form of horrific vlence, queer characters’ aths are often also marked by homophobic subtext that n’t be ignored.
OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON
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And for those who will try to pat the homophobia as some sort of “historil accuracy, ” “Hoe of the Dragon” is a fictnal show set a world wh dragons and ice queer women of “Game of Thron” fared slightly better. )For those who hoped that Laenor’s troductn might signal that “Hoe of the Dragon” had learned the same lsons about LGBTQ reprentatn as has Daenerys’ arc, Lonmouth’s ath is particularly troublg bee of the way evok the homophobic “panic” that has long been ed to try to fend vlence agast queer people. But the sequence still amounts to a man, after beg approached by a gay man who knows his secret, beatg the gay man to the first episo, the prequel seri has been clear that the misogyny of the Realm is a mark agast .
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‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR KRISTIAN NAIRN COM OUT AS GAY
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The first big gay relatnship is between Renly Baratheon and Loras Tyrell. Perhaps “gay for pay” exists Wteros too? And the are homophobic tim.
Vto Rso, the gay film cric, noted a trend some film reprentatn where the gay man is prented only to meet an unhappy, punishg and often fatal endg. But world where Bnei has jt joed the list of pariah natns that have the ath penalty for male homosexualy, a queer character’s murr might reasonably be argued to rry more ntemporary weight and ronance. And the list of gay men that the show has killed weighs heavy.
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Of urse, one thg to keep md is that our morn lexin of sexualy wouldn't have been translated to the world of Game of Thron, so intifitn via labels like "gay" and "lbian" wasn't available to the characters. What plac Loras at the bottom of the list is the fact that his whole character is fed by harmful gay stereotyp, pecially nsirg he (and Renly) were the first LGBTQ+ characters Game of Thron we were troduced to. As a stark ntrast of gay reprentatn to Loras, Renly serv to portray a very different LGBTQ+ experience for the viewers to potentially relate to on Game on Thron.
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The gayt aspect of the first episo was by far the dynamic set up between Rhaenyra and her stepmother Lady Alicent, played by Ey Carey. “Me watchg Alicent and Rhaenyra teractg when I know the story, Gay is , Gay is hot. I want some gay.
Gay ’s gog to be, ” another viewer wrote. “Rhaenyra and Alicent are so gay, like baby Rhaenyra only wants to go fly on her dragon and eat ke wh her girliend; if that a’t the gayt thong ever…” someone else add. Not my gay ass shippg Rhaenyra and Alicent knowg damn well won't happen ? Friends, is gay to ll your btie to ri a dragon wh you?
To put simply, I’m not so sure this show is a great iend of the gays.