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kaidansassismagic:

tights-and-capes:

I don’t understand why everyone is complaining that making Alan Scott a gay character is a publicity stunt. There really is no basis or facts to back that up, so please don’t use that as an excuse to hate on DC. Gail Simone her self said that Dan Didio sincerely believes in bringing more gay characters to main stream media, and he has a real heart for the issue. I’ve also heard that people are upset because “why can’t DC just focus on the gay characters they have? Why do they have to add more?” I’m sorry but those two are not mutually exclusive. If they can nurture their existing straight characters all the while introducing new straight characters, than they can do the same for gay characters.

And didn’t everyone complain about the same thing when Batwoman was announced as a lesbian? And now we all love her. What’s the difference?

I don’t think it’s a publicity stunt, I just think that this is one of the worst decisions to make regarding Alan Scott, and subsequently, his family. 

Alan Scott’s son, Todd (Obsidian) has been an openly gay character for YEARS, with a partner that he has been with since AT LEAST college. They had a relationship based on trust, love, and understanding that Todd is a superhero, and one day, he might not come home. By making Alan gay, they basically erase the chance of either of his children being born, and thus they are erasing a gay character that has been more pertinent in DC canon than his father has since the Golden Age. Erasing one gay character for another is NOT diversity.

I can definitely understand being upset about it because of that reasoning. Making a character gay by wiping out another one is definitely not cool. However, a)we don’t know that Todd doesn’t exist in this cannon, and b)maybe he wouldn’t have existed in this universe anyway, regardless of Alan Scott being gay or straight. Because as far as I can tell, Alan Scott is younger in Earth-2 and he probably wouldn’t have had kids yet.

I just think we should wait until the character makes an appearance before we start complaining, because we really don’t now how it’s going to play out or if his kids are going to be in it, etc.

(via hawkeyesassismagic)

I don’t understand why everyone is complaining that making Alan Scott a gay character is a publicity stunt. There really is no basis or facts to back that up, so please don’t use that as an excuse to hate on DC. Gail Simone her self said that Dan Didio sincerely believes in bringing more gay characters to main stream media, and he has a real heart for the issue. I’ve also heard that people are upset because “why can’t DC just focus on the gay characters they have? Why do they have to add more?” I’m sorry but those two are not mutually exclusive. If they can nurture their existing straight characters all the while introducing new straight characters, than they can do the same for gay characters.

And didn’t everyone complain about the same thing when Batwoman was announced as a lesbian? And now we all love her. What’s the difference?

dcwomenkickingass:

DC just announced a new four issue mini starring Phantom Lady and Doll Man. The cover shown is by Amanda Conner who is also drawing the Before Watchmen Silk Spectre, a character loosely based on the original Phantom Lady, Sandra Knight. Conner is only doing covers, as ongoing art will be by Cat Staggs and Rich Perotta. Staggs is now attached to two DC books increasing their stable of female artists with regular gigs to three.

Always happy to see a book with a female lead. And glad to see this latest version has more of a costume that the last iteration. Phantom Lady hits in August. More at the Source

Is it just me or is Super Best Friends Forever the greatest thing ever?

dcwomenkickingass:

We’ve already seen the promo video for season two with Batgirl and Wonder Girl joining the team. But is that in the present or the past? Because look at who is seen in images for season 2. And who isn’t in the new YJ game. Yikes!

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I’m starting to think it’s a new team, with the previous members all grown up. You can tell that the new Robin isn’t Dick, because his face, hair, and costume are all different. Put that together with the images of Nightwing, and I think we have Tim Drake as Robin. Also, M’gann looks older. Superboy looks the same, but that could be his Kryptonian blood? Anyway, I’m going to miss Wally, Artemis, Kaldu’r, Zatanna, and Rocket if that’s the case. Way to go DC, replacing your diverse team with a bunch of white kids! (with the exception of Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle, of course).