Former Spider-Man actor Andrew Garfield advocates for a "pansexual Spider-Man"

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archer9234 said:

LurkerJ said:

Ka-pi96 said:
Completely agree with Stan Lee on this. Characters should stay who they are, try and change that and you are just ruining a character. If wou want characters with different sexualities or ethnicities or whatever just create new ones, don't ruin the ones that already exist.

Well, here is some food for thought. Most of the superhero characters went through changes and reboots and storylines that are drastically different from each other. After and way before they started making movies and TV shows out the comics. So why stop now? 

I don't see how expanding Spider-man's sexuality is a big deal. If anything, he is that kind of a guy. "Hey guys! I kissed a boy and I liked it!". It sounds like something spider-man would say.

Okay. Here's the other side. Say you found a gay character comic. You read it for 20 years. You invested into that character, as any real person. Then the writers decide to make them straight. You'd be on the other side. Make a new character for this. Not alter one.

I was fine with the changes Game of Thrones Show had, and I still love the books. The changes were very impactful changes, not about as something as unimportant as sexual orientation, but they were done right. So it's fine.

And besides, who said anything about GAY? We are talking about pansexuality here. It's not unheard of to become pansexual at one point in your life after experimenting. Much more common than the rare event of someone completely switching their sexual orientation.