tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823073892487105533.post3182260505425752777..comments2024-03-20T04:51:59.643-05:00Comments on Tales of West Hollywood: Lane's Hookup with Batman, Robin, and the JokerNYSocBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823073892487105533.post-90248875681115939412022-05-06T08:24:49.030-05:002022-05-06T08:24:49.030-05:00Ironically, Dick Grayson being such a sensual char...Ironically, Dick Grayson being such a sensual character is new to canon, began with Dan Didio. In the 60s, he didn't notice women, focusing entirely on the job.<br /><br />The 80s really codified this: He's against cheating, he can't see himself with someone he doesn't love (Marv Wolfman's pronoun choice, not mine), and there's a lot of subtext between him and Jericho.<br /><br />Dixon paired him with Barbara Gordon because people were interpreting her relationship with Black Canary as a romance. At least that's the old story. Given how Chuck Dixon rages about gays in comics now, I can believe it.<br /><br />What's interesting is Didio's heterosexism. There have now been two love triangles involving these kids. Not kids. Calling Barbara Gordon a kid is always a continuity error. In both, Dick acts in a sociopathic manner, quite frankly. The first one is notable for collapsing the post-Crisis New Teen Titans era, eight years of real time and four of in-universe time, into a story where Crisis on Infinite Earths (or at least its aftermath), The Killing Joke, and Total Chaos (but not her time on the Suicide Squad, which could be for an interesting story, a sort of civil war among the heroes, since Waller and Faraday want the Titans for themselves in this period).<br /><br />So, the climax of that story is Dick inviting Barbara to his wedding but forgetting to do that and sleeping with her. Wait, he was only getting married because an assassin from the future abducted and posed as Starfire and tried to assassinate Donna Troy so her son wouldn't be born. While using a mix of psychic powers and light manipulation (Always light!), she slept with him. Yes, DC had someone who's was recently raped go straight to sex.<br /><br />The second time is after yet another reboot, and he invites her to abandon her comatose boyfriend and join him in Chicago.<br /><br />Ah, heterosexism at its finest, shipping all over the continuity and characterization just so The Guy gets with The Girl. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823073892487105533.post-74191102142508056222019-05-19T19:44:05.779-05:002019-05-19T19:44:05.779-05:00Something I thought I'd add: Of course Robin&#...Something I thought I'd add: Of course Robin's huge. I go with two proofs of this:<br /><br />1) His name. Nobody wants a ten-inch Ric.<br />2) He's DC's bicycle. And this is becoming even more so in canon every day. Still no male lovers, notwithstanding the Midnighter's admiration. (The fanfic writers don't care, and his pairing with Jason Todd has a delightfully punny name: Jaybird.) I mean, James Gunn even said "If Batwoman slept with Nightwing, she'd still be a lesbian."<br /><br />The other thing I wanted to add is, now I want Cesar Romero sucking Burt Ward to be the Grayson Joker variant cover. My previous wish was that all the covers reflect the protagonists' established relationship with the Joker as promised for this 2015 promotion. (The only one that did was Batgirl.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823073892487105533.post-66438755766642772352018-05-30T06:30:45.973-05:002018-05-30T06:30:45.973-05:00Censors really didn't mind bulges. Or unintend...Censors really didn't mind bulges. Or unintended, split second, blink and you'll miss it dick shots (in a kilt or loincloth).<br /><br />For bulges, people just pretended not to notice: It's the 60s and gay people don't exist. Fashion changes related to 80s homophobia, and by the aughts, it was "cover the knees". The bulge was suddenly indecent.<br /><br />I have noticed inseams getting shorter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823073892487105533.post-31046376299985308812016-04-02T23:18:24.223-05:002016-04-02T23:18:24.223-05:00Adam and Burt are coming to town in two weeks for ...Adam and Burt are coming to town in two weeks for a convention. This story will be in my mind! Bi-Bi Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10578686646508599586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823073892487105533.post-66206168310883520042016-03-26T10:33:59.326-05:002016-03-26T10:33:59.326-05:00The aroused guy in the first picture is Sylvester ...The aroused guy in the first picture is Sylvester Stallone in his heterosexual porn movie, "Party at Kitty and Stud's," renamed "The Italian Stallion" for its DVD release. It's the only heterosexual porn movie I own. He's nude several times.NYSocBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823073892487105533.post-1391900656974282612016-03-26T10:30:43.136-05:002016-03-26T10:30:43.136-05:00I don't actually remember the celebrities Cesa...I don't actually remember the celebrities Cesar mentioned, except for Desi Arnaz (Junior and Senior, of course) and Burt Ward. Of course, he might have been guilty of colorful exaggeration, too.NYSocBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.com