DC Says One Of Its"Iconic" Heroes Is Gay

[clayschuldt]

My gut says Wonder Woman. She is an Amazon living on an Island full of women after all, but they have already started her reboot series so maybe its too late to make this change.

It won't be Aquaman because that means eliminating any chance of seeing his Wife and Kid and some of the better story archs.

Its the same problem with Martian Manhunter as he had a family with a wife and children back home. That would require too much change.

It won't be Batman either, but maybe one of the Robins or Nightwing.

 

[Montezuma's Lawyer]

See, nobody should really give a fuck.

I know I dont!

I hate marketing.

 

[MasterOfHisOwnDomain]

What? A Super-queer-o?
But seriously, now people are willing to send out an gay invitation to children? Really?
I don't mind gay people, but I resent presenting it as something normal.

What this does is acknowledge the fact that people who are attracted to the same sex exist; in our universe and that of the comic books. It's not trying to present it as "normal", by which you hopefully mean average or standard -- this is only one character out of hundreds, after all.

I hope they make it very incidental to the character, in the same way as none of the current roster go around screaming "Look at me I'm straight!". Sexuality shouldn't be a defining characteristic of anyone, in my humble opinion.

 

[Smeatza]

I hope it's Lobo.

 

[Olas]

Probably Rorschach. Ya, he's probably gay. In fact all the watchmen are probably at least bi, except the Comedian of course.
It's how Alan Moore roles baby.

 

[Your Fearless Captain]

It's going to be a female hero. If it isn't I will be very very surprised.

 

[Detective Prince]

My first thought was the Flash. I dunno why. It just sprang to mind.

I don't mind superheroes being gay but I do mind if it's for the sake of PC or publicity at which point the character comes out gay and begins acting completely differently to the point where being 'gay' just seems to be their very personality.

I'll be peeved if DC don't handle this well.

 

[Tragedy's Rebellion]

Calling it now, on Cracked in a year or so - The 6 most shamelessly crowbarred sexual orientations in comics ;D

But seriously, it is a PC stunt, no doubt about it.

 

[Pinkamena]

I do not know much about superheroes, but if I had to guess, I'd say it's the guy with a golden eagle hat-thingy in the article picture!

 

[Easton Dark]

I do not know much about superheroes, but if I had to guess, I'd say it's the guy with a golden eagle hat-thingy in the article picture!

Hawkman is probably going for Hawkgirl. Just a guess.

It's gotta be Aquaman. He's usually on the bottom. Bottom of the ocean guys, jeez

 

[OManoghue]

I'm gonna bet on Aquaman because he already sucks. OH!

 

[OldDirtyCrusty]

Batman usually likes his sidekicks young and male. Batman wouldn´t even be much of a suprise. My hope is Superman that would be fun. Regardless who it is the nerd rage will be endless.

 

[That PC Guy]

Oooh, i can already imagine the temper tantrums of evangelical white supremacist groups like "Focus on the Family" or "Family Research Council" if they get wind of this. xD

 

[Muspelheim]

I hope it's Batman. The resulting flamefest will keep me warm and snug all through autumn and winter. <3

Not that it'd make the poor thing even slightly more interesting, though.

 

[McMarbles]

To every saying "DUR HUR HUR IT'S AQUAMAN CUZ HE'S SO LAME", you're about as clever as all those "make me a sammich" comments every time someone mentions that some people who play games might have vaginas.

Just... stop.

Okay?

Just stop.

 

[tthor]

Come on, we all know it's Robin;

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[Stalydan]

I always wondered why they called him Martian "Man Hunter".

HA!

OT: Well it's weird that they do it now but I'm a little disappointed in DC for doing this. Rather than make superheroes who happen to be gay, they make big deals that one of them is coming out of the closet even if they've already been portrayed as heterosexual.

It's sad that people still feel the need to make a big deal that somebody is gay rather than straight. If you want to make a strong gay character then make a strong character who happens to like the same gender. It's nothing that defines anything about who you are other than who you find attractive. That's it. In a superhero comic, I would have thought that your sexual preference wouldn't be the most important thing

 

[Stalydan]

I hope it's Batman. The resulting flamefest will keep me warm and snug all through autumn and winter. <3

Not that it'd make the poor thing even slightly more interesting, though.

Damn right I'd flamewar. After I suffered through that porn comic that called itself Catwoman #1, those nightmares better not be for nothing if they say that Batman's gay.

 

[Treblaine]

FFS, people. As long as you keep pretending being gay is a big deal, the longer people will think it is. No one cares. Be gay. Be straight. Be bi. Be nonsexual. I don't care. It's real cute and all how you think making one of your characters gay is some big deal, but it's not. Go away. Your little stunt is a failure and you're shallow attempt at being edgy is about as awesome as a wet sandwich.

[HEADING=1]Stop making a big deal out of sexuality.[/HEADING]

Want one of your characters to be gay? Fine. Go ahead. But why the fuck are you telling everyone like it matters? I'll wait for you to out some heroes as hetero, too. Oh, you won't do that? Didn't think so.

God I hate this crap.

/rant

But it is a big deal and it's not the comic books that made it a big deal.

ALL of the republican candidates opposed gay marriage, so many states are explicitly banning gay marriage. gay kids are being beaten up in their school and driven to suicide for coming out,

All the political commentators said this presidential election would be about the economy, now it's become about civil rights for gay people, with people like Santorum saying gays should all be kicked out of the military and none of his other republican candidates disagreeing with him. Literal and fundamentalist interpretations of the bible are practically mainstream in the USA, the Westbro Babtist Church is simply the more extreme and vociferous element of that.

It does matter, it has become an issue of greater significance than the economy or jobs in this election to spite everyone claiming that would be the defining issue of this election, still certain element brings up the "gay problem". It is the crossroads between fundamentalist religion and civil rights and liberties in the 2010's.

Senators aren't saying Heteros should be kicked out of the army because they talk about marrying their girlfriend. And they aren't saying some gUy can't marry their girlfriend.

Captcha: enjoy life

 

[Treblaine]

The thing is a water based superhero doesn't have to be same lame... but Aquaman really is.

The name just doesn't work.

WONDER woman

SUPER man

BAT man

AQUA?!?! Man?

Aquaman sounds like the mascot for a bottled water brand. And it doesn't do enough to separate his association with My Little Mermaid, when really he should be channelling Neptune, the Greek God of the Oceans. Give him a massive beard and a trident, YEAH!

And his super powers are so vague. Yes, he's apparently super strong. Whoop tee doo. So is everyone in the DC universe (except Batman), his powers should be like magneto's power over metal... except with water. And water is freaking everywhere. 3/4 of the planet is water. Have his power be associated with water and ability to move it and how people are 80% water or whatever.

Yeah, ditch the power to persuade fish to help him as that is comically useless. Fish are hilariously ineffectual at anything more than filter feeding, we have hunted them almost to extinction just trawling huge nets through the ocean. They are like dodos they only reason they aren't extinct is there are more fish than dodos, only recently have we been killing them at a higher rate they can reproduce. I would not want any number of fish to help me take on Al Qaeda. Unless there happens to be waist high water everywhere and there happens to be shoals of piranha nearby, then saying "I can persuade fish" is like saying "I'll file an internet petition"

Fish are just not intimidating in any serious way:


Even if they are "Ill-tempered".