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philippos42) wrote2010-02-04 05:43 pm
philippos42) wrote2010-02-04 05:43 pm
Rucka Wonder Woman
Let's remember that Wondy's boyfriend Trevor Barnes was killed off (in absurdly over-the-top fashion) because Greg Rucka didn't want to use him. The closest thing to a love interest in his run was another Amazon named Io. (I admit, I gave up on the Rucka run after two or three trades of meandering, but I don't think anything actually happened between those two. What I saw looked like Io was the female Mike Schorr: hopelessly mooning over a nigh-oblivious Di.)
So if Greg's latest Wondy scripts act like Wondy has only ever loved Superman & Batman, well, what else is new?
I think it's sexist, of course, that a female character is fobbed off on male characters from other series in this way. Maybe that's unfair. Maybe it's just lame.
In how many cases is a male character attached to a bigger name female in his own book? There is one that comes to mind easily: I don't remember now how I first reacted to the Dinah Lance/Ray Terrill romance in his book. I'm amused by it now.
And I was amused by the Batman/Wonder Woman flirtation in Joe Kelly's JLA. But it's kind of awkward per their own continuities. I try to let JLA be a vaguely non-continuity team-up book, like stories where Batman meets Sherlock Holmes.
So if Greg's latest Wondy scripts act like Wondy has only ever loved Superman & Batman, well, what else is new?
I think it's sexist, of course, that a female character is fobbed off on male characters from other series in this way. Maybe that's unfair. Maybe it's just lame.
In how many cases is a male character attached to a bigger name female in his own book? There is one that comes to mind easily: I don't remember now how I first reacted to the Dinah Lance/Ray Terrill romance in his book. I'm amused by it now.
And I was amused by the Batman/Wonder Woman flirtation in Joe Kelly's JLA. But it's kind of awkward per their own continuities. I try to let JLA be a vaguely non-continuity team-up book, like stories where Batman meets Sherlock Holmes.