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It won't be Batman. It's not likely to be anyone the public really knows. It'll be "geek famous", and that's it. I think they need to do more to diversify their cast, but they've done it so badly up til now I don't know why they bother.
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It'll be one of the JSA. They haven't yet heaped enough indignities on them.Mbast1 wrote:It won't be Batman. It's not likely to be anyone the public really knows. It'll be "geek famous", and that's it. I think they need to do more to diversify their cast, but they've done it so badly up til now I don't know why they bother.
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tony ingram wrote:It'll be one of the JSA. They haven't yet heaped enough indignities on them.
I don't see how being gay would be an indignity, but I really think this is going to be just more hype from DC. They're just so rudderless, and they seem to be doing so many things just to see what sells, rather than concentrating on good, solid storytelling. I know we live in a "flash" world, but really, just tell good stories again.
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My guess is Al Pratt.
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The hero formerly known as Atom (yes, I DO think he's now going to be called 'Atom Smasher').Sam_Vimes wrote:My guess is Al Pratt.
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Oh, man. I really hope they don't call him that. . . .
Seriously, though, I think he's going to be the gay guy. He was oddly prominent in the first issue of Earth 2, which is something he's never really been. Or maybe it's Vibe. They're bringing Vibe back, for some reason. Maybe this is the reason, I don't know.
My bet's still on Al Pratt, though.
Seriously, though, I think he's going to be the gay guy. He was oddly prominent in the first issue of Earth 2, which is something he's never really been. Or maybe it's Vibe. They're bringing Vibe back, for some reason. Maybe this is the reason, I don't know.
My bet's still on Al Pratt, though.
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DC have apparently said it's a major character, which lets out Vibe, i think...Sam_Vimes wrote:Oh, man. I really hope they don't call him that. . . .
Seriously, though, I think he's going to be the gay guy. He was oddly prominent in the first issue of Earth 2, which is something he's never really been. Or maybe it's Vibe. They're bringing Vibe back, for some reason. Maybe this is the reason, I don't know.
My bet's still on Al Pratt, though.
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I don't know. . .Dan DiDio's not exactly known for being in touch with the fanbase. Maybe Vibe's his favorite character and he assumes that he's everyone else's, too, like how he assumed no one else liked Wally West or Matrix as Supergirl.
For what it's worth, my wife thinks that the "super-gay" is going to be the Martian Manhunter. He's major but not major ENOUGH, she says. I still say Al Pratt, though.
For what it's worth, my wife thinks that the "super-gay" is going to be the Martian Manhunter. He's major but not major ENOUGH, she says. I still say Al Pratt, though.
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A gay Martian? I suppose that makes about as much sense as anything else they've done...
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In Golden Perfect J'onn said that he was technically asexual.
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What an odd thing to say. Who did he say it to and why? I've read the comic, but I think I was a teenager then so my memory of it's very hazy.
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I thought he was a (formerly) happily married Martian...Lucy McGough wrote:In Golden Perfect J'onn said that he was technically asexual.
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tony ingram wrote:I thought he was a (formerly) happily married Martian...
True. At least in the former continuity. Maybe he just means he has no romantic interests in non-Martians?
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Mbast1 wrote:tony ingram wrote:I thought he was a (formerly) happily married Martian...
True. At least in the former continuity. Maybe he just means he has no romantic interests in non-Martians?
No - he dated Scorch. I thought it meant he had no fixed gender, which means he can't be homosexual.
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Lucy McGough wrote:No - he dated Scorch. I thought it meant he had no fixed gender, which means he can't be homosexual.
In which continuity did he date? And asexual doesn't mean one has no gender, it means one has no romantic inclinations. At least in the common way its used.
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Mbast1 wrote:In which continuity did he date?
The old one. JLA: Trial by Fire. It came after The Obsidian Age.
Mbast1 wrote:And asexual doesn't mean one has no gender, it means one has no romantic inclinations. At least in the common way its used.
I know, but the context was Diana being all like "I am woman, hear me roar!" and J'onn saying that she shouldn't try to drag him into the gender war because "Technically speaking, I'm asexual."
So I reckon the writer (not being an LGBTQA activist, and therefore not being savvy with all the technical lingo) used "asexual" when what he meant was "without a fixed gender."
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So..does that mean J'onn's wife was also his husband? And their daughter was also their son? I have a hard time accepting that. I think the writer in question was unfamiliar with J'onn's backstory.
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I can't argue with that.
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Lucy McGough wrote:I can't argue with that.
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Cos if I do, you might ban me from the forum, o mighty admin
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Lucy McGough wrote:The old one. JLA: Trial by Fire. It came after The Obsidian Age..
Ok, just was wondering.
Lucy McGough wrote:used "asexual" when what he meant was "without a fixed gender."
That's what I was thinking. I just think it means that John can have relationships.
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well of course he can't! He's a bald, green Neanderthal. Who'd look twice at the guy?Mbast1 wrote: I just think it means that John can have relationships.
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tony ingram wrote:Who'd look twice at the guy?
The women who write to Death-Row prisoners with offers of marriage?
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J'onn is not a murderer
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We know, he's just misunderstood. You can change him, we know you can!
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Get lost, you cheeky bugger
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There are rumours of a secret marriage ceremony performed in a Texas penitentiary...Sam_Vimes wrote:We know, he's just misunderstood. You can change him, we know you can!
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I hate you all.
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Lucy Ingram- Posts : 2447
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It seems likely now that Alan Scott is our mystery gay guy, which pretty much wraps up DC's quest to change every significant thing about the JSA and also sccessfully eliminates any last, lingering hopes that Jade and Obsidian might still exist. Terrific.
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Where'd you hear that?
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BleedingCool.Lucy McGough wrote:Where'd you hear that?
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Alan Scott? Really? Wow, they want a war, don't they?
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Just so long as it's not World War II, apparently...Sam_Vimes wrote:Alan Scott? Really? Wow, they want a war, don't they?
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Well, no, of course not! Heroes can't be OLD. They have to be young and sexy, like Amanda Waller. Otherwise the young kids of today can't even begin to relate.
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What about young fat kids? Who do they relate to. now that The Wall is a picket fence??Sam_Vimes wrote:Well, no, of course not! Heroes can't be OLD. They have to be young and sexy, like Amanda Waller. Otherwise the young kids of today can't even begin to relate.
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Um... the Penguin?
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Well, he's certainly a role model of sorts (or possibly a roll model). But do we really want hordes of bird fixated chubby kids trying to rob banks all over the place?Lucy McGough wrote:Um... the Penguin?
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Make a change from the banks robbing us
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I absolutely would love it if hordes of bird fixated chubby kids were trying to rob banks all over the place. As Lucy notes, the banks deserve it, AND it would be hilarious.
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So-an unrecognizable Alan, and confirmation that Jade and Obsidian have been airbrushed out of history...Sam_Vimes wrote:In case any of you haven't seen it:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38946
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I'm sorry, mate
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The picture of Alan Scott's gay kiss made the front page of today's Daily Telegraph
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Bizarre. I wonder how many readers of the Telegraph know who the original Green Lantern is? I suspect the few that have heard of GL will think it's the guy from the movie...Lucy McGough wrote:The picture of Alan Scott's gay kiss made the front page of today's Daily Telegraph
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Lucy McGough wrote:The picture of Alan Scott's gay kiss made the front page of today's Daily Telegraph
How bizarre that it's that big a deal. It's a big deal IN comic fandom, I can see that, but to "outsiders"? Why?
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