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puinno Wise Beyond the Years moderator Location: Buffalo, New York Posts: 1809 My Collection	Posted: June 1, 2012 8:34:42 am I heard about this last week that they were going to make an established, iconic DC character gay. Well they just revealed that it is going to be Alan Scott http://www.newsarama.com/comics/alan-scott-is-gay-plus-more-gender-race-changes.html
Canuck Wise Beyond the Years moderator Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1789 My Collection	Posted: June 1, 2012 10:06:59 am Yeah I've been reading about "who will it be" all week...don't really care either. I just find stunts like this to be so lame, drummed up to sell books...in this day and age should we really care if someone is gay or straight? If they would have done this in the 60's or 70's yeah it would be note worthy but today...nah. "Disliking everything is not the same thing as having an opinion"
Canuck Wise Beyond the Years moderator Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1789 My Collection	Posted: June 1, 2012 10:34:59 am Shock and awe...‘Alan Scott won’t be the only gay character in Earth 2‘ http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/06/alan-scott-wont-be-the-only-gay-character-in-earth-2/ Hey DC...Why not make all of Earth 2 gay while you're at it. Who cares "Disliking everything is not the same thing as having an opinion"
puinno Wise Beyond the Years moderator Location: Buffalo, New York Posts: 1809 My Collection	Posted: June 1, 2012 10:36:41 am Canuck said: Yeah I've been reading about "who will it be" all week...don't really care either. I just find stunts like this to be so lame, drummed up to sell books...in this day and age should we really care if someone is gay or straight? If they would have done this in the 60's or 70's yeah it would be note worthy but today...nah. While I understand why it might bother some fans, I have not read enough Alan Scott material to really care myself . Someone made a good joke though. They said, "Now we know why he has a weakness to wood"
azkaban Grasshopper Location: Kentucky Posts: 171 My Collection	Posted: June 1, 2012 1:28:21 pm Nice one! Latest additions Avengers #31, #46, #99, #145-159, #161-164, #197, #200, Annual #6 Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #7 Forbidden Worlds #76 Strange Tales #118, #124, #133, #139, #140 Journey Into Mystery #125
Spa-fon Wise Beyond the Years Location: Tampa Bay Florida Posts: 3054 My Collection	Posted: June 1, 2012 6:16:32 pm puinno said: Canuck said: Yeah I've been reading about "who will it be" all week...don't really care either. I just find stunts like this to be so lame, drummed up to sell books...in this day and age should we really care if someone is gay or straight? If they would have done this in the 60's or 70's yeah it would be note worthy but today...nah. While I understand why it might bother some fans, I have not read enough Alan Scott material to really care myself . Someone made a good joke though. They said, "Now we know why he has a weakness to wood" LOL - great! The joy is in the journey, not just the destination. Latest buys: Batman (Golden Age) 8, 33, 38, 44, 48, 60, 75, 59, 85, 251, 63; All Star: 9, 15, 17, 25, 28, 29, 31, 34, 35, 41, 48, 49, 51, 53; Weird Fantasy 16; Haunt of Fear 4, 8, 9; Tales From the Crypt 27;
mrhan1 Teacher Location: California Posts: 263 My Collection	Posted: June 3, 2012 9:34:31 am This was a lame decision. Alan Scott is neither iconic or established in this new DC. His whole pass was erased. He's literary a blank slate. It would have been more interesting if they did do a really iconic character that people outside of comic book readers know. I think it would have been more interesting if they made Wonder Woman a bisexual.
puinno Wise Beyond the Years moderator Location: Buffalo, New York Posts: 1809 My Collection	Posted: June 3, 2012 4:43:12 pm mrhan1 said: This was a lame decision. Alan Scott is neither iconic or established in this new DC. His whole pass was erased. He's literary a blank slate. It would have been more interesting if they did do a really iconic character that people outside of comic book readers know. I think it would have been more interesting if they made Wonder Woman a bisexual. Wonder Woman seemed like she would have been a good choice ....but still, they really made a big deal outta something that was not that big of a deal
mrhan1 Teacher Location: California Posts: 263 My Collection	Posted: June 7, 2012 1:08:57 am It seems that Alan isn't the only one coming out of the closet with a secret. To me it seems that the DC marketing and research department is so out of touch with what's happening in the real world that they obviously don't know what the tag line really means.
durer73 Teacher Location: Georgia Posts: 283 My Collection	Posted: June 12, 2012 9:32:37 pm mrhan1 said: It seems that Alan isn't the only one coming out of the closet with a secret. To me it seems that the DC marketing and research department is so out of touch with what's happening in the real world that they obviously don't know what the tag line really means. That is funny!!!!!!!!!
Grim Gambit Collector in Training Posts: 18 My Collection	Posted: June 13, 2012 5:49:10 pm I didnt care for how they revealed it in the issue. The way his partner was standing there, waiting for him to get off the plane. The "hello" and the excange between them seemed a little too unreal. The whole scene looked heavily Glee-Twilight-90210-esque to me. I dont know any gay people, so perhaps my expectations on how that happened were skewed.

