The Love that Dare Not Speak Its name
Oct. 14th, 2013 11:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23It seems like they are always going on about equal rights and acceptance, and being outcasts.
They say that in every other way they are like everyone else, but it's that thing that is different.
They are always making grandiose statements and wearing flamboyant garb.
..and DC comics has a problem with them being married.
Yep, that's right.
Super heroes.
Things started with DC redlighting the same-sex marriage of Kate Kane and Maggie Sawyer in Batwoman, which lead to the creative of team of JH Williams III and Haden Blackman leaving the book.
Okay, so you think where this is going, but you might be wrong. It did inevitably lead to Huffington Post, Daily Mail, the Guardian, Entertainment Weekly and others running with the story; and it probably not surprisingly led fans to go on social media and threaten violence against DC employees.
DC has had a rather spotty record with the LGBT community, and moves such as giving Orson Scott Card a steady paycheck haven't helped.
So, DC's explanation for why the nupitals could not go through.
According to Dan DiDio, DC Comics Co-Publisher, it's because superheroes don't get married.
So if you been reading DC's New 52, Aquaman and Mera are not married, never were, and you won't see Geoff Johns making references to bride, spouse, or any similar terms anytime soon.
There's no Lois and Clark, no Apollo and Midnighter. Flash and Green Lantern are single, Black Canary and Green Arrow no longer married- they don't even know each other, and the list goes on.
The only married character in the New 52 appears to be Buddy Baker (Animal Man) and things don't look good for him.
The explanation DiDio gave at a Comics Convention in Baltimore was that being gay was part of who Batwoman is, but that heroes should not be married.
She’s clearly a member of the Bat family, and that as a result she shouldn’t have a happy personal life. That she’s committed to defending others at the sacrifice of personal instincts and personal lives.
So there's that.
DiDio doesn't haven't problems with sexuality, but if you follow his logic- fire fighters, police, and doctors shouldn't be married either.
Of course, bad publicity aside, comics are comics and we will see if this has any effect on sales (DiDio is also bringing in openly gay writer Marc Andreyko to the Batwoman title, so there is that), but at least last month when DC rolled out it's 3-d Covers and Villain Month, it was crushing the competition.
They say that in every other way they are like everyone else, but it's that thing that is different.
They are always making grandiose statements and wearing flamboyant garb.
..and DC comics has a problem with them being married.
Yep, that's right.
Super heroes.
Things started with DC redlighting the same-sex marriage of Kate Kane and Maggie Sawyer in Batwoman, which lead to the creative of team of JH Williams III and Haden Blackman leaving the book.
Okay, so you think where this is going, but you might be wrong. It did inevitably lead to Huffington Post, Daily Mail, the Guardian, Entertainment Weekly and others running with the story; and it probably not surprisingly led fans to go on social media and threaten violence against DC employees.
DC has had a rather spotty record with the LGBT community, and moves such as giving Orson Scott Card a steady paycheck haven't helped.
So, DC's explanation for why the nupitals could not go through.
According to Dan DiDio, DC Comics Co-Publisher, it's because superheroes don't get married.
So if you been reading DC's New 52, Aquaman and Mera are not married, never were, and you won't see Geoff Johns making references to bride, spouse, or any similar terms anytime soon.
There's no Lois and Clark, no Apollo and Midnighter. Flash and Green Lantern are single, Black Canary and Green Arrow no longer married- they don't even know each other, and the list goes on.
The only married character in the New 52 appears to be Buddy Baker (Animal Man) and things don't look good for him.
The explanation DiDio gave at a Comics Convention in Baltimore was that being gay was part of who Batwoman is, but that heroes should not be married.
She’s clearly a member of the Bat family, and that as a result she shouldn’t have a happy personal life. That she’s committed to defending others at the sacrifice of personal instincts and personal lives.
So there's that.
DiDio doesn't haven't problems with sexuality, but if you follow his logic- fire fighters, police, and doctors shouldn't be married either.
Of course, bad publicity aside, comics are comics and we will see if this has any effect on sales (DiDio is also bringing in openly gay writer Marc Andreyko to the Batwoman title, so there is that), but at least last month when DC rolled out it's 3-d Covers and Villain Month, it was crushing the competition.
