I’d say it’s kind of ahead of its time in the way that it treats people with disabilities as deserving of respect and basic dignity instead of pitied and shamed for their condition, but I completely understand that it has kind of been co-opted as a message by people who think they’re “freaks” because they shop at Hot…
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Definitely. Marvel keeps doubling down on the X-men racism metaphor too. Though it looked like they were going to swap Mutants for Inhumans for a while to spite Fox.
It’s because she’s black, and racist nerds fucking LOVE to police black characters’ appearance and sexuality while pretending like it’s nothing to do with race.
People acting like this never happened
Meh. I’ll wait and see what the reviews are like. I’ve had about enough of the GRIMDARK! DC Universe. GRIMDARK does not always mean good.
I’ve watched enough Project Runway to learn that Shiny + Short + Tight = Cheap and Hooker looking. You can’t do all three, even two is pushing it.
Narrator: “It wasn’t.”
I mean, the most famous story from the comics involved sex between a middle aged man and a minor in which the minor is the fucked up and predatory one.
For me it’s just the jacket. The rest of it is fine enough for a TV show, but the fur coat is not a good look for her. Maybe a leather jacket instead?
People just like being mad. Starfire has never been a sensible dresser.
I really don’t get the backlash to Starfire here. She looks about as (quoting the phrasing I’ve seen used by a thousand other Internet denizens at this point) “hookery” as any other incarnation and I am betting 50/50 odds that she picks these clothes as an attempt to blend in. I can see it growing on me, honestly.
Thank you! I feared the subtext would be lost.
what an equally white comparison
“We’ve been estranged”... that’s the most white, WASPy-est, chicken shit way of saying “My brother successfully Michael Bluthed his way outta the family after the pilot episode.”