Veronica Leaves Archie for Openly Gay Character
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Of the three, I'll go with robot. I'd hate for my whole life to be an experiment by European beavers who pretended they were humans raising me in America for Scientific or Fetishistic reasons.Hurr Durr Derp said:
ok I am not going to lie that post made my dayKeyMaster45 said:I'll say it now because its going to be said eventually...*sigh*
Hur hur, he can eat more meat than jug head
Now that that's out of the way. I'm glad to see even a staple reminder of the 50's is making the effort to join the new reality we live in. Kudos to the makers of Archie comics for trying to teach the next generation more tolerance than the last
O.T. never really read Archie comics but the inclusion sounds like a publicity stunt
I never read or heard of Archie comics, but I haven't read a comic strip outside of the internet since I was 8.
Anyway having an openly gay character in a kids comic is a brilliant idea imo, whether it's a shallow attempt to get ratings or not, its still a step forward. Kids need to learn at a young age that there's nothing wrong with gay people.
Anyway having an openly gay character in a kids comic is a brilliant idea imo, whether it's a shallow attempt to get ratings or not, its still a step forward. Kids need to learn at a young age that there's nothing wrong with gay people.
Oh come on, that's not a very good way to introduce a gay character. The intro seems wrong, especially him beating Jughead. That's just impossible. Who did they let write that story?
There's no point getting worked up about a character who may or may not stick though.
And at least they didn't re-interpret Jughead as gey.
There's no point getting worked up about a character who may or may not stick though.
And at least they didn't re-interpret Jughead as gey.
Hey I resent that robot or raised by beavers thing. First of all, I am/was neither. I've never read a Archie book and can tell you I never intend to.
Second of all, saying someone was raised by beavers like that implies being raised by beavers is bad.
And that is judgmental and anti-beav! You know what that makes you Tom Goldman and by extension all of the Escapist writing staff? Speciest. There I said it.
(Since I can already see people trying to work out Speciest, it is
Species + Racist = Speciest.)
Second of all, saying someone was raised by beavers like that implies being raised by beavers is bad.
And that is judgmental and anti-beav! You know what that makes you Tom Goldman and by extension all of the Escapist writing staff? Speciest. There I said it.
(Since I can already see people trying to work out Speciest, it is
Species + Racist = Speciest.)
yep, the darker and gritter reboot of Archie. It almost saddens me. Sure, this is a huge step forward for people realizing gays are human too and blah blah blah, but they're making a darker and gritter reboot of the frikin' Archie comic book series! And yes, I am happy that they are putting in a gay character, I just find the fact that they have a gritty reboot of Archie as a little off putting. The spinoff Jughead is pretty funny though.
I can remember having read a cover of an Archie comic...when I was a kid, stuck in line at the supermarket with my parents. Methinks the Archie comics is trying to pull in some new readers and desperate for any money it will bring. Seriously, I'm surpised it is still in print.
