Board 8 > Johnbobb Ranks User-Nominated LGBT Characters 2 [nominations]

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Ran this topic a few years ago, and it was the first really big ranking I held here, so might as well give it a sequel!

Rules
-5 nominations per user. Aiming for around 75 nominations or so.
-Any characters that are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, pansexual, etc. are eligible. Essentially, anything not strictly heterosexual.
-To count, they must be LGBT within the fiction's canon. This can be through specific interactions of the character or confirmation by the creator. No headcanons.
-Characters from any media (TV, comics, games, movies, etc.) are eligible. Please specify what they're from when nominating them.
-Characters with heavily suggested but not outright confirmed LGBT tendencies (ex. implied crushes on same sex) may be eligible, but if it's not obvious, please make your case (or at least give a brief statement) of why they're eligible.
-No homophobia will be tolerated in this topic. Any hateful posts will be flagged and ignored. Be civil. I assume this won't be an issue for the majority of you.
-You may not nominate any of the characters nominated in the previous LGBT ranking.
-If I don't recognize a character/what they're from I'll research them the best I can.
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Last time:
1. Ellie (The Last Of Us)
2. Ennis Del Mar (Brokeback Mountain)
3. Dean Craig Pelton (Community)
4. Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter)
5. Iceman (All-New X-Men)
6. Jack Twist (Brokeback Mountain)
7. Oberyn Martell (Game of Thrones)
8. Satan (South Park)
9. Marceline (Adventure Time)
10. Captain Ray Holt (Brooklyn 99)
11. Wallace Wells (Scott Pilgrim)
12. Dr. Frank N. Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
13. Ray Gillete (Archer)
14. Kurt Hummel (Glee)
15. Buffalo Bill (Silence of the Lambs)
16. Ditto (Pokemon)
17. Oscar (The Office)
18. Ultimate Colossus (X-Men)
19. Riley (The Last Of Us)
20. Waylon Smithers (The Simpsons)
21. Varys (Game of Thrones)
22. Vern Schillinger (Oz)
23. Willow (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
24. Mr./Mrs. Garrison (South Park)
25. Mad Moxxi (Borderlands)
26. Paul Smecker (The Boondock Saints)
27. Tobias Funke (Arrested Development)
28. Garnet (Steven Universe)
29. Harley Quinn
30. John Constantine (DC Comics)
31. Omar Little (The Wire)
32. Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin (Metal Gear Solid 3)
33. Princess Bubblegum (Adventure Time)
34. Big Gay Al (South Park)
35. Kung Jin (Mortal Kombat X)
36. David Fisher (Six Feet Under)
37. Wiccan (Marvel)
38. Ramona Flowers (Scott Pilgrim)
39. Loki (Marvel comics)
40. Mr. Slave (South Park)
41. Danny the Street (DC Comics)
42. Anole (X-Men)
43. Karolina Dean (Runaways)
44. Dorian Pavus (Dragon Age: Inquisition)
45. Korra (The Legend Of Korra)
46. Venom (Guilty Gear)
47. Carmen (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
48. Asami Sato (Legend of Korra)
49. Bunker (DC Comics)
50. Poison Ivy
51. Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
52. Leliana (Dragon Age)
53. Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
54. Lafayette (True Blood)
55. Connor Walsh (How To Get Away With murder)
56. Chris Keller (Oz)
57. Rod (Avenue Q)
58. Roxy Richter (Scott Pilgrim vs the World)
59. Zevran Arainai (Dragon Age: Origins)
60. Denise Bryson (Twin Peaks)
61. Hisoka (Hunter X Hunter)
62. Vamp (Metal Gear Solid 2)
63. Samantha Traynor (Mass Effect 3)
64. Kanji Tatsumi (Persona 4)
65. Jakotsu (InuYasha)
66. Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov (Metal Gear Solid)
67. Ivankov (One Piece)
68. Tara (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
69. Tobias Beecher (Oz)
70. Captain Jack Harkness (Doctor Who/Torchwood)
71. Hulkling (Marvel)
72. Renee Montoya (DC Comics)
73. Tsurugi Higashikata (Jojolion)
74. Sadie (Steven Universe)
75. Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club)
76. Alfred Ashford (Resident Evil Code: Veronica)
77. Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4)
78. Sara Lance (Arrow)
79. Chihiro Fujisaki (Dangan Ronpa)
80. Batwoman/Kate Kane (DC Comics)
81. Moiraine Damodred (Wheel of Time)
82. Angel Dumott Schunard (RENT)
83. Vivian (Paper Mario: TTYD)
84. Joachim Valentine (Shadow Hearts: Covenant)
85. Beverly Leslie (Will and Grace)
86. Mr. 2 Bon Clay (One Piece)
87. Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan (Wheel of Time)
88. Siuan Sanche (Wheel of Time)
89. Bridget (Guilty Gear)
90. Sailor Neptune (Sailor Moon)
91. Robin Newman (Ace Attorney 5)
92. Heather (Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn)
93. Hato Kenjirou (Genshiken)
94. Roger Elizabeth De Bris (The Producers)
95. Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon)
96. Shiina "Misha" Mikado (Katawa Shoujo)
97. Olivier Lenheim (The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky) `
98. Lieutenant Felix Gaeta (Battlestar Galactica)
99. Yukito Tsukishiro (Cardcaptor Sakura)
100. Stormer (Jem and the Holograms)
101. Jerri Blank (Strangers With Candy)
102. Haruka Takayama (Sakura Trick)
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Paul "Jesus" Monroe (The Walking Dead)
Gus Fring (Breaking Bad)
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Great_Paul posted...

