It’s the gay SUBTEXT!

I’m possibly going against my own blog by making this post but some movies that have characters that claim to be straight just have too much homoerotic subtext for them to not be written about, but hopefully not to be confused with queerbaiting. So, in no particular order here’s some of my favourite gay ‘couples’ in film.

Charles Xavier & Erik Lensherr (X-Men Franchise)

These two really are the prime example of not gay but should be, specifically in X-Men: First Class. James McAvoy who plays Charles even said ‘It is a little bit of a mini-tragedy that [Xavier] and Magneto don’t, you know, have sex and become married and become best friends.’ I mean, come on, if McAvoy is saying it then you know it should have happened.

Arthur & Eames (Inception)

‘You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.’ is what Eames says to Arthur before he blows up a telephone pole and it’s what I’d say to Inception director Christopher Nolan as to why he didn’t make them a couple. Their witty and flirty banter throughout the film shows more chemistry than most rom-coms nowadays.

Geralt & Jaskier (The Witcher)

Okay, technically not a film but DigitalSpy posted an article entitled ‘Is The Witcher gay, or very gay?’ and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. To me, and pretty much every other LGBT+ fan of the show I’ve spoken to, it’s pretty obvious that Jaskier is queer. However, this is probably more of a case of unrequited love than the other two friendships I’ve mentioned. Jaskier follows Geralt about like its nobodies business and the poor bard even writes a olden days version of ‘Jolene’ by Dolly Parton, whilst Geralt defiantly seems more interested in Yennefer. Still, there’s an obvious hint of homoeroticism and I’m here for it.