Dead Gays Dying

[erastes]

Whilst I don't like the automatic "I already know the ending before I start out" habit that is the HEA (as hypocritical as that sounds, seeing as how I write romance) I also baulk at the Dead Gay Syndrome which flowers here and there.

Here's a great list "Bring out your Gay Dead" which lists a hell of a lot of them, modern and otherwise from many different media. It has kindly used white text to avoid too many spoilers, so you have to highlight the text to read them.

I could add to this list pretty easily:

The protagonist in A Single Man - once he decides he's going to move on and find love again, he dies of a heart attack.
Richard and Alec in Swordspoint. Although it's pretty clear that they lived and loved to a ripe old age - Kushner has to kill them both off in the short story Death of the Duke.
Trueblood the TV Series: one dead gay vampire (although I guess all vampires are dead), one dead gay cook (although that's not established completely as yet and I'm hoping not) one dead gay boys toy killed by vampires for being treacherous.
Brideshead Revisited - Sebastian is destroyed, if not actually killed off.
Death in Venice. No spoilers there, at least.
Sirius Black.  Yeah yeah.. I know... Leave me some fanfic illusions will you?

I could go on...  How about you? Any more to add?

Other links
http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2006/11/oscars-rules-for-gay-characters.html
http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/movies/2006/10/horror2.html

Ps Don't forget The Advent Calendar. There's a competition today!

Comments

[the-sea-to.livejournal.com]

also... dead gays: DUMBLEDORE!!!!

xxxx