Gus Fring (Breaking Bad)

...?

edit: upon further research, it's got word-of-god "probable confirmation" (which basically puts it on the same level as Bubblegum/Marceline last time)

Approved
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Undyne (Undertale)
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Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer)
Jeri Hogarth (Jessica Jones)
Penguin (Gotham)
Max Caulfield (Life is Strange)
Morpheus D. Duvall (Resident Evil: Dead Aim)
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Johnbobb posted...

Great_Paul posted...

Gus Fring (Breaking Bad)

...?

edit: upon further research, it's got word-of-god "probable confirmation" (which basically puts it on the same level as Bubblegum/Marceline last time)

Approved

Oh okay. I couldn't remember if it was confirmed or just theorized.
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Aaron (The Walking Dead)

Roger Smith (American Dad)

Shore Leave (The Venture Brothers)

Tracer (Overwatch)

Valkyrie (Thor: Ragnarok) (I'm pretty sure I read about there being a deleted scene showing her having a female love interest)
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Luna Loud (The Loud House)
Pearl (Steven Universe)
Starfan13 (Star vs. The Forces Of Evil)
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Stevonnie (Steven Universe)
Veronica (Fallout: New Vegas)
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Poison (Final Fight / Street Fighter)
Stewie Griffin (Family Guy)
Toshimitsu Kubo (Baka and Test)
Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
Fang (Final Fantasy XIII)

23 nominations so far
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I didn't know Ellie from TloU was confirmed gay. Where was this said?
EDIT: Oh wait nvm, I reread the post

EDIT: Complete noms:

Todd Sanchez (Bojack Horseman)
Jughead Jones (Archie Comics)
Daud (Dishonored)
Kars (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
Psycho Mantis (Metal Gear Solid)

all my noms are confirmed Asexuals afaik
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Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
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Greggory Lee (Night in the Woods)
Angus Delaney (Night in the Woods)
Mae Borowski (Night in the Woods)

I'll do more later but I had to make sure with these at least
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Amber Golley (Highway Blossoms)

Sure am having a time finding nominations for this.
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33 nominations

Definitely coming in a lot slower than last time

which is funny because I feel like the amount of LGBT characters in media has risen pretty dramatically
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Oh whoops I forgot to get my last two

Uhhhh I'll do these for now

Iron Bull (Dragon Age Inquisition)
Russel Edgington (True Blood)
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up
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Johnbobb posted...

up

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Lewis (The Last Man on Earth)
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Johnbobb posted...

