Solar Opposites (2020-) is a Hulu animated series about two aliens, their replicants, and their pupa, who flee from their doomed planet and crash-land on Earth. During Season 1, showrunner Justin Roiland addressed the question of whether male adults Korvo (Justin Roiland, Dan Stevens) and Terry (Thomas Middleditch, left) were a gay couple. He said that since their species practices asexual reproduction, they don't have sex, and therefore they can't be gay. Jerk, thinking that being gay is purely about sex. What about romantic partnerships?
Apparently he changed his mind. The fan wiki states that Korvo and Terry became a romantic couple between Seasons 1 and 2. But how romantic are they? Do they say anything? Do anything? Or do you have to just infer from gay subtexts? To check, I reviewed some episodes, either because the premise sounded interesting or because there was a hot guest star.
Episode 2.1: The Solar Opposites discover another refugee group from their home planet, living in London! But it turns out that they have a disturbing hidden agenda. No indication that Korvo and Terry are romantic partners. With the voice of Thomas Lennon, the grotesque gay-stereotype cop in Reno 911 (left: his butt)
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Episode 2.2: Korvo hates dinner parties, so he declares them illegal and starts a police force to seek out forbidden dinner party paraphernalia. Things turn deadly: people are turned into wine. During the denouement, Korvo and Terry kiss.
Episode 2,3: Yumyulack, the "teenage boy" replicant, invents a ray that gives him a huge penis -- not for sex, for the power that goes with it. He makes it bigger and bigger, until it threatens to destroy the world. No indication that Korvo and Terry are a romantic couple.
Episode 3.2 Korvo wants to take up a hobby, but everything he tries, Terry is already doing, and doing better. In frustration, he goes into a toy train shop. The manager thinks that he's just pretending to be interested in trains to beat his "alien husband."
Episode 3.3 Terry shows Korvo the joy of standing in line, and introduces him to his "line husband," Linus (Adam Pally). Line husband and regular husband jealously snipe at each other, until Korvo finally wins Terry's heart. (Left: Dan Stevens' butt)
Left: Adam Pally bulge
Episode 3.8: The Solar Opposites go on vacation. First Terry references rimming. Then, in a resort community, there's a museum depicting uncomfortable memories, including one of Korvo being screwed by a Red Goobler (callback to last season). He moans that he is "cumming harder than I ever do with Terry." At the time Terry said that the marital indiscretion didn't bother him, but now he claims that he was just suppressing his feelings.
Episode 4.4: The Solar Opposites can't get a real pet without eating it, so they create a cartoon dinosaur. Terry mentions getting a blow job from Korvo. With Eugene Cordero (the one with the dick).
Episode 4.5: The Solar Opposites try to prevent Yumyulack from discovering that it's his Birth-a-Day, when he will acquire enough power to destroy them all. With Jerry O'Connell. No indicaton that Korvo and Terry are a romantic couple.
Results: Five of eight episodes identify Korvo and Terry as a gay couple. Two use the term "husband," two reference sexual activity, and one shows a kiss. They aren't exactly "loud and proud," but it's better than a lot of "are they or aren't they" prevarication.
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