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Also, something I should have put in my original argument, the low death count in this show \'\'supports\'\' the subversion of BuryYourGays. The trope page explains that the trope specifically does not apply to shows where AnyoneCanDie because in those shows [[CaptainObvious anyone can die]]. In situations with large body counts it doesn\'t matter if they are gay or straight, they are just people dying and just as many straight characters die, the fact that they are gay is irrelevant (A \
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Also, something I should have put in my original argument, the low death count in this show \\\'\\\'supports\\\'\\\' the subversion of BuryYourGays. The trope page explains that the trope specifically does not apply to shows where AnyoneCanDie because in those shows [[CaptainObvious anyone can die]]. In situations with large body counts it doesn\\\'t matter if they are gay or straight, they are just people dying and just as many straight characters die, the fact that they are gay is irrelevant (A \\\"we\\\'re all equal in death\\\" sort of thing). The trope refers to when more characters die who are gay than are straight, or even \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' gay characters die, and that\\\'s what the lead in to \\\'\\\'Apokolips....Now!\\\'\\\' seems to be giving, since up until then there had been no on-screen deaths among the good guys (All deaths were either villains, off-screen, etc.) and it looks like the very first, possibly only, hero to be killed on the show is its one gay character...and then she survives.
You\\\'re completely right that I doubt the writers were intentionally going for this, they were almost certainly not thinking \\\"Let\\\'s make them think we killed the gay chick and then trick them,\\\" but that is still the end result.
P.S. I just feel the need to point out that I am extremely happy they decided on the subversion, since Maggie is actually one of my all-time favorite characters (She gets a starring role in \\\'\\\'GothamCentral\\\'\\\', which was one of the first series I read after \\\'\\\'FiftyTwo\\\'\\\', which lead me into the DCU in general) and I like her and Turpin\\\'s role on the show, which shows that there really is a Metropolis Police Department, and it\\\'s not just Superman flying around stopping every single crime.
You\\\'re completely right that I doubt the writers were intentionally going for this, they were almost certainly not thinking \\\"Let\\\'s make them think we killed the gay chick and then trick them,\\\" but that is still the end result.
P.S. I just feel the need to point out that I am extremely happy they decided on the subversion, since Maggie is actually one of my all-time favorite characters (She gets a starring role in \\\'\\\'GothamCentral\\\'\\\', which was one of the first series I read after \\\'\\\'FiftyTwo\\\'\\\', which lead me into the DCU in general) and I like her and Turpin\\\'s role on the show, which shows that there really is a Metropolis Police Department, and it\\\'s not just Superman flying around stopping every single crime.
