Welcome to AfterElton.com!

Enter your AfterElton.com username.
Enter the password that accompanies your username.
News, Reviews & Commentary on Gay and Bisexual Men in Entertainment and the Media
Home » Blogs » Lyle Masaki's blog » At least we can expect more HoYay from Heroes

At least we can expect more HoYay from Heroes

by
Lyle Masaki

The hopes of seeing a gay character on Heroes may be looking discouraging but a look at the series' panel at Comic Con International, this weekend says we can, at least, expect to see more hoyay.

Among the panel's highlights, were a moment where Sendhil Ramamurthy fakes a kiss with Greg Grunberg after Grunberg remarks on the AfterElton Hot 100 pick's beauty. At the panel, producer Jeph Loeb also told the audience, "You guys have gone on YouTube and... you take Peter, put him together with Nathan and then you play love music. We don't know why, but we've seen it."

A few months ago the Heroes webcomic (which is getting published as a graphic novel) had a panel that looked a lot more like Peter was kissing Mohinder, with the panel's vagueness accomplished with an affectionate hand coincidentally covering up a telltale adam's apple. Considering how aware Heroes is of the part of their fanbase that enjoys the hoyay aspects, I don't think that panel was coincidental anymore.


Now, if only we could get an actual gay hero...

  • Lyle Masaki's blog
  • Login or register to post comments
    • Submitted by
    Lyle Masaki
    on Mon, 2007-07-30 16:56.
    TAGS :: 
    Jon's picture

    I keep forgetting this show is on

    Submitted by
    Jon (2420 points) (494 posts)
    on Tue, 2007-07-31 01:24.
    Between the horrible way they handled the Zach issue and how lousy their season finale was, I lost most interest in the show. Judging by the millions of viewers they bled last season, apparently I was not the only one.
    no votes
    see individual ratings
    Cylon's picture

    One more time...the people

    Submitted by
    Cylon (773 points) (145 posts)
    on Tue, 2007-07-31 06:06.

    One more time...

    the people at Heroes had NOTHING to do with how Zach was treated. They wanted to make him gay, but his manager made them change the storyline at the last minute. It's not their fault how things turned out.

    no votes
    see individual ratings
    RFC's picture

    HoYay?

    Submitted by
    RFC (425 points) (88 posts)
    on Tue, 2007-07-31 07:10.
    Just a simple question: What's HoYay??
    no votes
    see individual ratings
    Cylon's picture

    It's a term for

    Submitted by
    Cylon (773 points) (145 posts)
    on Tue, 2007-07-31 07:43.

    It's a term for "Homoeroticism yay!"

    It's basically when a show has homoerotic subtext, or something that is interpreted as homoerotic subtext.

    Average (1 vote):
    see individual ratings
    Lyle Masaki's picture

    HoYay

    Submitted by
    Lyle Masaki (3516 points) (4625 posts)
    on Thu, 2007-08-02 03:08.
    I'd add that HoYay fans look for moments that can be re-interpreted as being full of homoerotic sexual tension, like when two guys have an intense conversation with the two getting into each other's personal space.

    There are clips on YouTube where, if you're looking for it, it's hard to miss the HoYay they're talking about. Heroes HoYay fans have suspected that the show has been trying to stealthily cater to them and Loeb's comments suggests that may be the case.
    no votes
    see individual ratings
    Chubarama's picture

    oh geez

    Submitted by
    Chubarama (20 points) (3 posts)
    on Tue, 2007-07-31 07:41.

    I have a thing for Greg Grunberg so it was still kinda hot but God forbid you go for the real funny and just straight up kiss the guy. I know I woulda!

     

    www.chubarama.net

    Average (1 vote):
    see individual ratings
    Griet's picture

    Re the panel in the comic

    Submitted by
    Griet (552 points) (112 posts)
    on Wed, 2007-08-01 06:26.
    If it's not Peter kissing Mohinder (or Borehinder as we like to call him), who is he meant to be kissing?
    Average (1 vote):
    see individual ratings
    Brian Juergens's picture

    It's his dying patient's daughter, right?

    Submitted by
    Brian Juergens (1205 points) (6471 posts)
    on Wed, 2007-08-01 08:56.
    The girl he stole from Isaac who got shot? Didn't they kiss on the terrace in the rain?
    Average (1 vote):
    see individual ratings
    Griet's picture

    Oh right. Damn. She does

    Submitted by
    Griet (552 points) (112 posts)
    on Wed, 2007-08-01 10:03.
    Oh right. Damn. She does look an awful lot like him!
    no votes
    see individual ratings
    Sethanel's picture

    Love heroes, even if they went the wrong way in season two...

    Submitted by
    Sethanel (190 points) (39 posts)
    on Thu, 2008-05-15 16:24.
    not only that but isaac painted them in the rain under a red umbrella. i assume the above photo is when they skip five years into the future ("five years gone" episode). the future hiro has a room set up just like that one, with the pictures. the future hiro is even the one to tell them to save the cheerleader.
    no votes
    see individual ratings

    Home » Blogs » Lyle Masaki's blog » At least we can expect more HoYay from Heroes