You may have finished reading the headline thinking “But wasn’t Angry Birds that game where you throw birds with a slingshot at pigs?”. Since 2009, the saga has evolved a lot: it has already released 29 games, numerous comics, TV series, two movies, and even a crossover with ‘Transformers’. The fan base is wide, and Rovio should know what that means: don’t mess with the canon or you will suffer the consequences.
Aliados enojados
Since the beginning of the representations of the characters beyond the original games, Chuck, the yellow bird, has been portrayed as a gay character or, at least, bisexual. For example, in ‘Angry Birds: The Movie’ he appeared fantasizing about another male character and in ‘Angry Birds Toons’, when the pigs lock him and Red up to “lay an egg”, he turns red and doesn’t seem particularly bothered about it.
It is the closest thing to an LGBT icon that ‘Angry Birds’ is going to have, and that is why it has been chosen by the game’s Twitter account to represent Pride month. Along with the text “Pride is not confined to just one month”, Chuck appears in front of a flag. Specifically, the heterosexual ally flag (black and white with a multicolored A in the center). As you can imagine, fans have not taken it well.
In fact, they have started posting images of Chuck but with the LGBT flag in the background or kissing Red, taking the opportunity to criticize the team. “He’s the straight friend who swears he’s straight but constantly does the gayest things possible”, said one Twitter user. “There’s no way Chuck isn’t pansexual, come on”, commented another.
There is currently no rectification: the creators only said that the interactions of the characters in the series and movies were not necessarily canon, but there are enough indications to say that, indeed, that flag should be changed. Justice for Chuck!
