Shard
[DC] Apparently, DC have confirmed that Jon Kent is bi.
Shard
Which, you know. He's taken his boyfriend home to meet his parents. And the boyfriend was MUCH more impressed by Lois than Clark. (Boyfriend is a reporter.)
Shard
For once, I have NOT read the comments.
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
It’s so cute!
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
That reaction reminds me of Starman meeting Wesley Dodds and Dian
Shard
I always love it when a character isn't as impressed by the one you think they should be.
Shard
(One of my favorite ever scenes was Faiza Hussain saving Sherlock Holmes' life. And him being put out because she was more impressed meeting John Watson than she was meeting him.)
kaylin
having played a next-gen character dating a Superkid, this is objectively the Correct answer
kaylin
"He's Superman. She looked at Superman and said 'yeah, I can take him in fight over whose turn it is to do the dishes'."
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
The best part is Clark will be the first to agree
Throck
I like how many queer characters DC is going now but not sure how I feel about their trend of not hooking them up with the same gender character they're usually shipped with? iirc they aged up damian to match jon, unless I'm mistaken, but even if I am they COULD do it
Throck
It feels like they're just paying lip service by hooking them up with no name or minor characters we'll probaly see very little of long-term, instead of other heroes they'd realistically be on panel with a lot
PrincessBatty
Everyone should be impressed by Lois, but I am biased.
Throck
Just so they can back pat over the representation but don't have to actually do a lot of it on panel. Like it's great he brought his BF home! But now that he did, how often are even going to see the guy after this?
Throck
I do like the joke that lois is more impressive tho
kaylin
korel: yeah, characters whose characterization is limited to "love interest" are...generally dubious
Tad Cooper
Sure is a funny way to spell Conner
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
I mean technically Lois started as a love interest
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
I don’t want to be skeptics until de see it on page. It’s a new Superman book. No reason Jon shouldn’t have his own cast
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
People forget that Clark has a cast half the time that isn’t the justice league and it actually makes me sad
kaylin
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
: yeah, the character isn't doomed, but it's a rough point to start from in getting the reader to care about them
kaylin
writers can't just go "here, care about this character", they have to put in the work to make the readers care
Throck
That's another issue I have with it. Lois and Clark had AGES of juicy build up before they even dated
Throck
A lack of investment in the love interest building up a romantic relationship over time isn't going to make me care about them.
Throck
And oftentimes they often already have characters have that investment with someone (or multiple someones)
Throck
Like with bernard and tim bernard just came back out of nowhere
Throck
Overall I do think it's a good step forward and something to be excited about I just have a minor nitpick about execution
Throck
And people randomly turning boyfriends out of their pockets
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
Lois and Clark also started in a different era where some of the ethics around secret identities etc were taken differently. I mean the character himself ain’t that old. I think if it’s well done it can work
Throck
I mean, I liked the build up of Wonder Girl and Superboy in Young Justice too, I just prefer a bit more build up
Throck
that said, any situation where jon brings someone home, esp a reporter, the someone being more impressed with lois ought to be a given.
Throck
they definitely nailed that
Tad Cooper
The nicest thing I can say about Bernard is that it WAS someone who had appeared in enough issues for a few ships to have sailed back in the day
Throck
Tad Cooper
: That's true. I don't actually mind the character choice, just the setup really. He hadn't been around for a good while.
Tad Cooper
Yeah they deliberately dug him up to be a decent choice that let them avoid shipping two heroes