But the son was never going to be in New 52, unless we hung out a long time, or there was a severe case of SORAS, since
Alan Scott
was being de-aged himself.
So, if he "stays" straight, the universe is down one gay character.
Difference between "gaining no ground" and "making up what's lost", to use a weird metaphor.
A popular objection I'm seeing as "There already are x gay characters. Why do we need more?" and "Who said superheroes were meant to be representative of humans? Who says 1 in 10 is gay?"
But these are clearly people who have no issues with homosexuality--just why does it have to be here, where they might see it by mistake?
(Oh, and "gay people can't have kids, so they can't recreate him as gay", and "All the gay people I know are out, so there are no closeted gays.")
Please, people, read it over before you hit "submit", will you?
I think the point is "why de-age him and then make him gay?" Why not keep the already existing positive example and build on it, instead of swapping one for another?
As I said, I thought it was a good point. It was in no way an attempt to defend the rest of the asshats freaking out, screaming "the gay agenda ruining is my comic books, but I'm not homophobic".
I will give Robinson credit for deciding to make that change to Alan since Obsidian gets erased by the Now with 75% Less Off-Putting Age and Character Development reboot. But I have a sneaking suspicion that Alan's new domestic partner might want to avoid passing through any refrigerator cars on that upcoming train ride.
I think the point is "why de-age him and then make him gay?" Why not keep the already existing positive example and build on it, instead of swapping one for another?
Not one of the people I've seen arguing it have said that de-aging him is a bad idea. Obviously I can't speak for arguments I haven't read. But in the article I read, it was stated that a younger version was axiomatic, and the question was "what do we do from there?" And that's what people were getting mad at, even though the de-aging removed a gay character from the universe, and therefore there's no net creep of homosexuality with this change.
YJ: again, not one of the stronger episodes this season, but lots of little things done right:
“Does he say that often?” “Too often!”
And
The Jade and Roy Show
should be its own sitcom.
After watching, I wondered if it was a Peter David episode, and it was.
Oh, my. I used to be so into Elfquest. I think fanart happened. I mean, it was perfect for me. Supernatural beings living wild and bonded with animals? I think that was my precise definition of fantasy for a couple years.
YJ:
I actually quite enjoyed the episode.
Interesting that in this universe that
Impulse's
personality is apparently, at least partially, an act. Not sure how I feel about that, yet. I guess we'll have to see what they do with it.
I agree, the
Jade and Roy
show was a lot of fun. I especially loved the
surrounded by a horde of guys
cut away, come back
and they're all on the ground and Roy is shaking his hand in pain. Was Jade
showing any sort of reaction after that? Because I only noticed
Roy.
So, if the pattern holds, who do we think we're going to see in the next Peter David episode
Arrowette or Empress
?
I was beginning to wonder if
all speedsters
had some inherently annoying qualities that don't go away until adulthood. Yikes.
