Tony is gay? « EarthBound / MOTHER 2 « Fom «

Contents:

• THE BALLAD OF EARTHBOUND’S GAY TONY
• TONY BEAT PRESENTS GAY PRIDE 2021
• MEET THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY’S LEADG MAN

THE BALLAD OF EARTHBOUND’S GAY TONY

Tony is often theorized to be gay, as was stated an terview wh Itoi that one of the characters the game is gay. Tony is a gay character om EarthBound.

TONY BEAT PRESENTS GAY PRIDE 2021

It was said an terview wh Itoi that one of the characters the game is gay. Marc Ldblom also has stated that Tony is a gay charcter. Big-name creators too often thk they n ba gay people to believg they’re reprented a work whout actually reprentg them.

Rowlg suggtg that Dumbledore is gay even though no evince of this exists the work self, and more recently wh Avengers: Endgame’s creators the Rso brothers exclaimg that havg an extra ment about his hband is groundbreakg reprentatn. Both s are nothg but gay bag, tryg to w the aclas that e wh reprentatn whout puttg the work of reprentg . But ’s not like they need to explicly label someone as gay for to be a succs reprentatn.

And yet ’s the seemgly signifint moments, paired wh the brief teractns that he has wh Jeff, that shape a character that’s entirely relatable to many gay men’s formative experienc.

MEET THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY’S LEADG MAN

EarthBound creator Shigato Itoi stated an terview that he wrote one of the characters of Mother 2 as beg a gay kid bee he knew a lot of gay people and thought would be nice to have a gay kid the story. On the surface, this is no different than the Rsos claimg reprentatn by throwg a gay extra to their movie.

At no pot EarthBound do the game explicly say that Tony is gay. Gay people don’t need to have a character wavg the Pri flag to be reprented, but neher are we served by clarg characters queer that isn’t supported by eher the text or subtext. Tony reprents the awkward adolcence of gay guys perfectly, pecially me.