The Green Lantern Is Gay: Cute or Controversial?

by SodaHead Living Posted 2012/06/01 22:00:00

Related Topics: Green Lantern, Gay, Dc, Earth 2, new 52, Earth, Comics, Green, Sexuality, Entertainment, Spider-man, homosexual, Media, Writer, Image

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	Cute	598 votes	43%
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DC Comics has been promising to reveal that one of its more popular superheroes is gay, and they finally made the announcement: It's the Green Lantern. Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, is being reintroduced as a homosexual character in the second issue of the "Earth 2" series, part of a recent project designed to revive classic characters called "New 52."

Writer James Robinson explained, "[Scott's] still the same dynamic, heroic guy he was. He's still the head of a media empire like he was in his prior version, but of course with the form of media changing and evolving with the times. And in many ways, his origin mirrors the original one also. Alan’s sexuality is just one facet of him, along with his innate goodness, valor, charisma and skill at leadership that makes him the perfect man to wield the power of the green light in the world of Earth 2." So what do you think? Is the Green Lantern being gay a cute idea, or too controversial?

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carlton999 2012/06/02 04:40:40

Controversial

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Alan Scott has been straight and married since his introduction in what, the 30's and 40's. And now they make him Gay! If DC wants a gay character introduce someone new and dont fool with someone with that much History.

All they are trying to do any way is keep up with Marvel and their gay characters getting married.
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Sookie to littleb... 2012/06/03 00:06:18

+1
Yes! It's been awhile! :P

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littleb... to Sookie 2012/06/03 00:09:42

I have been off being assholish but cute in the real world! ;-) I will drop by your profile for a proper "hello". Oh and feel free to dive into some of my polls and questions as your opinion always counts with me!

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boots 2012/06/02 23:38:39

Cute

+5

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DOriginalDonald 2012/06/02 23:10:46

Controversial

It'll MAYBE get an additional 5,000 copies sold, but in the end, Hollywood won't buy a gay superhero for a $70,000,000 blockbuster movie

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meme14 2012/06/02 23:05:38

Cute

Eh - I dunno - I don't have a problem with gay people at all - what two consenting adults do is no one elses business and they should have the same rights as everyone else - but, in all honesty, I guess I have some stereotypes. I think of gay people as being feminine males - to me that just doesn't go hand in hand with superhuman physical strength - and I think kids gravitate toward superheroes - I don't know that I would want my son admiring and emulating a gay person as a hero. I know my son loved to watch batman and the power rangers when he was a kid..he would try and act just like them...if this green lantern character acts effeminate and kisses guys and he is the hero - young boys will be confused and try to emulate them. I guess it's good for kids who know they are gay at a young age to have a hero - but, other than that - I just don't know.

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Sean McDonald 2012/06/02 23:03:35

Controversial

why make randomly make a superhero gay ?

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Bibliop... to Sean Mc... 2012/06/03 01:00:01

Why randomly make a superhero straight?
Oh wait they're already straight among other things...

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mmiller235 2012/06/02 22:31:02
Cordingly to mmiller235 2012/06/02 22:56:42

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More than likely this decision to "force" anything upon you was made by heterosexuals. And again, how are you being "forced on" right now?

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Kigan to mmiller235 2012/06/02 23:37:53

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Is Green Lantern forcing you to read his comic? No.
Is anyone else? No.

James Robinson, the man behind this, is engaged to Jann Jones - a woman. Also of note is that prior to this, the older version of the character has a gay son.

Because this version is too young to have a son, the decision was made to make him gay.

Next time you decide to say gays are forcing something on you, make sure they are gay first.

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Bibliop... to mmiller235 2012/06/03 01:01:25

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The creator made him gay and that is his choice. No one is forcing you to read the comic or accept the character. Maybe I'm tried of all of the straight and WHITE and MALE superheroes and want to see something different. Have you ever thought about people other than yourself and what they might want to read about? It was the same with all of the whiners about Black spiderman.

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GLaDOS to Bibliop... 2012/06/03 01:55:03

The creator did not choose to make him gay, the writer did. I'm pretty sure the creators of this character are rolling over in their graves.

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Laura 2012/06/02 22:04:35

Controversial

Let me be clear, I could care less if a super hero (or anyone else) is gay or not. However considering how many people still discriminate against homosexuality, I'm sure there will be plenty of controversy surrounding this "change" in sexual preference.

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disclaimer 2012/06/02 21:57:10

Cute

+1
I mean, it's going to be controversial, but I don't have a problem with it.

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Barbara 2012/06/02 21:44:28

Controversial

I'm sure lots of people will be offended, so I checked "Controversial". I, personally, don't care what cartoon characters sexual preferences are, especially since they only exist in comic books, movies and TV shows, and I think it's totally absurd. I don't want to have to think about whether Sponge Bob Square Pants prefers one thing or the other. He's a SPONGE!!! I don't care what people's sexual preferences are. I would like to get to know someone without having to go into what they do in the bedroom or other room of their choice. It's ludicrous.

