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redkrypto:

saw atomic blonde by myself in a theatre of hets in the middle of the night and let me just say watching THE lesbian in the film get brutally murdered in one of the most violent ways i’ve ever seen onscreen really um what’s the word traumatized me for life

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yeah uh i saw this movie just cos I heard it was gay and was really not expecting the ingenue lesbian get strangled by a man in her own bed while half-naked it was Unfun

so sounds like this movie is a no for me

Though, the love interest was supposedly a guy, who would also die. I’m all for boycotting media that /actively/ participates in the BYG trope – but this one character was always meant to die, whether a het or not. Please don’t take it too far and support this film.

^ Thank you.

This character was a man in the comics and died too. They didn’t kill her just because she was a lesbian. And her death made narrative sense in a spy movie. Of course I wanted her to live but this movie is still hella progressive and they made the effort to make our lead a bisexual woman who kicks ass rather than having it be straight and her previous white male love interest died too.

I think as a community we really need to focus on the circumstances in which a character dies instead of just the fact that they die. I understand if it triggers you, then definitely don’t see the movie. But it is still good rep. And it’s important for movies like this to do well. It shows that movies with female leads and queer leads can succeed. Even in a traditionally male genre.

I think the point being missed in these last two comments is that while the character was always meant to die in the narrative, the advertising for the movie itself – meant to garner interest in people not familiar with the comics – indicated a Queer love interest.

The big problem with that is Queer audience members not knowing what to expect being yet again blindsided by the unfortunate BYG trope. The circumstances of the character’s death in-canon is an important factor, but consider also the important factor of the external lives of the people viewing this media. We were promised representation, but once again it came at the price of death. Like we can’t be seen on screen unless we’re being made an example of in some manner. It’s exhausting, and honestly I’m done with supporting media based off one merit (eg. Female Lead) when there are yet still so many unconscionable flaws.