Before Aaron or Pl "J" Monroe me to the picture, The Walkg Dead was set to troduce s first gay character much earlier the story.
Contents:
- WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
- THE WALKG DEAD FANS ARE FUR ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S BEEN KILLED OFF
WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
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He is a role mol, spiratn, and a mentor to other characters and a perfect example that prov to all the anti-LGBTQIA+ people that beg gay don’t mean you are a bad says:I would say whout doubt ’s Strand Fear. The Walkg Dead on social media is also a proud supporter, nouncg homophobic people.
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Before Aaron or Pl "J" Monroe me to the picture, The Walkg Dead was set to troduce s first gay character much earlier the story. The seri never strayed away om s diversy, gog on to troduce several gay survivors who would quickly go on to bee fan favor, but seri -creator and wrer Robert Kirkman planned an earlier troductn for the seri' leap to diverse new characters. The first openly gay character troduced wh The Walkg Dead ic seri is Aaron, an experienced recer for Virgia's Alexandria Safe Zone muny.
THE WALKG DEAD FANS ARE FUR ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S BEEN KILLED OFF
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It's nearly two years later when the ic troduc yet another major gay character Pl "J" Monroe.
The letters pag of The Walkg Dead Deluxe #50 reveal exactly who Kirkman tend to have as the seri' first major gay survivor, and 's none other than The Governor's former litenant, Martez. In discsg his cisn to scrap the reveal that Martez was gay, Kirkman mented, "I remembered that I was planng to have Rick beat him to ath—then I thought, probably not the bt thg to do wh your first proment gay character.
The Walkg Dead fans were not happy that Tara - one of the show's few proment gay characters - died the penultimate episo of season 9. * gay character twd *
The Walkg Dead Was Wise To Change Its First Openly Gay Character. Martez beg troduced as the first openly gay character, only to have himself beaten by Rick a few issu later would have drastilly taken away the momentum that Kirkman had planned wh the reveal. Future gay characters like Pl Monroe are not only pable of handg themselv but n be tsted nfidant and close iends to Rick throughout the remar of the seri.
It's poetic that two of the seri' most fan-favore and perseverg gay characters, Pl and Aaron, would end the seri as lovers. However, Tara’s ath also got a lot of people riled as spelled the send removal of a rare gay character on the show this same season.
You’re probably aware that this is a troublg trope not jt TWD but across the televisn landspe, wh the tratg trend so popular ’s often known as the “buryg your gays” trope.