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kyle 2012/06/02 21:21:50

Controversial

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if they want a gay green lantern then make a new green lantern

why are the male superheros becoming gay like spider-man and Johny storm

but they leave the female super heroines alone

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luke to kyle 2012/06/02 21:29:31

+1
Batwoman is a lesbian.

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kyle to luke 2012/06/02 22:51:39

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i know that the new batwoman is a lesbian not the original one.. but they made a new one .
all im saying is why not make a new super green lantern that is gay and not to change the old green lantern aka Alan Scott into one.

hell they made a NEW batwoman..
.this batwomen is new,different character ,different story line.and they left the old one the same

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Aes Sedai to kyle 2012/06/05 23:31:47

Yeah, but that was because the old Batwoman was dropped a long time ago. This isn't a fair comparison. Batwoman might have first been conceived in the 40s as a straight woman but the title of Batwoman went unused until the series 52. The title of Green Lantern has been used all along. Also, while the original Batwoman was wiped from continuity by Crisis, Alan Scott's Green Lantern would still be present in the New 52 because of his starring in the Earth 2 series.

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Snow to kyle 2012/06/02 21:42:36

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This is a Green Lantern from the modern times. It's not the same one, and apparently the gay one's just one of many Green Lanterns. Also, as the above person pointed out, a Batwoman is a lesbian.

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Cordingly to Snow 2012/06/02 22:58:13

But as he said, they made a new Batwoman for this, they didn't rework an existing character.

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GLaDOS to kyle 2012/06/02 22:04:46

+1
Batwoman's a Lesbian, Renee Montoya (Question II) is her girlfriend, Madame Xanadu's bi, along with Voodoo and Sarah Rainmaker being lesbians as well.

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Soundstorm to kyle 2012/06/02 22:28:59

These kids today need a good woman to straighten them out.

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GLaDOS to Soundstorm 2012/06/02 22:45:19

+1

Bah! Gwen all the way. lol

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Soundstorm to GLaDOS 2012/06/02 23:15:21

I was bummed too that they killed off Gwen. But it was getting a little too Archie Comics.

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GLaDOS to Soundstorm 2012/06/02 23:34:00

+1
Except that Peter had already chosen Gwen, and she was killed off, pretty much, because the only step left to their relationship was marriage, and that would make him totally unrelateable as a character to kids. */sarcasm* That reasoning annoyed me, especially since he later married MJ.

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Soundstorm to GLaDOS 2012/06/02 23:37:19

They could've married her off to Harry Osborn. Or have her bitten by a radioactive ladybug. The series lost something with her gone.

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GLaDOS to Soundstorm 2012/06/02 23:50:38

+1
I wish she hadn't died, but then, I wish they would have kept with Ditko's spitfire version of her, too.

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Soundstorm to GLaDOS 2012/06/03 00:01:27 (edited)

That's why the whole gay thing will never work in comics. Heroes need their girlfriends to rescue.

REAL girlfriends!

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GLaDOS to Soundstorm 2012/06/03 00:16:04

+1
I don't know... Wonder Woman did it pretty well.

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Soundstorm to GLaDOS 2012/06/03 01:38:46

Bats is right. What does she see in that man?
Now Wonder Woman's kinky adventures back in the 1940s would've been a much bigger seller if little boys back then weren't so self conscious about buying a "girls' comic".

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GLaDOS to Soundstorm 2012/06/03 01:52:06 (edited)

She sees a great person.

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Soundstorm to GLaDOS 2012/06/03 01:59:04

The world can wait, Diana. The guy's nuts about you. Men are so weak and emotional that way.

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GLaDOS to Soundstorm 2012/06/03 02:06:05

Yes, a guy who holds her to be that important. Best type of person to be with.

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Soundstorm to GLaDOS 2012/06/03 03:18:32

LOL I wish all the women I felt that way about had an inkling of an understanding about it.

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GLaDOS to Soundstorm 2012/06/03 03:30:38

+1
O_o Okay.

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Soundstorm to GLaDOS 2012/06/03 03:57:23

+1
A___llllll___riiiiiight!

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luke to Soundstorm 2012/06/03 03:50:29 (edited)

That's pretty piss-poor reasoning/illogical thinking/not well thought out statement, because they would still have their boyfriend(s) (or in the case of lesbians, still girlfriend(s).) to save.

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Soundstorm to luke 2012/06/03 04:00:06

Wouldn't sell many comic books though. And then they'll go out of business. The dreaded gotterdammerung of all comic book heroes.

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caius madison 2012/06/02 21:20:45

Controversial

+3
I hate when they can't get the movies right, let alone abandon the history, the storyline, and the fanbase of a huge group of fans.

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