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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airawyn
2011-02-10 09:42 pm UTC (link)

Scans Daily: constantly reminding me why I don't venture out into the larger parts of comics fandom. Because you get this much fail in a feminist, queer-positive, moderated space, then I do not want to see the mainstream boards.

The DC fail... wtf. I just... I can't even. This on top of retconning Oracle so that Batman's the one who motivated her to get back in action after Killing Joke. Can't a female hero just be inspired by herself?

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	snarkhunter 2011-02-11 02:11 am UTC (link)
	Can't a female hero just be inspired by herself? Don't be ridiculous. Wimmenz don't have the power of imagination, creativity, or intellect. Women can only imitate the majestic power of the cock. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	phosfate 2011-02-11 02:20 am UTC (link)
	Oh, Christ, are you fucking kidding me? Can't anyone be a hero in Gotham without Bruce sticking his goddamned snout in? Sorry for all the fucking swearing. It's just that comics shit cock fuck fuck fuck whores. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shinga 2011-02-11 05:52 am UTC (link)
	It's just that comics shit cock fuck fuck fuck whores. Frank Miller, is that you? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	evilsqueakers 2011-02-12 05:28 am UTC (link)
	Can't anyone be a hero in Gotham without Bruce sticking his goddamned snout in? Not according to current Huntress's biopic. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	napalmnacey 2011-02-12 09:42 am UTC (link)
	You sound like me every time I step into a comics store. "Well, what are the X-Men up to these days? ... " RAAAAAAEG! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kumquat_of_doom 2011-02-11 12:21 pm UTC (link)
	This on top of retconning Oracle so that Batman's the one who motivated her to get back in action after Killing Joke. ...THEY DID NOT. No, seriously, they did not. This hasn't happened. sticks fingers in ears (Reply to this)(Parent)

	skypirate 2011-02-11 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	This happened in that Road Home one shot (by the same author who wrote the hated Nightwing Annual 2), right, not the actual Birds of Prey book? Let's just hope everyone forgot it and it didn't sell well. D: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	everstar 2011-02-12 06:29 am UTC (link)
	Don't mind me, I'll just be over here raging incoherently. (Reply to this)(Parent)

amy_wolf
2011-02-15 08:56 pm UTC (link)

Eventually they're just going to put Frank Miller in charge of everything and all female characters will be either Evil Whores (who have their own agenda and don't take direction from a man) or Good Whores (who listen to what men say, bone the ugly dude because they can see his inner beauty, and are also ninjas).

Then they'll go "Obviously we're writing for the dude market, because women don't read comics!"

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