I... am largely in full agreement, which seems a rare occurrence with you, so I guess that is a sign of how bad this idea was pulled off? It was a cheap move, it was pulled off terribly, has some sort of unpleasant undercurrents of mind-rape, invasion of privacy, ignoring the concept of bisexuality and the full gay thing was just...weird.MarsAtlas said:"Full gay", really? Really? There isn't enough time in a week to explain everything wrong with it.
There are some both who are attracted to men and women. These is a state called "bisexuality".
Just because people still seem to think that such a thing doesn't exist, which includes people who aren't straight. Its 2015, people need to get the fuck over it.
Also, somehow I doubt that Bobby Drake would be so extremely outspoken as as a mutant advocate and wouldn't be out of the closet. This is a cheap move that is both insulting to the LGBTQ community and cheapens the actual character.
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As for the larger topic of why the hell they did this other posters have touched on, not sure it is an intentional sinking of the comic-ship, but might be a bit of desperate outreach? Shenanigans, lack of respect or consistency and failure to grow has seemed to shrink the original fanbases of the various series since the great profitable era of comics, so this and various other notable examples may be the current equivalent of the ham-fisted desperate ploys to grasp a new audience similar to the rise of the "grim and gritty" 90's comic tried to. And failed...
Also, anyone remember the "new guardians"? I can't help but see this as somehow the successor of the same mindset that spawned that series.