DC plans to out a prominent character
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Posted on: 2012-05-21 08:58 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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Well as this is basically a new Alan Scott, who knows what the weakness in his ring will be. |
Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
I just think it's hilarious that DC's new gay character has a vulnerability to wood.
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Afterall, since this is Earth 2 and a reboot then his links to the GLC and the Guardians shouldn't exist now and since they were the ones that programmed the ring/battery with weakness to wood then that shouldn't exist now.
Of course it will all be moot when DC decides the shock value of this is over and they retcon/revert him or just reboot the DCU again....
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This.
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Originally Posted by Tater Todd
Because deep down you know that they should just make a new character that is gay...but instead they took the easy way out.
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His REAL vulnerability will be his ex-boyfriend.
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You beat me to it....
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Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
I just think it's hilarious that DC's new gay character has a vulnerability to wood.
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There seems to be speculation that his boyfriend is going to be fridged* as part of his origin.|
Originally Posted by MrHassenpheffer
His REAL vulnerability will be his ex-boyfriend.
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* (For those unaware of what I mean by this term, see Green Lantern Kyle Rayner's first girlfriend Alex...)
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Weird. |
Originally Posted by Dark One
If Jade is in need of a home after all this, I'll be willing to take one for the team and let her move in.
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Originally Posted by Benchpresser
You beat me to it....
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Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
I just think it's hilarious that DC's new gay character has a vulnerability to wood.
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Mine too. And still is.
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Originally Posted by Tenzhi
My favourite Green Lantern. Ah, well.
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It's Earth-2. There's a whole new continuity to be written. Maybe everyone should let them have some room to write it?|
Originally Posted by 2short2care
So he just doesn't have his kids then? Poor Jade and Obsidian never to be born just so DC can have it's publicity stunt.
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There's still room for Jade and Obsidian. Even in the old continuity, Alan didn't even learn of their existance until they were teenagers, and it was very difficult for him to accept them at first.
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A publicity stunt is a publicity stunt. People have a right and a reason to be aggrivated by it. They can have all the room they want, that doesn't mean people can't be annoyed.|
Originally Posted by RosaQuartz
It's Earth-2. There's a whole new continuity to be written. Maybe everyone should let them have some room to write it?
There's still room for Jade and Obsidian. Even in the old continuity, Alan didn't even learn of their existance until they were teenagers, and it was very difficult for him to accept them at first. |
Also, I think you probably want to wait before saying this particular iteration is your favorite Green Lantern. You haven't particularly had enough time to determine that or not, and saying so now kinda makes it sound like you are just trying to defend the decision to change his character.
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Nothing yet has made me change my mind. If I end up hating New-52 Alan Scott? It doesn't change for one minute what I liked about the old continuity Alan Scott. It's not like those stories never existed anymore.|
Originally Posted by Paladiamors
A publicity stunt is a publicity stunt. People have a right and a reason to be aggrivated by it. They can have all the room they want, that doesn't mean people can't be annoyed.
Also, I think you probably want to wait before saying this particular iteration is your favorite Green Lantern. You haven't particularly had enough time to determine that or not, and saying so now kinda makes it sound like you are just trying to defend the decision to change his character. |
And certainly people have a right to be aggrevated by the publicity stunt. What I was saying was that it was premature to complain that Jade and Obsidian don't exist in the new continuity, when it's definitely not clear that is the case.
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Originally Posted by RosaQuartz
And certainly people have a right to be aggrevated by the publicity stunt. What I was saying was that it was premature to complain that Jade and Obsidian don't exist in the new continuity, when it's definitely not clear that is the case.
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Originally Posted by Nericus
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The implication is that they won't exist, not that they just haven't been seen yet.
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Originally Posted by Oathbound
According to this article:
"With that in mind, the only thing I was sad about in terms of a younger Justice League was that there wasn't going to be Jade and Obsidian..." -James Robinson The implication is that they won't exist, not that they just haven't been seen yet. |
i am kinda done with DC right now.
not cool DC.
just as I predicted.. nothing more then a meaningless publicity stunt. I am into comics way to long it seems. It gets tiresome...
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Indeed. No matter what they do with this version of Alan Scott, the original will still be my favourite Green Lantern. However, *because* I like the character so much, it will generally irritate me if/when they do things to him that I don't like regardless of the immutable past.
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Originally Posted by RosaQuartz
Nothing yet has made me change my mind. If I end up hating New-52 Alan Scott? It doesn't change for one minute what I liked about the old continuity Alan Scott. It's not like those stories never existed anymore.
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Well, if you like him so much... why don't you marry him!!?
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Originally Posted by Tenzhi
Indeed. No matter what they do with this version of Alan Scott, the original will still be my favourite Green Lantern. However, *because* I like the character so much, it will generally irritate me if/when they do things to him that I don't like regardless of the immutable past.
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I think marrying fictional characters is illegal in most states...
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Well, if you like him so much... why don't you marry him!!?
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I can see how the new continuity is a publicity stunt to generate interest and then Alan Scott being gay now as just a by-product of that. I dont get though how him being gay would be anymore interesting than him being straight.
If you like the character and it shows him at home with his gf in a couple of panels...ok.
If you like the character and it shows him at home with his bf in a couple of panels...ok.
I dont really get what everyone is saying about his sexual preference being a stunt...is it going to have an impact on sales?
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A plotline that you don't like = publicity stunt.|
Originally Posted by CrazyJerseyan
I can see how the new continuity is a publicity stunt to generate interest and then Alan Scott being gay now as just a by-product of that. I dont get though how him being gay would be anymore interesting than him being straight.
If you like the character and it shows him at home with his gf in a couple of panels...ok. If you like the character and it shows him at home with his bf in a couple of panels...ok. I dont really get what everyone is saying about his sexual preference being a stunt...is it going to have an impact on sales? |
I mean, any corporation makes decisions that they hope will increase sales. Every story DC (or Marvel, or IDC, or Image...) puts out is done with the ultimate decision of "will people want to buy this".
Like it or not (and I'm about 50/50), the "New 52" has been overall very successful as far as number of books sold. Is new-continuity Alan Scott being written as homosexual a "publicity stunt"? I don't know. In the end it doesn't matter. It will be good or it won't on it's own merits.
As for "there wasn't going to be Jade and Obsidian"... that's James Robinson. It means he has no plans for them, which makes sense given that he's writing the origins of the new Justice Society. It doesn't mean there could never be Jade and Obsidian, and I can already think of several ways that could introduce them down the line.
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For reference, the dude with the black hair (Ethan) is gay.
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I can't really argue that this is a publicity stunt. Controversy breeds publicity. Whether that has an affect on sales or not has yet to be seen, but people are talking about it.
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Originally Posted by CrazyJerseyan
I dont really get what everyone is saying about his sexual preference being a stunt...is it going to have an impact on sales?
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Good point and maybe Im just the odd man out here.|
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
For reference, the dude with the black hair (Ethan) is gay. I can't really argue that this is a publicity stunt. Controversy breeds publicity. Whether that has an affect on sales or not has yet to be seen, but people are talking about it. |
I like Wolverine and if he was suddenly 'gayed', Id still buy the title.
Im not a fan of Superman and if he was suddenly gayed...I still wouldnt buy the title.
I suppose there are a lot of people out there that have excess money to spend on comics and will buy this just because of the new sexual preference angle. In that case, I guess this is considered a publicity stunt.
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Publicity doesn't necessarily mean "spend money on this," it just means "talk about this." And from that view, they've succeeded.
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I just think it's hilarious that DC's new gay character has a vulnerability to wood.
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