Thanks everyone for the welcome
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I do need to read that Johnny/Daken issue, for science(!!!).
In all seriousness, it would be neat if Slott decided to take that route eventually. But I sincerely believe he needs to re-build and re-establish the FF as the tentpole MU team that they are and should always be, by getting them together and setting up the new team status quo and overall
raison-d'etre. THEN he could really should start delving into them as indviduals and other relationships, which is where (I think) he should work on Sue's character and prominence, which I think has been criminally ignored, as even though she's not a wise-cracker like Johnny and Ben or A Big Brain like Reed she still can bring a lot to the table.
Personally, as a gay guy, I think HT coming out as anything would come too far off the left field, even considering the Daken thing (unlike Iceman, whose writing over the decades seemed like unintentional subtext and then, in the last 20 years or so, plain ol' subtext). I'd be more than happy if they did make Johnny gay or bi, as it could lead to some juicy storytelling and bisexuals in general need more visibility IMO, but the idea of having to actively ignore the whining online makes my head hurt, lol.