Johnbobb posted...

up

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Not being able to nominate any of those previous characters is pretty brutal. For now I'll say:

Titus Andromedon (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Bill Potts (Doctor Who)
Damien Bloodmarch (Dream Daddy)
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Oliver Hampton (How To Get Away With Murder)
Will Truman (Will & Grace)
Gil Brodie (Mass Effect)
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Oskar (Let the Right One In)
Eli (Let the Right One In)
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Steve Jinks (Warehouse 13)
Alex Danvers (Supergirl)

Might add more later.
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Dirk Strider (Homestuck)

All my favorites were already on the list :(
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oh good call

Terezi Pyrope (Homestuck)
Vriska Serket (Homestuck)
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Mateo (Superstore)
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Cheryl Blossom (Riverdale)
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Leo Kliesen (Tekken)
Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
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Has Poison from Final Fight been nominated already? Cause if not...

Poison(Final Fight series)

Root (Person of Interest)
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MegaWentEvil posted...

Has Poison from Final Fight been nominated already? Cause if not...

Poison(Final Fight series)

yup, post #11
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Marie-Joseph Sanson (Innocent)
Togata (Fire Punch)
Nanoha (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
Iono Mito Archeline (Iono the Fanatics)

Although hmm, your previous list makes it seem like you aren't that into Japanese characters. Ah well, we'll see how it goes.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Although hmm, your previous list makes it seem like you aren't that into Japanese characters. Ah well, we'll see how it goes.

It's not necessarily that I dislike the characters outright, but I don't watch a lot of anime/read any manga/play many Japanese games so it's a lot less likely for me to have a pre-existing attachment to the characters
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What's the criteria for the ranks btw?
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Simoun posted...

What's the criteria for the ranks btw?

There isn't really any specific criteria. Basically just some combination of how much I like them/how interesting they are

How effective they are as an LGBT character might tie into it too but only really as far as that might change my personal opinion of the character
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lmk if you have any questions about mine since a couple are relatively obscure.
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Yeah I had some obscure guys I wanted to nom but decided there wasn't much point.
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Gatarix posted...

Yeah I had some obscure guys I wanted to nom but decided there wasn't much point.

for what it's worth I do try to research everyone for the ranking (although if they're really obscure the amount of researchable info might be limited)

but not gonna lie, western movies/shows/games have a bit of an advantage going in, simply because it's more likely for me to know/like them already
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Characters from previous ranking who would've ranked higher now:

27. Tobias Funke (Arrested Development)
29. Harley Quinn
43. Karolina Dean (Runaways)
55. Connor Walsh (How To Get Away With murder)
72. Renee Montoya (DC Comics)
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Johnbobb posted...

Characters from previous ranking who would've ranked higher now:

27. Tobias Funke (Arrested Development)

good, good
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Johnbobb posted...

Characters from previous ranking who would've ranked higher now:

27. Tobias Funke (Arrested Development)

good, good

I rewatched the entirety of Arrested Development since the time I did the first ranking, and almost everyone in the show is great
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Johnbobb posted...

Characters from previous ranking who would've ranked higher now:
55. Connor Walsh (How To Get Away With murder)

This bodes well for Oliver's ranking!
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Actually if there would be a major change could I nominate Connor again? Would love to hear more of your thoughts on him now that you're more familiar with the character. My memory is you hadn't seen the show before ranking last time.
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Arrested Development is among my top shows
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My Immortal posted...

Johnbobb posted...

Characters from previous ranking who would've ranked higher now:
55. Connor Walsh (How To Get Away With murder)

This bodes well for Oliver's ranking!

My Immortal posted...

Actually if there would be a major change could I nominate Connor again? Would love to hear more of your thoughts on him now that you're more familiar with the character. My memory is you hadn't seen the show before ranking last time.

Sure, I'll accept that. I hadn't seen the show when I ranked before, but I had wanted to. Now I've seen the first like 2.5 seasons
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Ava Sharpe (Legends of Tomorrow)
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