Hawkman is probably going for Hawkgirl. Just a guess.Pinkamena said:
It's gotta be Aquaman. He's usually on the bottom. Bottom of the ocean guys, jeez
DC Says One Of Its"Iconic" Heroes Is Gay
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It's gotta be Aquaman. He's usually on the bottom. Bottom of the ocean guys, jeez
Batman usually likes his sidekicks young and male. Batman wouldn´t even be much of a suprise. My hope is Superman that would be fun. Regardless who it is the nerd rage will be endless.
Oooh, i can already imagine the temper tantrums of evangelical white supremacist groups like "Focus on the Family" or "Family Research Council" if they get wind of this. xD
I hope it's Batman. The resulting flamefest will keep me warm and snug all through autumn and winter. <3
Not that it'd make the poor thing even slightly more interesting, though.
Not that it'd make the poor thing even slightly more interesting, though.
HA!DVS BSTrD said:
OT: Well it's weird that they do it now but I'm a little disappointed in DC for doing this. Rather than make superheroes who happen to be gay, they make big deals that one of them is coming out of the closet even if they've already been portrayed as heterosexual.
It's sad that people still feel the need to make a big deal that somebody is gay rather than straight. If you want to make a strong gay character then make a strong character who happens to like the same gender. It's nothing that defines anything about who you are other than who you find attractive. That's it. In a superhero comic, I would have thought that your sexual preference wouldn't be the most important thing
But it is a big deal and it's not the comic books that made it a big deal.Grey Day for Elcia said:
ALL of the republican candidates opposed gay marriage, so many states are explicitly banning gay marriage. gay kids are being beaten up in their school and driven to suicide for coming out,
All the political commentators said this presidential election would be about the economy, now it's become about civil rights for gay people, with people like Santorum saying gays should all be kicked out of the military and none of his other republican candidates disagreeing with him. Literal and fundamentalist interpretations of the bible are practically mainstream in the USA, the Westbro Babtist Church is simply the more extreme and vociferous element of that.
It does matter, it has become an issue of greater significance than the economy or jobs in this election to spite everyone claiming that would be the defining issue of this election, still certain element brings up the "gay problem". It is the crossroads between fundamentalist religion and civil rights and liberties in the 2010's.
Senators aren't saying Heteros should be kicked out of the army because they talk about marrying their girlfriend. And they aren't saying some gUy can't marry their girlfriend.
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The thing is a water based superhero doesn't have to be same lame... but Aquaman really is.
The name just doesn't work.
WONDER woman
SUPER man
BAT man
AQUA?!?! Man?
Aquaman sounds like the mascot for a bottled water brand. And it doesn't do enough to separate his association with My Little Mermaid, when really he should be channelling Neptune, the Greek God of the Oceans. Give him a massive beard and a trident, YEAH!
And his super powers are so vague. Yes, he's apparently super strong. Whoop tee doo. So is everyone in the DC universe (except Batman), his powers should be like magneto's power over metal... except with water. And water is freaking everywhere. 3/4 of the planet is water. Have his power be associated with water and ability to move it and how people are 80% water or whatever.
Yeah, ditch the power to persuade fish to help him as that is comically useless. Fish are hilariously ineffectual at anything more than filter feeding, we have hunted them almost to extinction just trawling huge nets through the ocean. They are like dodos they only reason they aren't extinct is there are more fish than dodos, only recently have we been killing them at a higher rate they can reproduce. I would not want any number of fish to help me take on Al Qaeda. Unless there happens to be waist high water everywhere and there happens to be shoals of piranha nearby, then saying "I can persuade fish" is like saying "I'll file an internet petition"
Fish are just not intimidating in any serious way:
Even if they are "Ill-tempered".
The name just doesn't work.
WONDER woman
SUPER man
BAT man
AQUA?!?! Man?
Aquaman sounds like the mascot for a bottled water brand. And it doesn't do enough to separate his association with My Little Mermaid, when really he should be channelling Neptune, the Greek God of the Oceans. Give him a massive beard and a trident, YEAH!
And his super powers are so vague. Yes, he's apparently super strong. Whoop tee doo. So is everyone in the DC universe (except Batman), his powers should be like magneto's power over metal... except with water. And water is freaking everywhere. 3/4 of the planet is water. Have his power be associated with water and ability to move it and how people are 80% water or whatever.
Yeah, ditch the power to persuade fish to help him as that is comically useless. Fish are hilariously ineffectual at anything more than filter feeding, we have hunted them almost to extinction just trawling huge nets through the ocean. They are like dodos they only reason they aren't extinct is there are more fish than dodos, only recently have we been killing them at a higher rate they can reproduce. I would not want any number of fish to help me take on Al Qaeda. Unless there happens to be waist high water everywhere and there happens to be shoals of piranha nearby, then saying "I can persuade fish" is like saying "I'll file an internet petition"
Fish are just not intimidating in any serious way:
Even if they are "Ill-tempered".
While I believe the best candidate should be Batman (and Robin, of course!), I have to coincide with the majority of the people commenting that it is going to end up being Aquaman. (Oh, c'mon, the swimming with dolphins fantasy and all that? It HAS to be Aquaman!)
My money is on Green Lantern. Don't know why, Hal Jordan has just always seemed like a classic gay man's name.
Guys... RAY PALMER, you know, the atom, they need to cover the killer wife history, or...speedy, or...hawk man just beacuse hawkman, hope it isnt green arrow, i always love his mariage black canary
The strange thing is what you want seem to want his powers to be... IS WHAT HIS POWERS ARE!!!Treblaine said:
Super Strong
Highly Durable aka Bullet proof, Missile proof
Able to jump miles at a time
control water
Combat expert
champion of Posideon
hightened speed and reflexes
Telepath actually one of the most powerful ones in DC
As long as it's not Batman, I don't care about this little stunt.
It's not gonna be Superman, he's married to Lois.
It's obviously going to be Aquaman or one of the women.
It's not gonna be Superman, he's married to Lois.
It's obviously going to be Aquaman or one of the women.
Yeah, everyone knows it's going to be Aquaman. Seriously though, this could be good for them and everyone as long as they don't actually change the character or his style.
Still needs:Winnosh said:
-better costume (I suggest including a Greek God Beard)
-better name
-More emphasis on power over water, that his weakness is non-water containing enemies, like robots.
The super strength thing comes off as unimaginative compromise. No. Strength and resilience are Superman's powers, you can't just use his powers to a smaller extent, that just emphasises his second-rate status. Obviously, make him strong enough to tumble, but don't have strength be his crutch, so to speak.
Any time there is a water operation it has to be "There is no way we can possibly do this mission without
Hydros... Really? and Superstrength is an extention of him being adapted to suviving at the ocean deapths but amped up to 11 Why would Robots be his big weakness? Aquaman fights Demons and gods and other such stuff. when not in the JLA a lot of the main enemies he deals with are supernatural.Treblaine said: