In HBO's Hoe of the Dragon, a queer character was btally killed, leadg many to thk of the "bury your gays" trope.
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- IS "HOE OF THE DRAGON" BURYG ITS GAYS?
- HOE OF THE DRAGON TRODUC GAY CHARACTER AND FANS ARE ECSTATIC: ‘THE GAY ANGST IS PALPABLE’
IS "HOE OF THE DRAGON" BURYG ITS GAYS?
Hoe of the Dragon episo 5 feeds to the extremely tired and outdated Bury Your Gays trope wh a btal character ath. * house of dragon gay couple *
Warng: Spoilers for Hoe of the Dragon follow.HBO’s Hoe of the Dragon may be a show full of giant dragons and spooky propheci, but s cisn to spare not one, but two gay characters seemgly sted for ath somehow feels even more fantastil.In a massive change om Gee R.R. I know ’s Game of Thron, but to have our heroe workg to kill the gay hband she says she lov her own way jt for some ct-y schemg? You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web 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?
HOE OF THE DRAGON TRODUC GAY CHARACTER AND FANS ARE ECSTATIC: ‘THE GAY ANGST IS PALPABLE’
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THATS GAY. 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?
The gays of thron, if you of Thron, as 's more wily known, has always had a long history of killg pretty much everyone, y, but when me to LGBTQ+ characters, there was always a homophobic subtext that beme impossible to ignore.
Hoe of the Dragon has troduced gay character Laenor Velaryon the most epic way possible episo three. * house of dragon gay couple *
Well, y, but there rema specific exampl, even 2022, where the mistreatment and celty that queer people suffer grossly outweighs what happens to their straight of like real life, Hoe of the Dragon, a show where gays n fy all odds and live happily love together, but only for a scene or two, bee straight teasg (queerbag? This is a fictnal world where homophobia don't have to be a, that don't stop Laenor om tongug his lover Ser Jofey Lonmouth every chance he gets... NetflixJofey, overe wh the gay need to gossip, tells Criston that he's well aware of the knight's relatnship wh Rhaenyra.
Kill the gays, by all means, but when the gay qutn is one of the first and only queer people on the entire show, murrg them such a cel, sadistic way rerc harmful, dated trop. Why should we feel anythg but rentment for a character whose securi led to such a specifilly homophobic form of vlence?
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