How Jeff Hiller Smashed Gay TV Trop on HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere” | Them

Contents:

• GAY OPTN
• INX NAMPAC / STRAIGHT GAY
• HOW JEFF HILLER SMASHED GAY TV TROP ON HBO’S SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE
• THE SPE/FLEXIBILY OF CAMP GAY AND CAMP STRAIGHT

GAY OPTN

While the real world, LGBTQ+ persons are jt as varied personaly and tras as straight/cisgenr on, has sued televisn wrers to e mon stereotyp for their gay characters li of actually makg them "real people". Even some LGBTQ+ people perpetuate the stereotyp by cricizg those who fall outsi of them as "not really gay" or words to that effect.

Wh media tend for gay dienc, gay wrers have their own subculture of stereotyp that ocsnally leak to the mastream. All Gays Love Theater: The ia that all gay men are theater fanboys, and everyone who works theater is naturally gay. Closet Key: An attractive character who helps another character of the same sex realize that they're gay or bisexual.

INX NAMPAC / STRAIGHT GAY

Gay Bravado: Characters makg homoerotic ments and suggtns to one another is Played for Lghs, bee of urse they're too macho to really be gay. Gay Moment: A man has a moment wh another man wh untentnal homoerotic unrton, then affirms rponse that he is not gay. Gay Optn: When a player character a vio game n pursue romantic relatns wh a member of the same sex, if the player is so cled.

Gay Romantic Phase: The ia that gayns is a phase that one go through before growg up and gettg to a heterosexual relatnship. Get Back the Closet: When a work jumps up the rough amework for what's "appropriate" bee ntas gay ntent. Geo Gee: A profsnal wrtler who tak on many homosexual mannerisms but stops short of admtg to beg a homosexual.

Homosexual Reproductn: Two characters of the same sex somehow have a child that is blogilly related to both of them. If It's You, It's Okay: When a gay or straight character mak a sgle exceptn for sex or romance wh someone outsi their normal genr preference.

HOW JEFF HILLER SMASHED GAY TV TROP ON HBO’S SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE

Last Het Romance: The heterosexual partner/relatnship that rults a gay or lbian character realizg they're queer and g out. Lover and Beloved: A (sometim ambiguoly) gay uple which one partner is much olr than and acts as a mentor to the other.

Secretly-Gay Activy: A character wh a same-sex attractn an "nocent" activy to pretend that the attractn is platonic. For Japane gam where beg gay is not jt an optn but the game self is themed on , see the vio game sectns of Yuri Genre (for lbians) and Yaoi Genre (for gay mal).

In Kraken Amy!!, of the three mic club members you n take out on a date, Vladimir serv as the gay optn. Had a gay optn as a Non Standard Game Over: If you ed Larry's fly on Gary the flamboyantly gay towel attendant or gave him the key to Larry's room, you were treated to a game over screen featurg the two walkg hand hand to the sunset.

THE SPE/FLEXIBILY OF CAMP GAY AND CAMP STRAIGHT

It's Downplayed eher se sce all the game's romantic arcs more or ls fizzle out by the end, but 's neverthels an tertg versn of the ual suatn where the Straight Optn receiv a lot of foc and the Gay Optn is more hidn away. In Bahamut Lagoon, pendg on the optns you pick, the Heroic Mime n eher be terted the prcs (who ends up leavg him for someone else halfway through the game anyway), or his old gay mentor, a rpected war general and urt sorcerer.

Fable provis the male Player Character many optns for heterosexual marriage, a few for gay marriage, and, if you n get away wh , a whole lot of optns for Polyamory. The two aren't exactly equal, though; while heterosexual marriage provis the player wh a dowry, an ocsnal source of e and ems, and a cutscene tailg the importance of the marriage to the hero's life, the gay marriage jt giv you the e and ems — and the game ocsnally refers to his hband as a "wife" by mistake.

The olst known example of a gay optn a vio game om an obscure 1992 Game Boy game lled Great Greed, where you n pick any one of ten other characters, male or female, for your male character to marry after you beat the game. Neon Genis Evangeln has one or two Datg Sim-que Alternate Contuy gam, which Kawo naturally plays the Gay Optn.