Why Walkg Dead Canceled Plans For Its First Gay Character

Contents:

• IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
• ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ STS SHOW’S FIRST MALE GAY CHARACTER
• WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• THIS 'WALKG DEAD' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY
• THE WALKG DEAD‘S FIRST GAY MALE CHARACTER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?

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. As a rult, many viewers have scratched their heads for years and wonred if Daryl is gay — spe a strong majory of the fanbase suggtg that Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBri) should bee an em.

In fact, Kirkman tailed that the origal plans were for Dixon to be gay, but simply never happened. On that same note, Res simultaneoly exprsed that he “isn’t aaid” to portray Daryl as a gay character and that he would happily work wh whatever material the wrers gave him.

‘THE WALKG DEAD’ STS SHOW’S FIRST MALE GAY CHARACTER

So while Dixon isn’t currently gay nonilly, that don’t mean that plans won’t soon change down the le as the character’s story ntu to expand the latt pulse-poundg seri. The Walkg Dead appears poised to troduce the show’s first male gay character the send half of season 5. He is a gay person livg the Alexandria Safe Zone, a place that hasn’t been explored on the televisn seri yet.

WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER

TV Le’s sourc asi, Robert Kirkman nfirmed Augt that a gay person would be troduced the fifth season of The Walkg Dead, so mak sense that news of his stg would surface now.

This isn’t the first time the show has troduced a homosexual. The Walkg Dead is takg aim at homophobia, as well as a small, but vol segment of viewers rpond negatively to the cln of a gay uple the sp-off seri The Walkg Dead: World Beyond, the anchise rpond om s official Twter acunt. ”Jelani Allad and Ni Tortorella portray a gay uple 'The Walkg Dead: World Beyond' (Photo Cred: Mall Polay/AMC)Premierg last October, World Beyond was a teen-centric variatn on The Walkg Dead, followg four adolcents who are among the first generatn to grow up a world populated by bra-eatg monsters.

Oh we n’t fd a character for you, screw you’re gay wh this guy. 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.

THIS 'WALKG DEAD' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY

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.

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.

THE WALKG DEAD‘S FIRST GAY MALE CHARACTER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

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 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.

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