Not getting your story straight: queering heroes’ journeys and heteronormative timelines

Figures & data

Table 1. Comparing Vogler’s Hero’s Journey, The Three Act Structure and the 8 Stages of Heteronormativity.

Vogler’s Hero’s Journey	3-act structure	The 8 stages of heteronormativity
Ordinary World	Act I	Birth
Call to Adventure		Childhood
Refusal of the Call		Adolescence
Mentor		Marriage
First Threshold
Tests, Allies and Enemies	Act II	Reproduction
Approach to Inmost Cave
Ordeal		Parenthood
Reward (seizing the sword)
The Road Back	Act III	Retirement
Resurrection
Return with the Elixir		Death

Table 2. The Third Act.

Vogler’s Hero’s Journey	3-act structure	The 8 stages of heteronormativity
The Road Back	Act III: Preclimax	Retirement
Resurrection	Act III: Climax
Return with the Elixir	Act III: Denouement	Death

Figure 1. ‘The Chart’, The L Word, Season 1 Episode 2 (2004), 38:50.

A section of whiteboard filled with names and lines connecting them in various colours and configurations.