The Wonder Woman trainwreck keeps on keeping on

It's a dark time in the DC universe. The Wonder Woman title is still stuck in some kind of inexplicable AU timeline where Diana finally got to wear pants, in exchange for not being actually heroic or effective or competent or anything.

How the main universe and nu!Wondy are even supposed to make sense together (since Wondy Classic has been MIA since this started) has so far stayed a vague, wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey open question. And as such a pivotal turning point for Wonder Woman the character *and* the mythos, of course somebody decided that it would best to reveal such a crucial part of her superhero origin in Superman's book and make it all. About. Him. (See exhibits A, B, C, D, E, and F for Why This Is Stupid And Sexist As Hell.)

Naturally, jlbarnett, limitless source of the unfunny, is just plain oblivious to logic as well as patronizing, spawning a long thread about the nature of the phrase "calm down." Apparently being angry with sexism is the real oppression at work here. Who knew?

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undomielregina
2011-02-10 09:00 pm UTC (link)

Avoiding the unfunny comments because the rest is bad enough.

I really like the costume redesign -- without that shitty '90's half jacket thing it looks really great. Which is a pity since it's attached to such a terrible reboot of the character. DC's always been bad with its female characters, and I'm beyond furious that that's currently fucking up Diana, who's so awesome. I know this is an alternate character and all, but if this part of her backstory sticks around, how is she ever going to be an equal and essential part of the Trinity ffs? Just from an in universe perspective this is a terrible idea. And then you add the fail to is and, and RAGE!

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dragonsong12
2011-02-11 03:58 pm UTC (link)

So much this. I loved the redesign too, even as fanboys were screaming in rage about it (I swear, nerds will bitch about anything. ANYTHING. And yes, that includes me, HERE I GO!) but why is it so difficult to write her? Just take 5 minutes and think of her like a normal person IT'S NOT THAT HARD!

I kind of hate that everyone is saying "get Gail Simone back on it" not because I disagree - I think they're right - but because she shouldn't have to keep jumping back to bail out that sinking ship. As it is, she BARELY gets to write anything that isn't considered a primarily female book (so much love for Birds of Prey, though!) like women can only write women while men can write anyone, despite the fact that she's proven her ability to write dudes again and again. She shouldn't be the only one who can do this. Again, IT'S NOT HARD!

...sorry...got caught up in the moment.

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	cmdr_zoom 2011-02-11 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	IT'S NOT THAT HARD! You'd think so, wouldn't you? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragonsong12 2011-02-11 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	Apparently I have been mistaken in this. ...or maybe there's some sort of box to check off on DC application to indicate that you think "teh wimmunz" are some weird alien creature. Gail Simone got to skip that section because she has lady parts. (Reply to this)(Parent)

evilsqueakers
2011-02-12 06:43 am UTC (link)

I...uh, like the jacket. I know. It's not in vogue, but I like it as a sort of comfort thing. Like when you grab your favorite hoodie before walking out the door and it can hide her more...boobtastic shirt from the front if she just wants to walk to the local corner market to grab a coke.

I gave up on comics about a year ago. After trying for about a year. Why? Because at some point I realized a female, my opinion nor wants in a book didn't matter anymore than they had for the Stargate production team.

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	napalmnacey 2011-02-12 08:05 am UTC (link)
	This is why I gave up reading comics and starting drawing/writing them. And then people look at me funny when I say that I love comics, and then say, "Oh no, I don't read many or buy them, just a few indie titles." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2011-02-12 08:22 am UTC (link)
	I did not read that as titties. At all. Nooooope. But yes, I completely understand why. I just can't get into them. I need to check out my LCS since they're kinda awesome and seem to like me. Find some independent paperbacks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

napalmnacey
2011-02-12 09:18 am UTC (link)

Well. If there were any titties I was scoping, it was the ones in Platinum Grit. (PlatinumGrit.com). Cause they were drawn somewhat realistically. The ones in most comics don't ping my pervy radar, sadly. ;) So you were almost right. LOL!

Yeah, it's a-diggin' and word-of-mouth for most of the comics I get into, so it's hard to find them, but once you do - oh GOD, YES! Platinum Grit is really good, btw. /pluggin'

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	evilsqueakers 2011-02-12 12:50 pm UTC (link)
	And again, I read Platinum Grit as PG. My brain went "Well, yes, the window allows such a thing." I probably did that because I noticed my Connor PG sitting on my shelves when I was shifting. I'm almost convinced you like Platinum Grit. Almost. Not quite. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	napalmnacey 2011-02-12 12:53 pm UTC (link)
	I might like it just a bit. A little. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2011-02-12 12:55 pm UTC (link)
	Nah. It's all ho-hum. That's all it'll be. You know. Just a step above Gummi Bears but below Inspector Gadget. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	napalmnacey 2011-02-12 12:57 pm UTC (link)
	Gadget... Grit... Gummi... What, alphabetically? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2011-02-12 01:17 pm UTC (link)
	I really have messed you up when I almost said "Go Go Gadget" instead of Inspector. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	napalmnacey 2011-02-12 01:18 pm UTC (link)
	You did. And this is the most non-sequitir conversation I've had today. Just sayin'. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2011-02-12 02:22 pm UTC (link)
	I'm just making Cordy seem linear is all. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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