ANOLE [Victor Borkowski]
BLING! [Roxanne ‘Roxy’ Washington]
CULLEN BLOODSTONE
DAKEN AKIHIRO
HULKLING [Theodore ‘Teddy’ Altman]
KARMA [Xi’an Coy Mahn]
KAROLINA DEAN
LOKI LAUFEYSON, God of Mischief
MOONDRAGON [Heather Douglas]
MYSTIQUE [Raven Darkholme]
NORTHSTAR [Jean-Paul Beaubier]
PRODIGY [David Alleyne]
RICTOR [Julio Esteban Ricter]
SHATTERSTAR [Gaveedra-7]
WICCAN [William ‘Billy’ Kaplan], the Demiurge
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all."
He/him/his pronouns.
Anyone else a bit disappointed by the lack of LGBT+ characters in any NYCC announcements?
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all."
He/him/his pronouns.
I'm pretty sure Fraction was just trolling. A lot of creators like to do that.
I have to say, I oppose the idea of Kate and America hooking up simply because it spoils the joke. It's the same reason I don't want Gamora and Angela to actually hook up. It's funnier leaving it as subtext.
They're both "depraved bisexuals," though. :-/ It'd be nice having a new team/solo book featuring a positive character from the community, but eh. Gotta focus on the positives, and Marvel's been doing much better in terms of PoC and women.
Personally, I read it as the lesbian friend teasing the straight friend good-naturedly. But I like that there's enough of a case for anyone who wants to read it as an actual romantic/sexual connection.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all."
He/him/his pronouns.
Get your war on. Please read New Warriors. Also I'm a frenchie, sorry for my english, it can get quite weird. Please correct me.
I didn't make the immediate connection to Chavez, upon reading "America", so its very possible that Fraction didn't either.
Then again, Matt's a bit of a joker so he could have easily just been playfully dodging.
Disappointed = yes. Surprise = no. Outside the X-verse and Young Avengers; Marvel really is a barren wasteland for LGBT characters 95% of the time. We have never even had an LGBT Avenger (thanks for nothing, Hickman); so the lack of LGBT news (i.e. solo series, leader, lead comic cast) isn't anything new, sadly.
Though I am pleased that Daken will be in Wolverines (hopefully in a meaningful way ).
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I'm kinda hoping that both Billy and Teddy (and Tommy too, of course) can catch some of the glow off of Wanda and Vision's prominence in the next Avengers movie.
If Marvel could devote some time to the kids amid all the fanfare that's sure to come, then I'll be happy.
Freedom is the ability to live without fear of persecution.
I like America and Kate, that line on YA was pure America trolling Kate...But it is good that it was left on the air no resolution.
Good see that Fraction was joking about it.
I'm just overjoyed that their friendships are being acknowledged, however briefly, beyond the YA title. That's quality writing imho. I live for that sh!t
I'm really unhappy about Wanda's narrative to be honest.
There's so much focus on what she did, and very little on why she did it. It was all for them. For Billy and Tommy. All the grief, all the suffering...it was to be reunited with her kids. You wouldn't know it to read her stories these days. Outside of Young Avengers, it never comes up.
Marvel needs to rectify this.
Freedom is the ability to live without fear of persecution.