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Matt Hawes
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The story:
A "prominent" DC Comics character will soon be gay.
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Thom Price
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Being gay is the new being killed.
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Neil Brauer
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Stun after stunt after stunt. This will be hard to retcon if they change their mind. 52 sales must be dipping. If they are going to "out" or kill a character, how about letting it be discovered in the story? It's so much more interesting for the reader!
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Eric Smearman
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I read this article earlier today. To be accurate, they never say the
character will be a superhero. IIRC, the term used is "prominent
character" who was straight pre-Flashpoint. They could be referring to
a supporting cast member, like Jimmy Olsen or Alfred.
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Neil Brauer
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They could be referring to
a supporting cast member, like Jimmy Olsen or Alfred ............................................. Wasn't there some talk about "outing" Jimmy Olsen years ago?
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Eric Smearman
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I think I recall one of the many treatments for what eventually became
SUPERMAN RETURNS included Jimmy being gay.
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Stephen Churay
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I've tried my best to like the New 52. Due to the soft reboot nature of
it all, I don't really know who these characters are. Some things are
the same, some are different, but IMO, they're totally different
characters and none of them are very prominent. At this point, I don't
care who's a homosexual. I'll just read the old stuff.
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Petter Myhr Ness
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Sigh.
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Tom French
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Sigh... yes, Jimmy's gay. You can tell by his fashion sense -- those bowties are SO hot in the gay community -- and the fact that he's always taking pictures of a muscular man performing acts of strength. Jimmy the Ginger. Now -- as Grant Morrison defines "gay" -- Jimmy will be rich, a fetishist and only interested in hanging out with boys and old men.
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Glen Keith
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If its a supporting character, everyone will just shrug their shoulders and say "big deal". If it's a major character, many fans will cry foul. If it's Wonder Woman, that would almost seem to be a cliche.
Regardless, these stunts drove me away, and away they are keeping me.
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Glen Keith
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I know you're being ironic, Tom, but the only real people I can think of (off the top of my head) who are famously bow ties wearers are either Republican pundits or belong to the Nation of Islam. Republicans of the log cabin sort aside, neither of those scream gay.
Edited by Glen Keith on 21 May 2012 at 4:40am
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Jason Mark Hickok
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Another wonderful idea from one of the big two. Probably patting themselves on the back as we speak.
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