“The Vampire Diaries” Gets Its First Gay Character

Wow, a show that has even has a gay showrunner at the helm and he takes til halfway through the 5th season to finally have a character who is gay come through the show.

Is this supposed to be applauded?

Isn't Ian Somerhalder's character, Damon Salvatore, crypto gay?

Only five years after the hypocrite Kevin Williamson promised us we'd get one? HAH. Too little, too late. Don't care.

Sassy gay character! How original! They should have made Tyler gay.

There was so much homoeroticism in the first season. Most any of the male characters could have been made gay and it would have been realistic. There was so many guys on the show too, surely Kevin Williamson had one to spare? But no. Only when the show is nearly over does he have the guts to add one. Fucking pathetic hypocrite. He has an obligation to add gay characters and to add gay visibility on tv when he's gay himself. And his excuse was the most pathetic I've ever heard in my life "including a gay character needs to be organic". ORGANIC MY ASS. Just fucking admit it, you didn't have the balls to add a gay character when the show was actually popular, so you decide to add a minor, unimportant gay character when the show is almost finished. Nope. That's not ok. Too little too late. I'd rather he not add one at all if this is what we get. And he expects us to be happy with this? No, fuck that shit, and fuck him.

A gay TV-character who's sexually active and/or has a love life? Forget it, as usual he'll be nothing more than a walking advice-column, fashion-adviser and one-liner delivery man for the ones who DO matter.

Wasn't Caroline's father gay?

Not arguing against the "too late" crowd, but Williamson hasn't been showrunner on TVD for ages - it's Julie Plec, and has been for at least the last two or three seasons.

When I watched VD for its first couple of seasons I kept waiting vamps or actually practically anyone turning gay at any point. Now the same with The Originals which I still watch, even though it's not the most compelling entertainment. I'm liking the characters and the atmosphere of New Orleans. There is one gay character in The Originals, though, although he's pretty boring, just a minor vampire.

I keep wondering that is it because of Anne Rice's gay slut Lestat, and all of her other gay vamps plus the constantly sexy feeling in her books that make me think other vamp stuff should have that, too? She spoiled us.

Binge-watched VD about 2 months ago, and for it not to have an openly gay character it is a very gay series. Honestly the show was made for 15yo girls and us gays.

And yes Anne Rice nailed this shit years ago.

If only there'd be a kissing scene between this new character and Elena's brother, Jeremy. That would be HOT.

Still waiting...

Luke is supposed to make his appearance in the "Family Reunion" episode (Season 5, Episode 16), which is scheduled to be aired on March 20.

Thanks.

But that seems a long wait... and only half-dozen episodes max that he'll be in this season. Hope he's not just a one-or-two episode character that appears and then is out. that would be lame.

You can bet he's just another barely there gay, R14. Kevin Williamson is a fucking hypocrite. He doesn't mind showing two girls and a guy in a threesome, but he couldn't bother adding an actually gay character until the fifth season?! What's even worse is that he promised us a gay character back in season two, yet it never happened.. well.. not until now that is. NOW he adds a gay character, when the show is starting to go downhill, and he's got nothing to lose. He's a coward and a hypocrite. I can't believe Kevin Williamson, who is gay himself, doesn't have the balls to add a gay character until the middle of the fifth season. He's just like all other gay producers. He doesn't mind adding lesbians, because there's no risk involved, yet gay characters are apparently still too risky. Apparently he doesn't have any balls. And if you ask me it's too little, too late.

If anyone cares.. here's the guy who's playing the new gay character.

Damn, R15. You nearly gave my dick a heart attack. I clicked on your link and thought you were talking about David Gandy. That would've been brilliant...and worth waiting for!

Why does there have to be a gay character in every show?

R17, because it's nice with some representation? Because we want to see someone we can recognize ourselves in? Because it helps normalizing being gay and shows straight people that there's nothing wrong with being gay, and help gay kids see that there's more people like them out there? Take your pick. There's a million reasons why. It's disgusting that you'd think otherwise. That's why lesbians have 10 times as many lesbian characters on tv right now (compared to gay male characters). They actually care.

Well, he was finally introduced, but the only way we know he's gay is some snarky comment about him liking guys instead of girls.

He had very little do so.

At least he wasn't a mincing queen, but it does look like he'll be generally sexless.

And of course, it also looks like he'll likely just be killed off by the finale.

So... yay?

He was somewhat cute, but not exactly hot.

I was hoping he'd put the moves on Jeremey.

That show is still on?

Yes, R21.

