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zionists dni.

on a somewhat related note i think a lot of erroneous interrogations of dc comics actually stem specifically from this dissonance between the inherently non-linear narrative form that the medium lends itself to as one borne out of a desire to generate political commentary and morale and the desire for a linear narrative that readers often become so invested in by way of their attachment to fictional characters who evolve into something even more than status symbols although that is realistically their primary purpose and always will be

God I wish superhero properties didn’t explode into the mainstream like they did bc now I got niggas treating every issue like powerscaling ammo and it’s so exhausting… it’s always “canon” “no diff” “peak” it feels like a boys club, just testosterone and “my dad can beat up your dad in a fight”

#comics #dc #marvel #comictok

mabellonghetti

Denzel Washington during the 'Mississippi Masala’ premiere at Gramercy Theater in New York City, 1992

#bruce wayne elseworld inspo

rogerdeakinsdp

Denzel Washington as Nick Styles in RICOCHET (1991) dir. Russell Mulcahy

#bruce wayne elseworld inspo

Every day I’m reminded capeshit won’t love you back

necrotic-nephilim

anyway the most frustrating thing about Gretchen Felker-Martin's upcoming Red Hood run is how it feels next to impossible to express potential concerns over the run without immediately having your take bandwagoned and twisted by people who are running with the most bad faith interpretation possible of every single thing she says or does and refusing to give even a shred of a benefit of the doubt to a comic that, i cannot stress this enough, *is not out yet.*

i recently posted about my tentative excitement for the run and by and large, i do stand by what i said in that post. i still think GFM's novels are great works, i still think Beast World wasn't the worst Jason comic, and i still think the concepts for the run sound interesting. but given her recent interview and some reason bluesky posts, my excitement is certainly more hedged, i won't pretend otherwise. but it's wildly frustrating to see people twist her words in the worst way possible and share out of context screenshots of the interview they clearly haven't even read. how am i supposed to expect this fandom to read her run with an open mind if they can't read an *interview* to form their own opinion? any shred of valid criticism/concern is immediately muddled by misgyony and transphobia and people doing full on acrobatics to make assumptions about GFM and her run. am i concerned she hasn't read any Red Hood comics or Huntress comics? yes. am i concerned her frame of reference for Helena seems to be that god awful Birds of Prey movie? yes. and am i concerned that she doesn't seem to understand the root of either of these characters? also yes.

but given the fact these two characters literally cannot get any worse? i don't know what you think GFM is going to do, exactly. Jason and Helena have both been at rock bottom for characterization for literal decades. and i can't help but feel male/cishet writers don't get half of this heat for their garbage takes on these characters that set them so far back in the first place. GFM's run might be great, it might be garbage, but it's likely not going to be able to return either of these characters to their "peak era" that fans worship, which atp, was nearly 20 years ago, which seems to be the only thing fans of either character want in order to be appeased and not rip GFM to shreds.

i just can't help but feel like this fandom is setting GFM up to be this generation's Devin Grayson. ie: the queer woman who is their lamb to slaughter to lay every bad writing/character choice for the next ten years onto, regardless of her control and/or involvement of the choices. with the even deeper irony being that Devin Grayson's mythical Nightwing run was *actually good*, most people just either didn't read it, or read only the notorious highlights in incredibly bad faith. it seems like GFM has no room for mediocrity here. unless her run is literally perfection, you're all going to rip her to shreds for it and jump at the bit to be transphobic/misogynistic in ways that aren't even subtle.

toocoolforhole

i hope geoff and dan are having a TERRIBLE year, truly

Greg Rucka on the darkest times at DC Comics with Dan DiDio and Geoff Johns

brw

Scott Lobdell admitted to sexual harassment in 2013 and continually was given a job writing Red Hood & the Outlaws for years afterwards. You can, to this day, purchase Red Hood & the Outlaws comics from the DC official website.

Neil Gaiman was let go after the multiple accusations came out about him, but his work on Sandman is still featured and available for purchase on the DC website.

Otto Schmidt is close friends with a nazi pedophile, and is currently still being given continuous work as a cover artist by DC. His most recent cover was released August 27th, 2025 on Absolute Wonder Woman #11.

And Tom King is a CIA agent who while giving a talk at a convention with other DC talent, admitted to torturing people as part of the Iraq invasion. He is currently still working at DC.

All of these people either still have work or still have their creations up for sale and are still promoted by DC. Gretchen Felker-Martin's work has been removed from comic stores, and has had refunds issued out not just for the issues that were owed on pre-orders, but for the issues of #1 that were already purchased by customers. This is the complete eradication of a person's work. This has never been about professionalism, it has never been about doing the right thing, and it has everything to do that this was a transgender woman who the internet harassed for months, who DC seemingly did nothing to support, who was then dropped wholesale for making a tweet celebrating the death of a neo-nazi who was actively involved in making her life as a trans woman tangibly worse. If you were wanting to participate in a boycott of her work, if you were contributing to the transmisogynist hate campaign against her, you are a bad person who is unsafe for trans women to be around. Your efforts have not ever been about protecting women, it's about taking the first excuse you have to harass a trans woman into silence. It is transparent, it is disgusting, and I hope you feel nothing but shame for the way you have acted and what you have contributed towards.

roobylavender

i'm soooooo sick of people saying well we're allowed to be upset about how gfm carried herself like i'm sorry but genuinely none of you care how other comic writers have conducted themselves over time and called asians and arabs subhuman at length repeatedly i really cannot stomach that you're comparing her replying to a person with a cersei / jamie gif as in any way equivalent it's seriously fucked

handweavers

"violence is never justified under any circumstances" types when you tell them that they have already implicitly accepted that violence is sometimes justified by expressing ambivalence if not outright allegiance to capitalist politicians and systems of governance. you have already accepted that violence, under certain circumstances, is at least tolerable if not entirely reasonable and necessary, and you assert that all the time. you have already decided what sort of violence is okay to you

jazzplusplus

1978 - Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea World Tour - Nippon Budokan - Tokyo

maryhenry

obsessed with the opposite of you and i have become to blur…….. no matter how close you are to someone you’ll always be irreconcilably separate. you will be always be divided by a wall that’s impossible to breach.

maryhenry