mohamedm1 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Since when is Renly gay...? Is it just something HBO decided to change and why would they do it? Or was it mentioned in the books cause I don't recall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Stargaryen Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Since the books started :PHe and Loras Tyrell shared some pretty intimate moments in AGOT. He's gay both in the books and the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LampreyPie Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 GRRM confirmed he is gay in the books, but it is only hinted at.Examples (copy and pasted from random internet source):Now sheathe your bloody sword, or I’ll take it from you and shove it up some place even Renly never found. Jaime to LorasWhen the sun has set, no candle can replace it. Loras about RenlyRenly’s little rose? I doubt that. Oberyn about LorasWe had...we had prayed together that night. Loras about Renly...I got Margaery. You’ll be pleased to know she came to me a maid.In your bed she’s like to die that way. Renly & StannisAnd it relieved him {Mace} of the difficult task of trying to find lands and a bride for a third son, never easy, and doubly difficult in Ser Loras’s case. Petyr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melonica Stormborn Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 The flamboyance and "rainbow guards" are telling signs. @LampreyPie's quoted passages are also very telling.In A Storm of Swords, Ser Loras' bitterness about Lord Renly's death when he talked about it to Sansa was also suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhaleesiDany Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 We had...we had prayed together that night. Loras about RenlyOh man, that is the best one :POP, it went over my head in the books, too, except that when Sansa and Loras were talking I sort of suspected something. The Rainbow Guards never seemed gay to me I thought Renly was just . . . colorful. :dunce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melonica Stormborn Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I might have interpreted "rainbow guards" in gay pride undertones. :drunk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lannister Hamster Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Once you know and look for it in the books it's fairly obvious, a bit like Mel and Stannis sleeping together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bib Fortuna Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 The great thing about Sansa's conversation with Loras is that she immediately assumes Loras is angry with her for bringing up the subject of him having to kill Robar Royce. But reading the subtext of the conversation leads the reader to realize Loras is upset about Renly's death instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 George R. R. Martin has explicity said that the Rainbow Guard wasn't symbolizing Renly's homosexuality, it had something to do with the colors of the Seven and the Faith, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohamedm1 Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Yeah I see it now. When I was reading it I considered the rainbow guards and his flamboyance just as a way to distinguish himself from his brothers. But I did tell that there was a strong relationship between Loras and Renly...just not that strong. More like best friends lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamnDirtyApe Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 George R. R. Martin has explicity said that the Rainbow Guard wasn't symbolizing Renly's homosexuality, it had something to do with the colors of the Seven and the Faith, I believe.Might have not been that way when he wrote it, but it sure as hell is now! --HBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Might have not been that way when he wrote it, but it sure as hell is now! --HBOHaha! Here a quote from the wiki for those interested:The Rainbow Guard is an organization created by Renly Baratheon to serve a similar purpose to the Kingsguard. Its members wear rainbow cloaks and have a rainbow coat of arms. This connects them to the Faith of the Seven (to whom the rainbow is a religious symbol). Each member is described as wearing armor of a single different color, with the group of seven together representing the seven-colored rainbow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Snowcat Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Haha! Here a quote from the wiki for those interested:Thx for the wiki info. I was just about to reply on this but my answers arrived! :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhaleesiDany Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple . . . white? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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