The latest episode of Peacemaker sparked excitement among fans following the revelation that the series' titular character is bisexual.The show's seventh episode, titled "Stop Dragon My Heart Around," includes a scene wherein August Smith aka White Dragon confronts his son, the titular Peacemaker. Standing on the anti-hero's chest, August viciously belittles him with homophobic and racist insults, shouting that he knows about Christopher sleeping with both women and men. Despite the scene being a generally disturbing one, fans immediately responded positively to the idea, flocking to social media to express their thoughts on the discovery, with a number of them drawing links back to an earlier episode where Peacemaker and Vigilante are shown to have simultaneously slept with a woman who was previously held as a hostage.
Despite the excitement surrounding Peacemaker's bisexuality, some fans are still hesitant to accept it as canon. Many are insisting the comments could be an offensive "insult," considering that they came from August in a moment of heightening violence. The White Dragon, who acts as one of the series core antagonists, is notable for his rampant intolerance that extends to racism, antisemitism, misogyny and homophobia, amongst many others. If White Dragon's comments are true, this would make Peacemaker the first canonically bisexual male superhero in the DCEU.
Picking up almost immediately after the events of James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker delves into the mindset of its titular character as he's forced to work with a shadowy organization known as A.R.G.U.S. Christopher is put to work on a mission known simply as Project Butterfly that sees him targeting and murdering disturbing alien creatures that adopt the figure of normal humans.
Speaking to the character of Christopher Smith, director James Gunn revealed why he thinks the peace-crazy character needed to make a return of his brutal betrayal of Rick Flag. "At the end of The Suicide Squad, Bloodsport learns a lot. He's a better person than he was at the beginning," said Gunn. "A lot of the characters are much better than they were at the beginning, and Peacemaker has a lot to learn."
Fans looking to catch up with Peacemaker as the show barrels towards what is promised to be a startling conclusion can stream it on HBO Max.
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