This is actually the first season that I'm starting to tire of it... mostly due to Doppleganger over-load, and the desire for Catherine to just DIE already.

But it is still chock full of beautiful male eye-candy, so I keep watching.

Am I missing something or do CW shows have very few gay characters in them? It's actually quite sad considering many of their shows are targeted at younger people. One might even suspect a bit of an anti-gay agenda.

Kevin Williamson had the gay serial killers in the first season of The Following. Even if I hated them being psycho killers it was still great to have them. BTW, I've always thought (or probably wished) that Shawn Ashmore's character is gay but now he's flirting with Bacon's niece. What a shame.

Very few r23 Josh on the originals,Nyssa al ghul on arrow, Luke on vampire diaries and Walt on the Carrie diaries are the only current lgbt characters on the CW.

It only took what five years before this show gets what is essentially a completely token gay character?

I suppose we're supposed to be happy with a token gay character that will disappear after a couple of episodes...

Luke is the second gay character on VD the first being Caroline Forbes dad Bill Forbes.

Huh. I guess it never registered that he was gay. I remember the character well.

Wonder if he'll have more than four lines tonight...

If the Producers think this will make up for hiring anti-gay actor Ian Somerhalder years ago, too little too late.

The only reason we know he's gay is because he was introduced with some chick making a snide comment about him liking guys not girls.

If that's the extent of his sexuality, I don't think it counts at all.

Supernatural has the Charlie character. She is a lesbian.

R32, lesbians don't count.

R31 That's almost the same thing that they did with Bill Forbes Caroline's dad by briefly mentioning that he left Caroline's mother when figured out he was gay and briefly mentioned having a boyfriend in another state who we never see at all.

this show is over.

i'm like 6 episodes behind. i barely care about anyone.

i'm sick of all the doppledaggers.

annoying.

After 5 seasons?! I thought Kevin Williamson promised us a gay character three seasons ago? Or was that just a lie too? What a motherfucking surprise.

Nop, not happy with this. Still boycotting this shitty show. Too little too late. What's the changes of him being yet another barely there asexual gay character or him getting killed off within a few episodes, or both?!

BTW, what's with all these gay producers refusing to add gay characters to their shows? Gay men seem to have a huge problem in this regard. Even when they do add gay characters they're a) lesbian or b) barely there and asexual (see Modern Family for asexual, or Teen Wolf for barely there).

R32, so yet another show added a lesbian?! How many lesbians do we have on tv shows now, a billion?!

Lets number the lesbians on sci-fi shows, shall we? Once Upon A Time, Agents of SHIELD, Arrow, Supernatural.

Gays on sci-fi shows: -----------------

OOPS.

Technically they did r36 with Bill Forbes in season 3

Hannibal is "the" most homoerotic, however. I've been meaning to give this show a proper chance. Going to check it out.

Sorry, mentioning the word "gay" in passing doesn't pass as a gay character. They wouldn't even count a character like that if the character was a lesbian. Because they actually have fully developed sexually active lesbian characters on tv.. while the gays have to be thankful for asexual, barely there gay characters. How exactly is that fair?

Wait... no new episode last night? WHY NOT??

Yeah, why the fuck was it a rerun last night? I was expecting a new episode!

When is the next episode?

... anyone? What's with the reruns?!?

... hello? Nobody here watches this show any more??

...Bueller?

Next week r43

Why so many repeats??

this show is so horrible boring now

i'm not even watching next season

isn't there anyone else elena can date??? her only choice is damon or stefan.

jeremy is beyond hot.

Yeah, Jeremy was cute when the show started but he's evolved into walking sex on a stick.

why is this show always in close up?

R37, Walking Dead finally introduced a gay character, at the end of season 4. It's a minor character, and of course, yet another lesbian.

In my imagination, Vampires are fetid, deathly pale monstrosities who smell like mildew and spoiled fish and talk in lugubrious, mock-human monotone. They float outside your window and scratch at the glass with their long, dirty nails, waiting for you to succumb to your fear so you'll let them in. They are not your BF or BFF. Think 'Salem's Lot'.

R52, thanks for the heads up. Make that a billion and one shows with lesbian characters now.

Tv shows with lesbian characters:

The Fosters, Parenthood, Arrow, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, Agents of SHIELD, Pretty little Liars, Grey's Anatomy, Orphan Black, Mistresses, Orange is the New Black, Lost Girl, Two and a half Men, Game of Thrones, True Blood, Glee, Chicago Fire, Under The Dome, Warehouse 13, Betrayal, The Crazy Ones, Degrassi, The Good Wife, American Horror Story, Venice, Wentworth, Super Fun Night, Jersey Strong, Once Upon A Time, Ravenswood, Masters of Sex, Last Tango in Halifax, Little Horribles, The Walking Dead, The Bridge, Faking It, Janet King, Beacon Hill, House of Cards, Defiance, Girls, Shameless, Twisted, Trauma, Call Me Midwife.

