![]() ![]() In other cases, a predominantly straight show may bring in a gay character for a Very Special Episode and don't know how to organically just write the character out once the story has been told, so kill them off instead. One discussed issue that may contribute to so many works burying their gays is that writers struggle with how to handle them - they are often created as a flat character with "gay" as their entire characterization, so once the gay-related plots have dried out the writers will recycle this one, too. This may be because they are often afforded more storylines that aren't exclusively gay. ![]() If the characters' relationship is obscured, or plain baiting, it drastically increases their chance of survival. Sometimes it's because the Magical Queer has died in a Heroic Sacrifice so that the straights may live. Nowadays, when opinions on sexuality have shifted somewhat, justification may be attempted via Too Good for This Sinful Earth.
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