Far Sector stands quite well on its own. You might get slightly more out of it with a bit more background knowledge, but I don’t think it’s strictly necessary. Sojourner Mullein is my favorite Green Lantern with the possible exception of Mogo.
Maybe? I prefer to think of it as my category finally getting some page time. (Ok, so I’m actually pansexual, but it’s close enough for the comics.)
If you aren’t keeping up on the Clark Kent Superman, everybody in the world knows that Clark Kent is Superman now. Unless that has been reset.
If his son has taken over, does everyone know that he Jonathan Kent is the new Superman? Seems like it’d be more obvious now but I don’t know how they’re doing it. There’s a new Superman, but nobody suspects it’s Clark Kent’s son? Even though Everybody know Clark Kent was the old Superman?
During the 2012 campaign someone asked Mitt Romney who his favorite Superhero was and he said “Superman.” Generic, predictable answer since Superman is usually the flag-waving standard-bearer for “The American Way” but people were quick to point out that Superman was an illegal alien brought here as a minor and thus a perfect example of the kind of person who the DREAM Act (which Romney opposed) was meant to help.
Every fucking news story I’ve seen so far explicitly states that this new supes is old supes and Lois’s son.
Every story.
yeah. totes. i think my radar was triggered because it seemed they’ve had a number of characters recently come out as bi.
but… when i look actually look at the dc database of lgbtq characters… there are only 126 explicitly bi characters to 349 explicitly gay characters… so my premise is here is probably flawed 
Same. I qualify as pan or possibly even omni, but I just say bi because it has a recognizable flag, doesn’t contradict my personal definitions, and people comprehend bisexual much easier than “The only major blowout dealbreakers for me in sex is consent and if anyone gets physically injured or sick.”
I think once a person expands their sex life beyond their own species it probably does warrant a category beyond “bi.”
Kind of funny how people are more worked up about a character having a same-sex relationship than they are about Lois Lane boinking an actual extraterrestrial.
I’m talking about in-world. Every character in the DC Universe knows that Clark Kent is Superman. His secret identity was revealed
Superman isn’t human. He’s an alien. So, maybe more omni-sexual than bi-sexual? (Pan sexual doesn’t seem to cover sapient inter-spieces relationships…)
I don’t think I could have a long-term relationship with someone who is only in the mood once every seven years.
Granted, if you’re lucky enough to catch them on the right day it’s probably amazing.
About that…
(I tried to link to the source - Dorkly - but the Dorkly website doesn’t exist anymore.)
It could be more like anti-climatic Salmon spawning - exhausted from the fight, they just want to spawn and die.
Depends on the definition you use.
Some people say bi is trans exclusionary, but that’s only true if you don’t think trans women/men are women/men.
The definition I use is attracted to the same sex, and other genders and sexes than my own. By such a definition, the binary choice is either: my sex OR other, happily everyone fits into that categorization.
Samesies
Pedant Mode: nope, he’d still be bi. His partner may be straight, but that’s just a Mixed Orientation Relationship.
He’s never in a gay or straight relationship: he’s bi.
Brought to you by the local bi-council: “Nope, we’re not half of anything. We’re our own thing, honest.”
sorry, i was trying to be clear but failed. i didn’t mean how it would be for a real person. i meant how the writers could treat it for the character – or even “sell” it to the executives – precisely because straight folks don’t always understand that being bi is its own thing.
[ edit: and hopefully hopefully, the representation on the page also indicates the representation behind the scenes at dc too. i’ve been watching “y the last man” on hulu, and have been so so glad to see that the directors and writers of the episodes are women. that matters at least as much as who is on the screen i think. ]
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OK, so John is bi. No biggie… Why is no one at Fox worked up about a white woman hooking up with an illegal alien who is an actual alien? I don’t even think that falls under LGBTQ! That aught to be where the right wing fearmongers’ heads explode! (/s)
Edit: Argh! You ninja’d me further down!
