firesprite
Master Member
Remember when they flipped the one character to a white male?
Yeah, me neither.
Captain America, when Bucky took over.
Remember when they flipped the one character to a white male?
Yeah, me neither.
First off...I don't think it was established in the meme posted on this thread that it was prostitution.
There was no mention of her getting paid for all the sex she was supposedly having...just having all the sex part....in that hot metal bra thing....in those hot boots.
Secondly...if anyone is to be labeled a "ho" it should be Stark/Ironman. Dude is a horny motherf'er.
Captain America, when Bucky took over.
that's not a flip of sex or race though.
My point is it's ok to reassign and flip as long as it is a white male being eliminated in some way, even if temporary.
Most of this stuff is gimmicks and I get that but it's predictable because of PC dominance over these creative processes.
Yeah, I got what your point was. MY point is that white males are the vast majority of the superhero population in comics, and have been from the start. Maybe if there comes a day when female and non-white heroes are equally represented with white males in the comics industry, things like this won't be a big deal. However, that day is FAR from this day.
Yes, it may be a publicity stunt, but if it proves popular, it'll be just another stepping stone on the way to getting there.
I think of Harley Quinn, here was a female character that simply took off, she was created as a Joker goon, those being dominated by throwaway males forever, she wasn't planned to become anything big and just exploded.
So new characters can become remarkably successful if they are good enough.
Yea, but Harley Quinn was created specifically for the 90's Batman animated series and became popular because of it, long before she was brought into the comics. They (DC comics) didn't take a shot in the dark that paid off, she proved her worth before they decided to bring her into the comics fold.
So, basically, they just turned him into a variation of Valkyrie, minus the wings?
But really Marvel, you ****ed up here.
Nope. Making Thor unworthy of the hammer is one thing. But it's just a bunch of PC bull**** and gimicky to make Thor a woman to try to get more sales.
The biggest part that bothers me I think is the fact that real-Thor is NAMED Thor. It's not a title. Thor is the male's name given to him by Odin at birth. He wasn't named Joe, and when he got the hammer became Thor. He was Thor from the beginning.
Batman. Spiderman. Captain America. Blue Beetle. etc.. those are TITLES that can be taken up by someone else.