Why do we suddenly have to confirm every character’s sexual orientation these days? Two dudes can’t be friends now without being gay? Is this grade school?
Whoooooo caaaaaaaaares.
Why can’t two guys be friends who are also more than friends? Like I said they seemed pretty gay to me, but I thought it was cool the didn’t bash you over the head with it.
Though I will say I bet gay people care a bit, considering there haven’t been any (confirmed, I mean seriously Threepio) in a SW movie yet.
Sure they can, but they came across as nothing more brotherly fellows to me. But I guess that’s “pretty gay”?
It was mostly due to how they acted during
their death scene, especially Baze staring at Chirrut longingly in his final moments. There was obviously a strong bond between them which to me felt spousal (especially stuff like Chirrut walking out on his own on Eadu and saying he won’t be alone because Baze will follow). Could easily be brotherly but homosexual I think is just as legitimate an interpretation and that’s how I took it.
I’m sure you’re joking about Threepio considering he’s a droid but I mean in my experience, you can’t really distill “what makes someone homosexual” down to their mannerisms.
More the fact he clearly is in love with R2 (but yes, a joke).
My complaint is just why is there so much emphasis on it when it’s not something that affects the characters at all? Maybe Jyn was a lesbian? Maybe Cassian was gay? Maybe Tarkin is gay? Maybe Galen was in the closet and the death of his wife allowed him to finally live his life as a gay man? Maybe all the dudes who care about each other in other war films are all gay? Does it matter? It’s not like heterosexual is the default state (we don’t need to confirm that Han Solo is straight, and shit, maybe he isn’t!), so the distinction is unimportant unless it plays a part in the story.
I don’t think there’s really that much emphasis on it. It’s more about considering the relationship between two characters, which I would say affects them. I don’t really care if Obi-Wan is gay, doesn’t affect who he is in Episodes II through VI, but it could change how I view his relationship with Qui-Gonn if I thought it was the case (note: don’t think it is, not enough evidence). Whether Han Solo is bisexual doesn’t really matter as the fact that he likes dudes doesn’t really apply at all, but certainly his love for Leia is something that informs their scenes together. Obviously that’s explicit and baked more into the story, but with small characters like Chirrut and Baze, to which we know less, it makes sense to speculate about what makes them tick. It’s the same thing with Kanan and Hera. We don’t know for sure, which is fine, but it seems very fair to speculate as it would totally change how we view their interactions.