I feel like everybody always get caught up in the announcement. What matters is what DC actually does with this development, is it gimmick? Maybe but it all depends on the stories and effort DC is willing to put behind it.
I feel like everybody always get caught up in the announcement. What matters is what DC actually does with this development, is it gimmick? Maybe but it all depends on the stories and effort DC is willing to put behind it.
Reading List (Super behind but reading them nonetheless):
DC: Currently figuring that out
Marvel: Read above
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Other: The Antagonist, Something is Killing the Children, Avatar: TLAB
Manga: My Hero Academia, MHA: Vigilanties, Soul Eater: the Perfect Edition, Berserk, Hunter X Hunter, Witch Hat Atelier, Kaiju No. 8
That seems more aimed at marrying the heroes off and making them "older," because of it. But some Spider-Man fans still want him to date several hot women, just not marry any of them. There are negative responses to romances, but straight romances without the threat of marriage don't seem to get as much pushback as married ones or queer ones that barely get off the ground.
Real romantic relationships that are honest have long been a problem for both
comics and other media presentations.
Couples that are together have romantic love, but also have spats, quarrel with
one another. Often over ridiculous stupid things. It will be interesting to see if the
Jon relationship will be a real one, or too perfect. The Kelly-Alex relationship on Supergirl
would be an example of a relationship that never feels real.
https://bleedingcool.com/tv/dean-cai...what-would-be/
Here's Dean Cain reaction
Not reading all these pages here, but....
I'm glad Jon is coming out. I'm glad for his fans, the LBGT+ community at large...and the fact that certain political voices are in an uproar over it is, far as I'm concerned, proof that this is the right move. When "those" politicians start whining, you know you're doing something right. I totally support this.
But I also find that I really don't care. Is that insensitive of me? Jon is bi. And I just don't think it's a big deal. I mean, we obviously need more representation like this, and Jon is as close as DC has gotten to making a major character LBGT. It matters, I'm sure it's a big deal for our LBGT+ friends, and I'm absolutely not saying this isn't important.
But it would have mattered a whole lot more ten years ago. Twenty. It would've been groundbreaking and a major line in the sand back then but I look at this today and all I see is a gimmick. I'm sure Taylor and other creators believe in this story and their hearts are behind it (as it should be) but it very much feels like for DC at large, this is just them riding the "trend wave" yknow? We should support this of course, but it feels....kinda artificial?
I dunno. I'm glad DC is branching out and being more inclusive and I support the sh*t out of that, but I also kind of hate the fact that stuff like this is still so rare, so uncommon among the major characters, that it's a headline that'll catch the attention of major news outlets. Being LBGT+ just.....it needs to be more normalized than this. Maybe the reaction to this announcement has just really highlighted, for me, how far we have yet to go.
In any case, my doldrum aside, I *am* happy for everyone. This is a big win for us. I just wish we were in a world where Jon Kent being bi wasn't seen as such a big deal, if that makes sense?
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
Relationships are complex and should be portrayed as complex. I haven't been watching Supergirl since the move to CW.
What I heard is that romance is badly written and characters often randomly sleep with other charcters just for sake of it. Romance often gets cheap on comics.
Also sometimes they are dropped so fast after tseries cancelled or writers change.
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Everybody has their own likes and preferences. You don't like kid characters. Fine, don't read them. But just because you don't like them doesn't mean other people don't or that they shouldn't exist.
I and many other people are firmly in the camp that want Jon to be de-aged, and I'm not in the mood to give up on that goal.
Very much agree. Most of the Families at DC have at least one or two kids there, kind of the point of Robin in the first place. So I'm with you on not giving up De aging Jon.
You have Kon, Mon El, Natasha Irons, John Henry, Clark, and Kara all as adults or young adults. Why can't Jon be young?