| starman said: What Stan Lee said is idiotic, homophobic AND hypocritical as hell. Superhero characters get new versions all the time, so we reached a point where the old characters already showed up with completely different personalities and physical traits across all versions. Sexual preference is just one of many traits that makes a human being, it can and SHOULD be open for change whenever a new version of a character is made. Besides, what makes a superhero character is mostly his/her powers and how he/she uses those. If it's not a romantic story, people don't care much about it, it's just a nice extra, so changing this aspect doesn't change the character. It's even recomended to make at least one version with different sexual preferences, pleasing more people without pissing enyone. Win win. Basically, every fictional character reflects the society for it's time, and right now it's inexcusable to say it's wrong to have a gay/bi version of a hero. Our society advanced enough to leave such ignorance in the past. |
Oh dear...yeah, we should definitely have one version of Spiderman that is straight, one that is bi, one that is gay, etc.
But let's not stop at that - we should have one version where he is black, than one version where he's Chinese, than one version where he is Eskimo.
Than expand onto version where he is polydactylous and to spice it up one where he has siamese twin.
What Stan Lee says, as someone who created Spiderman, is neither idiotic, homophobic or hypocritical. If you want bi/gay/pansexual character, go find one that is already created in certain way (like Captain Holt from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, one of the best characters in last few years in TV shows) , or create your own, do not ask for well established charactes to conform to your believes or you're coming out as close-minded.
