Apache Chief (Tye Longshadow)
Arak
Aztek (Nayeli Constant)
Black Condor (John Trujillo)
Black Condor (Ryan Kendall)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
Dawnstar
El Dorado (Eduardo Dorado Jr)
Equinox (Miiyahbin Marten)
Godspeed (August Heart)
Green Lantern (Jessica Cruz)
Owlwoman (Wenonah Littlebird)
Rainmaker (Sarah Rainmaker)
Ya’Wara
Other
Jessica Cruz gets my vote, although Jaime Reyes is a close second.
"So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."
Done with DC. Can't handle the constant whiplash! Time to go on a hiatus!
Not gonna lie, wish we coulda actually saw that. Tye was one of the two Runaways we never followed up on. I also wish the indicated closeness between Tye and Jaime was followed through with, but it petered out not long after being introduced in Season 1, and by the time it would have made sense to rekindle their bond, The chooses to peace himself out from the narrative. He isn't seen or really even mentioned again, even in the context Jaime from what I know and can recall.
So yeah. Showing the apparent bond he developed with Atom (not sure if Palmer or Captain Atom, the latter of who also vanished after Season 2) on-screen would have been nice.
Hmm. While I agree that more strong positive Native and Asian characters are needed, including positive and nuanced male representation across the board, I don't see how we can say we don't need any more young Native and Asian characters. That implies we are swimming in them, when we most certainly are not. We have Jaime who is in limbo and we have Cassandra Cain who's about to go back into limbo, and who's Asian identity generally is treated as an inconsequential visual quirk of her appearance than part of her identity.
In agreement with this.
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I just think the JL generation needs more adult POC that are Asian and Native. The teens are somewhat well represented, though there’s still room for improvement.
Teens: Blue Beetle, Bunker, Mirage, Pantha, Rainmaker, Equinox
Adults: Jessica Cruz, Dawnstar, Black Condor, Aztek
Off the top of my head...
Wasn’t Katar Hol half-Native America on his mother’s side.
Well, thing is, of the teens you mentioned, none of them are representing anything, because none of them are being used. And the adults only have 1 more character in use than the teens do, and once Justice League: Odyssey ends and Jessica ends up sans a book, they won't have any either.
Dakota Jamison from Devin Grayson's Titans run. She was a member of the DEO.
We’re currently in the middle of another DC implosion so I’m not surprised so many are in limbo. Hopefully they start popping up when DC recovers. Blue Beetle and Jessica seem likely to survive the implosion.
Also Dawnstar is currently active, though who knows for how much longer
I do worry about what will happen after this realignment of the company. They’re going to be putting out a lot few books each month and may only be focusing on their tentpole characters. DC already has a terrible track record with their Hispanic and Native American characters. I always complain about this but Jessica has kind of become their token brown person. there may not be any room for even her in the regular monthlies when the dust settles. I think she’ll always have a place in the DC Girls line, but I’m not so sure about everything else.
Seriously can’t believe they don’t use Blue Beetle more. If he was a Marvel character he’d at least have a spot next to Kamala Khan and Miles.
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