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Episode 12: There Goes My Anti-Hero

Episode 12: There Goes My Anti-Hero

FromThe Hopeless Romantic


Episode 12: There Goes My Anti-Hero

FromThe Hopeless Romantic

ratings:
Length:
73 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Villains, antagonists, and anti-heroes are the topic of the day. Austin and Amanda critically run through a roster of their favorite queer or queer-coded villains in media. Cartoonish homophobia and transphobia, coded Disney villains, the lack of female villains, how queer villains are seen as especially evil for their sexuality, redemption stories, how a main character can be the antagonist of their own story, and bisexual murder pits are all discussed.

Amanda has a revelation about how straight people consume media while discussing Lex from *Smallville,* Austin recounts the suffering he endured while watching *Downton Abbey* for Thomas Barrow, and the two roll around in their general love of villainy.
Released:
Apr 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (38)

Amanda Jean delights in wrestling manuscripts for her day job, worships at the altar of tropes, and has never met a villain or sexy alien she doesn’t like. Austin Chant writes books about gay magic and toxic masculinity, likes his queer stories with a slice of anguish, and kinda wants to be a pirate. Together, they discuss queer romance fiction and the broader world of queer media.