I know all other incarnations of Penguin have been straight in the history of Batman, so I was just curious if they made him gay because of the actor?
Taylor is gay in real life. This isn't meant as a criticism of the character's sexuality. I don't mind that he's gay.
I'm simply curious.
I'm pretty sure that's the reason. You're right, Penguin has always liked women in other incarnations.
shareWe don't actually know. It's entirely possible that they intended him to be gay and cast RLT with that in mind.
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28 days 6 hours 42 minutes 12 seconds. That is when the world will end.
Naw I just think that it's possible that the sexual orientation of Penguin has been not that well known. Plus nothing wrong in having Bisexual or Gay characters. Also when people are young it's natural to experiment with their sexuality. Guess we will see what happens with Penguin when he returns.
sharetotally. This Penguin is only gay because of the guy who plays him
shareI think it is too earlly to call him gay.
He could still be bisexual or pansexual.
Also, the affection wasn't shown to be physical. The Penguin was clearly very infatuated by Ed's actions. oswald seems to be a huge sucker for anyone who shows him great lengths of loyalty. (Pun not jntended)
Oh dude. You are going way into details for tv writers. You have your gay people, and your straight people. Of course gay women don't really exist in tv land, they're all bi (as in turn to a man the minute they get too threatening to the audience), but men who are into guys, are just into guys. You don't want to scare straight America with subtleties, do you?
shareSeveral of the cast members of this show are known to be gay/bi, not just Taylor. But it was only the Penguin that they decided to gay up, and even that was done halfheartedly.
shareWell i would think the main reason penguin is straight throughout the history is because of the era.. homosexuality is barely even excepted now in 2017, just check out our soon to be dead forums or see comments on youtube..let alone any other time in history... but people are going to hate no matter what.... and now our forums are paying the price