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Posted: June 1, 2012 8:34:42 am

I heard about this last week that they were going to make an established, iconic DC character gay. Well they just revealed that it is going to be Alan Scott

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/alan-scott-is-gay-plus-more-gender-race-changes.html

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Posted: June 1, 2012 10:06:59 am

Yeah I've been reading about "who will it be" all week...don't really care either.
I just find stunts like this to be so lame, drummed up to sell books...in this day and age should we really care if someone is gay or straight? If they would have done this in the 60's or 70's yeah it would be note worthy but today...nah.

"Disliking everything is not the same thing as having an opinion"

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Posted: June 1, 2012 10:34:59 am

Shock and awe Confused

...‘Alan Scott won’t be the only gay character in Earth 2‘
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/06/alan-scott-wont-be-the-only-gay-character-in-earth-2/

Hey DC...Why not make all of Earth 2 gay while you're at it. Who cares Rolling Eyes

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Posted: June 1, 2012 10:36:41 am

Canuck said:
Yeah I've been reading about "who will it be" all week...don't really care either.
I just find stunts like this to be so lame, drummed up to sell books...in this day and age should we really care if someone is gay or straight? If they would have done this in the 60's or 70's yeah it would be note worthy but today...nah.

While I understand why it might bother some fans, I have not read enough Alan Scott material to really care myself Whistle

. Someone made a good joke though. They said, "Now we know why he has a weakness to wood" Laughing

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Posted: June 1, 2012 1:28:21 pm

Nice one!

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Posted: June 1, 2012 6:16:32 pm

puinno said:

While I understand why it might bother some fans, I have not read enough Alan Scott material to really care myself Whistle

. Someone made a good joke though. They said, "Now we know why he has a weakness to wood" Laughing

LOL - great!

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Posted: June 3, 2012 9:34:31 am

This was a lame decision. Alan Scott is neither iconic or established in this new DC. His whole pass was erased. He's literary a blank slate. It would have been more interesting if they did do a really iconic character that people outside of comic book readers know. I think it would have been more interesting if they made Wonder Woman a bisexual.

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Posted: June 3, 2012 4:43:12 pm

mrhan1 said:
This was a lame decision. Alan Scott is neither iconic or established in this new DC. His whole pass was erased. He's literary a blank slate. It would have been more interesting if they did do a really iconic character that people outside of comic book readers know. I think it would have been more interesting if they made Wonder Woman a bisexual.

Wonder Woman seemed like she would have been a good choice Think

....but still, they really made a big deal outta something that was not that big of a deal

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Posted: June 7, 2012 1:08:57 am

It seems that Alan isn't the only one coming out of the closet with a secret. To me it seems that the DC marketing and research department is so out of touch with what's happening in the real world that they obviously don't know what the tag line really means.

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Posted: June 12, 2012 9:32:37 pm

mrhan1 said:
It seems that Alan isn't the only one coming out of the closet with a secret. To me it seems that the DC marketing and research department is so out of touch with what's happening in the real world that they obviously don't know what the tag line really means.

That is funny!!!!!!!!! Very Happy

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Posted: June 13, 2012 5:49:10 pm

I didnt care for how they revealed it in the issue. The way his partner was standing there, waiting for him to get off the plane. The "hello" and the excange between them seemed a little too unreal. The whole scene looked heavily Glee-Twilight-90210-esque to me. I dont know any gay people, so perhaps my expectations on how that happened were skewed.

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