The article referred to some bad reactions over the bisexual bit, but (being bisexual myself) I found it pretty funny. I've seen the same attempts at justification from many friends who were coming to terms with their homosexuality, a type of last ditch effort at normalcy ("at least I'm half *normal*, right guys? right? no, not convincing myself either..."). Meh, maybe I'm just too indifferent over these things to begin with.
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Yeah Bendis is certainly not Peter David.
Peter David handled the whole Shatterstar/Rictor relationship much better and organically than this footnote outing.
I also wonder why he would make is seem like being gay is some sort of conditioned trait, considering that the older iceman is straight. I would have preferred this a lot more if they did it with the older Bobby Drake, since it would avoid the whole "is being gay nature or nurture" argument, and make a more interesting story about older people coming out and dealing with that transition.
Peter David handled the whole Shatterstar/Rictor relationship much better and organically than this footnote outing.
I also wonder why he would make is seem like being gay is some sort of conditioned trait, considering that the older iceman is straight. I would have preferred this a lot more if they did it with the older Bobby Drake, since it would avoid the whole "is being gay nature or nurture" argument, and make a more interesting story about older people coming out and dealing with that transition.
