Is Vax Gay in “The Legend of Vox Machina”?
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Spoiler alert: This article contains minor spoilers up to Season 2, Episode 3. Legend of Vox Machina.
The second season of Legend of Vox Machina has finally started. So are the questions about how the Vox Machina story will continue. Season 2 of Prime Video’s animated series follows his group of ragtag mercenaries trying to save his world of Exandria from the threat of Chroma Conclave, a dangerous alliance of dragons who seek to rule (and destroy) the world. increase.
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One of those mercenaries is Vax’ildan, a half-elven twin, half Vax and half Vex. Liam O’Brien’s portrayal of Vax and Vex’s relationship is central to his first three episodes of the new season. But more than that, there seems to be a romantic undertone to Vax’s relationship with magician merchant Shaun Gilmore. Is Vax gay?
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Is Vax in “The Legend of Vox Machina” gay? According to the creators, he’s actually bisexual.
One of the best things about its origin story, which stems from The Legend of Vox Machina and Critical Role, is that its creators are all concerned with queer culture. In fact, according to the creator, few of the characters in his original Vox Machina campaign were “straight.” So when it comes to Vax, he has his own weird identity.
Throughout the first few episodes of Season 2, Vax makes some rather flirtatious comments to Shaun Gilmore, the sorcerer trader. Vax is relieved when Gilmore’s face is nearly destroyed in his Chroma Conclave’s destruction. Because this is his “most important feature.” And Gilmour suggestively says, “It’s not the most important thing,” hinting that it’s actually his penis.
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At the beginning of Vox Machina’s Journey, even the group talks about Gilmore and Vax’s relationship, overtly implying that their relationship is sexual without saying it directly. is actually bisexual, according to the creators behind Vax. In his Critical Role, on which The Legend of Vox Machina is based, Vax has relationships with people of all genders.
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By the end of the campaign, Vax and Keyleth are together, but until then there’s a relationship with a teenage girl named Cyriel, then a man named Thorn, and of course Gilmore. When impersonating Ran, he has openly stated his attraction to both men and women. and a 3 on the Kinsey scale.
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In fact, Vax’s twin, Vex, is also bisexual, according to Laura Bailey, who plays her. Laura tweeted: Or female. Additionally, Sam Riegel, who plays Scanlan, has said multiple times that Scanlan is not straight. “I don’t know what you call it. But whatever he is, he’s not 100% straight,” he tweeted.
There are several other queer characters in the world of Vox Machina.
A new episode of The Legend of Vox Machina airs every Friday on Prime Video.