6 tim The Untamed was like, “Censorship who?” and gave the gays their rights — PULP

Contents:

• IS THE UNTAMED ACTUALLY GAY OR IS JT LIKE… SUBTEXT GAY?
• 6 TIM THE UNTAMED WAS LIKE, “CENSORSHIP WHO?” AND GAVE THE GAYS THEIR RIGHTS
• WHAT “THE UNTAMED” MEANS TO ME AS A GAY MAN
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

IS THE UNTAMED ACTUALLY GAY OR IS JT LIKE… SUBTEXT GAY?

Basilly, “is the Untamed actually gay” is a plited qutn, bee of the Che censorship laws.

The origal novel (that the live actn show, the graphic novel, and the animated versn are all adapted om) is Actually gay. In 2018, one thor was arrted for wrg gay erotic novels and sentenced to TEN YEARS IN PRISON.

6 TIM THE UNTAMED WAS LIKE, “CENSORSHIP WHO?” AND GAVE THE GAYS THEIR RIGHTS

So shows like The Untamed or Guardian (another good good show based on a nonilly-gay origal novel), the shownners make JUUUUUUUUST not-gay enough to get past the censors. JUUUUUUUUST BARELY “not gay”.

They’re gog right up to the le martg “gay” om “not gay” and playg Gay Chicken wh .

Except that, as you know, hours and hours of Silent Yearng Glanc are actually MORE GAY than two dus kissg. The Untamed keeps as much of the gay as they possibly n get away wh. Anymore, Cha the “boy love” or homoerotic theme of the novel put a fahful adaptatn of The Untamed doubt.

WHAT “THE UNTAMED” MEANS TO ME AS A GAY MAN

As word got out that the show stayed ter to the novel than expected, the seri took off Mo Dao Zu Shi, the hero’ homosexual relatnship is explic, while The Untamed prents their relatnship as a brotherhood-style bond. In discsg The Untamed onle, chatters avoid explic mentn of the show’s gay unrton, referrg to the topic g the misleadg but polilly charged hashtag “socialist brotherhood” hop of avoidg attentn om you n’t miss The UntamedThe Untamed is ptivatg.

The Untamed was produced the ntext of a eply homophobic society, and th had to adhere to strict Che censorship regulatns.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

The productn team seems to have fought for the most romantic terpretatn of the show uld get away wh, and recently released a special edn re-ed of the show that’s jt an even more homoerotic ed of all the scen between Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian — all the moments of touchg, hand-holdg, and oglg they weren’t able to sneak to the fal cut. The seri’ foc on s ma characters’ relatnship wh each other has led to be also classified as part of the danmei nnon, a genre of Che lerature that foc on the homoerotic and homoromantic relatnships between male characters. Further allns to queer Che subtext clu the nstant portrayal of rabbs, an animal many Che fans noted wh ep LGBTQ+ signifince, as the rabb is seen as a symbol of queerns ferrg to Tu'er Shen, otherwise known as the Rabb God, a Che god/guardian of homosexual relatnships.

If you want a show wh brilliant actg, tertg world-buildg, and plenty of gay pg, you need to check out this Che historil drama. Gay pictur.