Comments | whimsicalnixie: Gay Representation in the "Riverdale" comic book, Issue #4

whimsicalnixie

Gay Representation in the "Riverdale" comic book, Issue #4

Jul 05, 2017 21:41

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fandom: archie comics, character: kevin keller, fandom: riverdale, #4

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ragnarok_08 July 6 2017, 15:45:44 UTC

I totally agree with you on this post.

whimsicalnixie July 18 2017, 15:24:09 UTC

Thanks. It's frustrating because I like the original character and want him to have good stories, but none of the writers are doing anything of interest with him.

awakenyourfaith July 7 2017, 02:15:54 UTC

Because this comic is all about the gay angst in a way that makes Thomas Barrow's arc in Season Six of Downton Abbey look cheerful. - That bad, huh? Whoa.

whimsicalnixie July 18 2017, 15:23:09 UTC

Yeah. While this story does end with a ray of hope, it's mostly just 20+ pages of Kevin feeling like a lonely outsider. And after they really didn't do anything with him in the show beyond "sassy gay friend" to Betty and Veronica, it's really exasperating that they have yet to give him an actual storyline beyond a bunch of stock gay tropes.