The X-Men Found a Genius Way Around a Problematic Trope

One of the longest running, and most controversial, media tropes is the"Bury Your Gays" narrative, where LGBTQ+ characters are unceremoniously killed off by straight authors in ways that rely on tired tropes and problematic plot developments, but the current era of the X-Men from Marvel Comics has found a way to bypass the more problematic elements of this trope.

"Straight authors using the trope as spectacle often use the trope irresponsibly. They do so claiming ignorance to not only the existence of the trope itself but also to its negative effects, as seen with The 100... There are ways to kill off queer characters—or any characters—in narrative without invoking harmful and tired plot devices. That is, to do so in ways which serve the narrative and the greater context which surrounds it.

From Luciano Vecchio's recent Marvel's Voices: Iceman mini-series which explored Bobby Drake's sexuality and relationship to queerness in the content of Krakoa to the introduction of the new trans mutant characters Escapade and Morgan Red in"Permanent Sleepover" by Charlie Jane Anders, there are not only more and more LGBTQ+ characters in X-Men comics but the characters are actually being spotlighted and developed.

"Queer authors using the trope in more contemporary periods do so only when the death of a queer character will serve both the narrative and the greater context surrounding that narrative... Conversely, straight creators invoke the trope either to symbolically punish queerness in their narratives... or as shock value for their [straight] audiences... Straight authors using the trope as spectacle often use the trope irresponsibly.

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