#fictional gay characters

[krueger4eva]

Top 12 LGBT Horror Characters

9. Jake Wheeler (played by Zackary Arthur) from Chucky

TW: mentions of homophobia, bullying, child abuse, death, murder

*spoilers for Chucky TV Series*

Moving on to another television series based on a popular horror franchise, we are now discussing “Chucky”, which premiered on Syfy and USA Network in 2021, created by Don Manicini, who originated the entire franchise.

After seven movies, the iconic foul-mouthed killer doll continues his path of bloodshed on the small screen, with his targets sighted on a new generation of kids to terrorize.

One of those kids is middle schooler Jake Wheeler.

Before Chucky came into his life, Jake was already living in a horror story.

After his mother died in a car accident, Jake’s father Lucas became alcoholic, he is bullied mercilessly at school over his sexuality, and his perfectionist cousin Junior wants nothing to do with him.

At home, Lucas’ anger is compounded by the jealousy he felt toward his twin brother Logan’s more successful life he shared with his own wife and son. Plus, he is also not very accepting of Jake’s sexuality once he came out to him. All of this brewing rage led to Lucas punching his young son in the face after a heated argument. 🥺

The only solace he had was building those bizarre, morbid sculptures in his bedroom. (A hobby that he apparently outgrew after season 1, cause it’s never mentioned again.)

Then, Jake crosses paths with the red-headed doll at a chance encounter at a garage sale. After discovering his supernatural secret, Jake becomes slowly influenced by Chucky through after sharing his problems with him. Chucky uses false empathy to sway Jake into believing that he cares about his personal issues and wants to help him out. Thus, Chucky proposes a solution to make Jake’s emotional pain go away: MURDER!

What makes this so fascinating is that we see our lead character contemplating on going through with murdering someone. There are scenes of Jake buying weapons, chasing after someone, and even willingly gives Chucky to his tormentor Lexi, knowing that she would get murdered. Even though he has a change of heart and chooses to stop this plan, part of me actually worried that Jake would’ve succeeded in giving in to Chucky’s psychopathic manipulations, becoming another Charles Lee Ray in the making. It is terrifying, yet heartbreaking to see how easy it is for a child from a broken home could be influenced to do horrific acts by a stranger.

Yet, the damage was already done. Jake’s actions have still led to many deaths around him, including classmates and family members.

Now, Jake has to take responsibility and make things right. Now, everyday him and his friends have to spend their teen years facing danger at every turn.

Evil therapists. Psychotic nuns. Sociopathic children.

And to top it off, Chucky can be anywhere…and ANYONE!!

I can’t tell you if Jake will survive Chucky once more, because season 3 hasn’t premiered yet by the time this post has been published.

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[taintedtowers]

i should probably drop this on tumblr on its own huh. if you told me a year ago that a project my favorite comedian is on would spawn a full-on labor movement powered by yaoi fanart i wouldve probably beaten you to death with rocks anyways pay your yaoi tax

[jennywebbyart]

Throughout the whole movie, I kept forgetting she was married….

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[guardcanine]

literally skipping my own graduation ceremony to write porn about two gay men, who are sworn enemies, fucking. how many points do I get

[sinlizards]

Wheels slow, the fumes die There's nobody left, she's alone and counting

[outromoony]

"We listen and we don't judge" but it's people hating on my favorite fictional character so I'm pretty much listening and pretty much judging.

[verathena14]

I love him, he’s so pathetic babygirl

[buckingham-ashtray]

I keep forgetting that Sherlock Holmes and John Watson don’t actually live and breathe in this universe

[ts-celine-dijjon]

How would you Love your weekend 😋

I'm kinda bored it's sucks ☺️🤫💋

[houseswife]

if the target audience of house was middle-aged cishet dudebros then why are all the promo shots of him so sexually compelling to me personally. like what feelings are these meant to evoke other than “I need to fuck that old man or so help me god”

[krueger4eva]

Top 12 LGBT Horror Characters

6. Will Byers (played by Noah Schnapp) from Stranger Things

*spoilers for Stranger Things*

Welcome to Hawkins, Indiana.

It seemed like a perfect place to live…

…up until November 1983.

…when Will Byers disappeared.

Up until this very unlucky day, Will lived an average life with his older brother Jonathan and his single mother Joyce. With their father no longer in the picture, Will relies on Jonathan for paternal guidance.

Shy and timid, he was a constant target of bullying and only had a few friends. Yet none of them were exactly popular.

But he had no idea how strong their bond would soon become over the next few years.

To think, Will thought him and his friends biggest issue would be which role they would play in Dungeons and Dragons.

Then, Will was taken to the Upside Down…

…setting off a chain of events that would change him and the town of Hawkins forever!

After Will’s round trip journey to another dimension, he brought something back that will always connect him to that cosmic world.

Soon, a few otherworldly tourists from the Upside Down have been making a few uninvited visits in Hawkins.

Since then, Will, his family, and friends have encountered dangerous enemies who have an interest in him, his psychic new friend Eleven, and any other strange events happening in Hawkins. These antagonists range from the mundane to the paranormal. This includes scientists and soldiers who are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, even at the expense of innocent parties. Among the supernatural creatures Will runs into are the Demogorgons and the Mind Flayer, who has caused the worst trauma on him. He was even part of a mission to defeat the very ruler of the Upside Down himself, Vecna, which led to the highest number of casualties in the town yet.

With his new schedule of being possessed, dodging gunfire, and battling brainwashed citizens, there is no time for D&D for Will and his friends.

But on the bright side, they were also joined by an eclectic group of friends and allies who’ve unwittingly stumbled onto something greater than themselves.

Yet, among this cast of colorful characters, how does Will stand out among them?

Will the Wise.

The missing boy.

The Zombie Boy.

Who was Will Byers?

As his friends (the ones who were still alive) began to mature, explore dating, and found other interests, Will felt like he was an outsider again.

He believes his friends are growing up without him.

It’s as if he was still stuck in the Upside Down.

Things were changing in Hawkins. Everyone was changing. (Especially the changes NOT caused by cosmic influence.)

But Will hasn’t realized that not everyone has their identity figured out as a kid.

It’s just part of growing up.

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[starlittirade]

Little comic of fidds and Stan based on something my adhd ass said to a platonic friend BY ACCIDENT

Lord help me

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[jasontoddsmommyissues]

To be honest, I would let Cassandra Nova do unspeakable things to me.

[valtsv]

Homophobic bioterrorist. Someone should put you on a watchlist

yeah this post is definitely worth subjecting me to the violence of state surveillance over i agree someone get the FBI's top agents on this one right now