We currently have gay men on:

Game of Thrones, True Blood, Scandal, Vampire Diaries*, Shameless, Orphan Black*, Days of our Lives, General Hospital*, Faking It, Awkward, Modern Family*, Teen Wolf*, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Looking, Nashville*, The Carrie Diaries*, The Haves and Have Nots*, Revenge, Major Crimes*, Warehouse 13*

* = barely there gay character, celbate gay character, tv show is cancelled, or all of the former mentioned.

Do you guys see a difference here? There's at least three times as many lesbian characters as gay characters. In addition to the amount, there's also the fact that lesbian characters actually get to have a love life, unlike gay characters who are token and/or just there for laughs.

Sorry, forgot about Glee on the gay side. But my point still stands.. there's a ton of lesbian characters right now, while we have a void of gays. I don't see it changing anytime soon though, considering that lesbians are more accepted in society.

R54, your rating for "Teen Wolf" is a bit off, given the gay characters tend to be shown kissing almost as often as the straight characters, and there was one rather well done gay sex scene. So not exactly celibate. But yeah, frequently "barely there". And now the couple is broken up so we have yet to see what's going on next season with Danny (though they're introducing a new gay jock character). Honestly, it's one of the most gay male friendly shows on TV and deserves more credit than you're giving it.

Is it just me, or is this so-called "First Gay Character" on Vampire Diaries the most "nearly non-existent" character ever? He's barely there, and if you didn't hear that ONE line someone said about him behind his back, nobody would ever have a clue he was gay.

I guess nobody's watching

... I guess not. Shame.

If this is the only bone they're going to throw us, that's pathetic.

This show is as apparently as popular on the datalounge as ... something really unpopular.

Seriously? With all the other shows that get discussion threads, this show gets NADA?

Really?

There has to be more than two people here watching this show...

*crickets*

This show used to have a ton of threads...

Anyway, new episode starts now on the East Cost.

I'm not watching unless the gay vampire wears nothing but D&G and bites its victims on the penis.

Well, he's not a gay vampire, he's a gay witch or something, and he's had like a dozen lines, and a few minutes of screen time across four episodes so far.

I'd be shocked if he survives the finale, to be honest.

I'm seriously wondering that are there some homophobe executives working at CW who deliberately keep the gays off their shows. There's been absolutely minimum amount of gay characters on the network's shows which is funny since the shows are aimed mainly to teens and gay acceptance is petty high in that age group. One notable exception was Carrie Diaries but that was of course axed after two seasons.

Season finale this week!

FINALE TONIGHT!

Most underwhelming new gay character ever.

Except for maybe Teen Wolf's new gay character.

Talk about 'token'...

VD is back new tonight with Luke the gay witch

Anyone think that Luke is cute?

Yes, he's definitely cute. But ... his character is pretty much asexual.

I wish that they give Luke a sex life unlike they did to Bill Forbes.

Jeremey wandering around shirtless for half the episode was amazing.

Oh, and hey, the gay guy actually said another guy was hot, so that's the SECOND passive subtle indication that he's actually gay!

TVD has a gay witch and TO has a gay vampire

Jeremy has the most amazing nipples. He should be shirtless CONSTANTLY. By Law.

What r78 said

Yum!!

So is it just me, or does the "Vampire Diaries" new-season discussion thread not open?

And now that gay character is dead.

That was the lamest gay character and plot ever.

Luke is dead now...so dead, dead, dead now. And they replaced him with some psychotwink called Kai.

I'm kinda annoyed with this choice of actor to play this menacing villian part.

I would rather see this guy getting gang fucked by a bunch meth heads on a T.I.M set.

********Spoiler Alert**********

Luke is now dead

This series is a dump.

Only one season left r85 then its over for good.

Bitch got killed off right off the bat. Fuck that noise. Supposedly vamper Josh is gonna get another bf on the originals.

I bailed on this show last season. Not watching this season. It went on two seasons too long.

And yeah, the 'gay character' thing was a total joke.

That SJW was going NUTS in this thread.

VD and TO spinoff Legacies adds lgbt character as one of Alaric Saltzman Gemini coven witch children is sexually fluid.

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