Do you have any, or will you ever write a gay character into any of your books?
There are several. Drehy, in The Stormlight Archive , the bridgeman is gay, because he’s based off a good friend of mine who’s gay. Ranette in the Wax & Wayne books, the woman that Wayne’s in love with, she’s gay, and it’s hinted at in the first book. By the second book, they’re like “Dude, she’s gay, just leave her alone.” So yes, I have written gay characters. I’ve never written a gay main viewpoint character, maybe someday I will, it’s not something I’ve done yet.
Note from Wetlander: “At this point I asked about Jasnah, and I’ll summarize our conversation; Brandon specifically asked me not to transcribe it directly. He’d momentarily forgotten that he had actually written Jasnah viewpoints, so his ‘I’ve never written a gay main viewpoint character’ comment wasn’t intended to quell the speculation about her either way. He clearly didn’t intend to say that she’s not gay, but he didn’t want to rephrase in such a way as to say that she is, either; at this point, he really doesn’t want to give a WoB about her either way. He’ll deal with that if/as it becomes relevant to the story—and he refused to give any indication whether that was if or as. We are to continue our speculation if we’re interested in the question.”
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