Or at least I assume that's what DC wants the headlines to read. This all feels too much like a publicity stunt to up readership.
Basically, DC's current Superman is actually his son, Jonathan Kent. I think Clark is somewhere out in space doing... things. Jonathan is also now a teenager/adult somehow, even though he was a child not too long ago. Now he's the main Superman of Earth, and it was recently revealed that he's fallen for one of his male friends. And so, we have Bi Superman.
Honestly, I wouldn't have cared. But Tim Drake, the 3rd Robin, was also made bi just months ago. People say this is progress, but this kind of diversity has always felt pretty cynical to me. I read an article saying that it's clever of DC to do this, so they can say there's queer Superman and Robin without actually making the "real" Superman and Robin queer. Again, having a hard time seeing how that's progress. If anything, it sounds kinda insulting.
Just like with the race swapping that was all the rage a few years ago, I see this as cheap as hell. Jesus, it feels like they aged up a child just so he could get into a relationship. This is exactly the kind of thing that gets erased once the writers change and we go back to the status quo. Look at black Captain America. That lasted what, 6 years? Sam Wilson is once again Falcon. The only way diversity stays is if the writers and artists behind everything are diverse as well, and new diverse characters are developed as a result.
But hey, this wasn't meant for me. If someone out there who identifies as bisexual is somehow empowered by this, then great. I just wish they would do it better. If you are bi, I'd love to hear what you feel about this.
Basically, DC's current Superman is actually his son, Jonathan Kent. I think Clark is somewhere out in space doing... things. Jonathan is also now a teenager/adult somehow, even though he was a child not too long ago. Now he's the main Superman of Earth, and it was recently revealed that he's fallen for one of his male friends. And so, we have Bi Superman.
Honestly, I wouldn't have cared. But Tim Drake, the 3rd Robin, was also made bi just months ago. People say this is progress, but this kind of diversity has always felt pretty cynical to me. I read an article saying that it's clever of DC to do this, so they can say there's queer Superman and Robin without actually making the "real" Superman and Robin queer. Again, having a hard time seeing how that's progress. If anything, it sounds kinda insulting.
Just like with the race swapping that was all the rage a few years ago, I see this as cheap as hell. Jesus, it feels like they aged up a child just so he could get into a relationship. This is exactly the kind of thing that gets erased once the writers change and we go back to the status quo. Look at black Captain America. That lasted what, 6 years? Sam Wilson is once again Falcon. The only way diversity stays is if the writers and artists behind everything are diverse as well, and new diverse characters are developed as a result.
But hey, this wasn't meant for me. If someone out there who identifies as bisexual is somehow empowered by this, then great. I just wish they would do it better. If you are bi, I'd love to hear what you feel about this.