Cartoon character Peppa Pig’s first album was released on July 19. However, the character has a long history of meme stardom rangg om her "very grown-up" mic and fd wh Suzy Sheep. Now, stan Twter has memed her to a gay in, parodyg pop mic culture and spoofg pop stars like Loona, Charlie XCX, and Kim Petras.
Contents:
- LK IS A GAY IN, AND ZELDA FANS KNOW
- POLYGON PH FALSE NARRATIVE THAT ‘THE LEGEND OF ZELDA’ SERI EXPLOR QUEER THEM, CLAIMS LK IS “A GAY IN”
- POLYGON CLAIMS LK IS A GAY IN! LEGEND OF ZELDA HAS LGBT UNRTON?
- FANS ARE GOG ALL ON CELEBRATG GRIMACE’S BIRTHDAY AND CLARG HIM A GAY IN
- POLYGON SAYS LK IS A GAY IN. HE'S NOT.
- PEPPA PIG IS NOW A GAY IN BEE STAN TWTER IS MTED TO A B
- THE BABADOOK IS A GAY IN BEE OF A NETFLIX CLERIL ERROR
LK IS A GAY IN, AND ZELDA FANS KNOW
Legend of Zelda fans have long read Lk as gay or transgenr, even if his character is not nonilly queer. Fans have foced on shippg Lk and Sidon and drag readgs of the Gedo qut Breath of the Wild. * polygon link gay icon *
AO3 may not be the only metric for how many Zelda fans terpret Lk as gay and/or transgenr, but ’s one of the biggt. In art, ’s mon to see queer-d monsters and pecially queer-d villas, particularly bee of how the Hays Co prohibed pictns of homosexualy on screen. This qut fails trans Zelda fans major ways, but much like Aonuma’s nial that Lk is gay, also prents players wh an opportuny.
Even if Lk is never nonilly intified as gay or trans, fan ntent for The Legend of Zelda is everywhere, and queer fans pecially seem to produce ntent drov. For many, Lk is gay or trans or both, and that’s a powerful thg that n’t be taken away.
Correctn (May 22): A prev versn of this story rrectly ntextualized a quote om a 2015 terview wh Kotaku, which Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma said Tgle is “not gay. Polygon’s latt clickba claims Lk is a “gay in, ” phg the false narrative that The Legend of Zelda seri has “queer them. She then c a 2015 Kotaku terview wh seri producer Eiji Aonuma, who stated Lk is “Not gay.
POLYGON PH FALSE NARRATIVE THAT ‘THE LEGEND OF ZELDA’ SERI EXPLOR QUEER THEM, CLAIMS LK IS “A GAY IN”
Polygon's latt clickba claims Lk is a "gay in," phg the false narrative that The Legend of Zelda seri has "queer them." * polygon link gay icon *
In short, Puc argu a character beg “weird” is proof that they uld be emed gay to fans, who will hold onto that belief no matter what s creators say. Dpe Puc’s “gay in” actg transphobic, she do adm the qut “fails trans Zelda fans major ways, but much like Aonuma’s nial that Lk is gay, also prents players wh an opportuny. “For many, Lk is gay or trans or both, and that’s a powerful thg that n’t be taken away.
Lk isn’t sudnly gay or queer jt bee he drs fem.
POLYGON CLAIMS LK IS A GAY IN! LEGEND OF ZELDA HAS LGBT UNRTON?
Polygon: Lk is a gay in * polygon link gay icon *
“To say that jt bee he’s fortable feme cloth and looks pretty means he’s tomatilly gay or queer is regrsive and ncels men who jt want to be feme, which is what I am about 60% of the time. SAscendant1991 fi Polygon’s edorial as “regrsive” via Lk is a gay in, and Zelda fans know , Samantha Puc, Polygon. Gay.
” She not that Polygon had also shared edorials sistg The Lord of The Rgs had queer them, along wh Bayota and Peony om Pokémon Sword and Shield beg gay. Sophia Narwz mocks Polygon attemptg to claim multiple characters om vio gam and nerd culture are gay via Twter.
YouTuber Vara Dark claims the Lk edorial has an ulterr motive, assertg, “Journalists have started this new journey to basilly bully Ntendo to makg Lk gay, by sayg ‘well, a lot of people image him this way, so you should make non. For many, Lk is gay or trans or both, and that’s a powerful thg. Lk is a gay in, and Zelda fans know [Polygon] “The Legend of Zelda’s beloved and inic protagonist, Lk, is tagged more than 17, 000 piec of fanfictn on Archive of Our Own.
FANS ARE GOG ALL ON CELEBRATG GRIMACE’S BIRTHDAY AND CLARG HIM A GAY IN
In a 2015 terview wh Kotaku, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma said Lk is “not gay. Lk is a gay in, and Zelda fans know. ) And Kate McKnon, playg a so-lled Weird Barbie who experienced an extreme haircut and makeover at the hands of an experimental child, never actually answers the qutn anybody would have upon seeg her gay-ass haircut and knowg the actor’s sexualy.
Yet even if no one says , Weird Barbie is clearly Gay Barbie. In his closed-door posn last month, Ziegler told lawmakers that he is gay, and phed back agast the notn om some right-wg figur that his sexual orientatn fluenc his polics or his job. “People have said, bee I’m gay and that I am workg as the se agent on this vtigatn, that I mt be a far-left liberal, perfectly placed to f some agenda.
Polygon: Lk is a gay inAlso Polygon: refer to a 2015 article where this is refuted.
POLYGON SAYS LK IS A GAY IN. HE'S NOT.
Acrdg to Polygon, Lk om the Legend of Zelda is now a gay and trans in. Leadg up to and followg the release of My First Album, Twter gays and the pop mic-foced have been ironilly hypg up Peppa to the extent that feels genue.
PEPPA PIG IS NOW A GAY IN BEE STAN TWTER IS MTED TO A B
Peppa the Pig has meme pedigree, and her moment the spotlight is a prime example of how onle stan and gay Twter culture elevat female pop stars to in stat, whether they’re real or not.
THE BABADOOK IS A GAY IN BEE OF A NETFLIX CLERIL ERROR
Peppa Pig as a gay in meme.
By jokgly placg Peppa on the female pop star pestal, the rtoon pig ultimately qualified as a gay in, followg the footsteps of Jepsen, Kim Petras, and other women who, regardls of whether they’re queer themselv, have massive fan bas of gay men who claim them as ins.
Broadly, a gay in mak a direct impact on the gay muny through their work, their advocy, or some batn of the two. In the morn age, gay ins predomately are figur who provi cultural pal to the gay muny; female pop stars equently fe relatnships wh their gay fan bas a way that mak them feel seen.