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I guess OMIT isn't really separate from OMD, but if it were, that would be the worst retcon I've ever actually read. I can't say I thought OMD was terribly written, even if it was a terrible idea. OMIT... I don't know his track record as a writer, but if that's indicative of his work then let that be the last attempt.
He was also sexually ambiguous, almost every telepath made reference to it.
Just because it's now been confirmed doesn't mean it wasn't always hinted at for like the past 30 years.
And people arguing he isn't gay and was never gay, probably never even paid attention to the hints in the first place that's why it so out of left field for them.
I loved Bendis' work on Iceman's coming out. It was well researched, thoughtful, gentle, kind. LOVED IT! And Lemire has confirmed adult Bobby is gay and it will be explored in the comic Extraordinary X-men (which looks GORGEOUS!). Pretty sure the All New X-men writer said 05 Bobby's sexuality isn't a story ending with Bendis either, but will be in his comic too. So yey. Marvel is many things, but foolish enough to NOT out adult Bobby... no, even they wouldn't stoop so low.
Both versions are gay, and I personally don't mind Bendis' story ignoring the sliding timescale. He knew Secret Wars was coming, and all time/alternate worlds was about to end, so the "damage"/contradictions would be short lives. Plus it's Bendis, he was never going to adhere to rules.
THIS!!! Queer As Folk came out in 1999 on UK television, at 11pm at night (well past the watershed); and the papers reacted like the world of TV was ending. 2002 was before I graduated highschool, and it was certainly not an LGBT paradise. It wasn't anywhere as bad as 1960, obviously; but in just 15 years we have come so, SO far. Let's not erase those hard fort battles, and pretend it wasn't as bad as it was; because it's not true.
I trust the irony of your post is not lost on you?
Last edited by Kieran_Frost; 09-20-2015 at 04:43 AM.
"We are Shakespeare. We are Michelangelo. We are Tchaikovsky. We are Turing. We are Mercury. We are Wilde. We are Lincoln, Lorca, Leonardo da Vinci. We are Alexander the Great. We are Fredrick the Great. We are Rustin. We are Addams. We are Marsha! Marsha Marsha Marsha! We so generous, we DeGeneres. We are Ziggy Stardust hooked to the silver screen. Controversially we are Malcolm X. We are Plato. We are Aristotle. We are RuPaul, god dammit! And yes, we are Woolf."
This! Elton John was married to a woman; Oscar Wilde had kids... guess he must be bi, it's the only explanation
Comic canon and the reality of how sexuality works would disagree with you
You are on FIRE today! Love your posts.
Last edited by Kieran_Frost; 09-20-2015 at 04:48 AM.
"We are Shakespeare. We are Michelangelo. We are Tchaikovsky. We are Turing. We are Mercury. We are Wilde. We are Lincoln, Lorca, Leonardo da Vinci. We are Alexander the Great. We are Fredrick the Great. We are Rustin. We are Addams. We are Marsha! Marsha Marsha Marsha! We so generous, we DeGeneres. We are Ziggy Stardust hooked to the silver screen. Controversially we are Malcolm X. We are Plato. We are Aristotle. We are RuPaul, god dammit! And yes, we are Woolf."