I could agree with that. Kitty is a great character, and I like her a lot. I personally don’t see her in enough to have grown such a strong attachment, whereas Bobby is kinda always around.

And, of course, you are free to point out where any statement I’ve made is wrong. Generalizations? Check. Bigotry? Sorta goes hand in hand with that. Gendered insults? Gotcha. Even evoked the bane of existence, the dreaded straight white male! It’s like Match Four for insulting Gawker posters, really.

Ah, the bigot claims I started out with some shit, and kept at the same level. I’m not sure if I should be insulted or flattered. It’s like an insult from a racist. Does it work as a sort of double negative?

Now, I will say if you actually want to have a discussion, we certainly can, but your vocalized stance has me disinclined to believe that you would a) give anything I have a fair shake and b) would have any desire to.

Oh, I have plenty to say, but you’ve already drawn your conclusions. Since I would be working against your preconceived argument that has nothing to do with anything I would say, it’s essentially an uphill battle. That’s the problem with arguing with bigots.

Yeah, we’ve had ton of good to great gay characters in the X-Comics that their sexuality was like, “Oh, this is a thing, but moving on...” which doesn’t seem to be the current trend. Instead, there is a lot of flag waving and fireworks to show...really...just how gay their characters can be. The way Betty was shown to…

Haha...”I’m using bigotry to make my point, and then I’m going to say your opinions are invalid before you even state them.” WOW. You are a treasure.

Mansplaining? Unless, of course, you meant that in a non-insulting context that was not directed at a particular gender, in which case, let me get my popcorn because I’m sure the gymnastics are going to be fantastic.

Makes claims about bigotry, uses sweeping generalization and gendered insults to back up point.

CLASSIC.

I named at least one other character that was I was annoyed with that they retconned their sexuality, and even made the statement that it is BAD PRACTICE to do that same thing to anyone. Do I need to list every character to which it has happened to make the statement more valid? Is that really the extent of counter…

You remember when most of the mutant died, and even the ones that survived had their mutant gene wiped? That’s why it would be impactful. First, if they are steralized at a genetic level, those genes can’t be passed on. As Beast found during post House of M, it’s not something you can “repair” if it’s not there. On…

Exceedingly powerful telepath. Very competent telekinetic. Can turn into diamond and be invulnerable at will. What, about those three things, says she needs to wear anything else, exactly?

Except it is?

See, here’s the bit: The X-Books have a long, long history of being incredibly inclusive and diverse. Always have been. No one is complaining about that, what they are upset about, and rightly so, is an author coming in well after the character’s creation and saying, “Teehee, he’s totes gay now.” I’m bi,…

Or he could be using the example proven by Mass Effect. True, there’s no proof yet, but he’s right in that case. Why is it your first option would be to denigrate what he’s saying instead of looking at the statement and where he’s coming from?

Actually, in the case of Mass Effect, data Bioware pulled proved exactly that: the most played version of Shepard was the male version, however on the Bioware forums, the people who actually made hue and cry about their being a lack of representation/marketing/whatever played FemShep.

The picture really exemplifies my reaction to the character: Jacob is cocky, but reactionary and funny. Evie is kind of a snide bitch. With daddy issues.

That’s why I asked. I actually forgot that there are encyclopedia entries because I usually read them at the end, so I don’t have to run around randomly collecting things to get all the entries. Thank you for pointing that out.

Sometimes friends aren’t friends. Mute ‘em.

I would posit it’s mostly because people like Sarkeesian tend to paint things wholly in one way—often in direct contradiction to empirical evidence otherwise. Look at it this way: when various governmental figures were like, “video games are bad, they cause violence! Columbine kids played video games! That’s proof!”…

Maybe find a new hobby, then? I mean, if I find something about an activity I don’t like, I just, you know, don’t do it, instead of complaining about it. Maybe I’m weird, and don’t feel the need to try to force the world to cater to me.