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Are you kidding? I'm horrified by it! I don't "need" gay superheroes to be my role models -- didn't as a kid, either. Although gay characters (Northstar, or Maggie Sawyer for instance) have a special place in my heart, I don't "need" them to feel... I don't know, represented?

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In many respects, this is like race-swapping. A character who has long been established to be B is shown to be A. And the only reason for doing it is "controversy".

Jimmy the Ginger.

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I've never heard "Ginger" as a word for gay man before.

I've never heard "Ginger" as a word for gay man before.

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"Ginger" is slang for red hair, I believe.  One of the first things the current Doctor on Doctor Who did after regenerating was look at his hair, after which he said "Still not a ginger."

The only thing I fear about this "reveal" is that, if it's a long standing character, they will begin acting stereotypically gay all of a sudden. Completely out of character to how they have been portrayed until now.

I just see no good coming from this. Just create a brand new character, make them interesting and use them wisely. I guess that must be too hard to do though...

DK2 is a total mess.

Pretty much anything Miller does these days is a total mess. What a disappointment.

Here's a still of the characters done by people that don't apparently hate superheroes.

Why do these cartoon superheroes always have these impossibly skinny legs?  Those legs could not possibly support the bulk of the upper body. 

If one of these heroes is gonna be gay, he better be more than sweet abs...