Things We Saw Today: Catwoman Breaking The Bat With Her Really Sharp Heel

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Don’t want ladies to overwhelmingly ship male characters together? Make a movie with more than one female lead. We can’t help it thatThe Avengers is a sausage party.” 

Thissssss. 

(Not that I object to people shipping whomever they please, really, but dudebros whose days are just ruined by the idea that someone, somewhere is mentally shacking up Tony and Steve need to take a look at the math.)

That quote makes a ton of sense to me.

This just goes to show that people still view homosexuality as a bad thing regardless of the connotation. If you think about it from the multitude of story arches, it IS mostly the females who engage in homosexuality or bisexuality for whatever the intention. Males are only allowed to be straight or gay and mostly the former. Face it, comics are still made for the straight male audience and the straight male audience is threatened by male expressions of affection or homosexuality. Not to say that all males are like that! Plenty of men out there adore Midnighter and Apollo, John Constantine has had his fare share of batting for both teams, damn near every character, especially the long lived ones, generally don’t limit themselves to he concept of gender exclusivity in their relationships. So why is it so unrealistic for us to ship two male characters together? Why is it…what was the phrase…”defamation of character” to put together two males? I assure you there are PLENTY of shippers out there male and female who ship together unrealistic female pairings. I for one would love to see Power Girl and Barbara Gordon (preferably as Batgirl but Oracle would provide some interesting power struggles) in a fic or pic. I also LOVE the dynamic of Thor and Loki. Personally I just don’t think Iron Man and Captain America would make a good couple. I know opposites attract and all but their core personalities are divided by egotist and self righteous. Wouldn’t work. Doesn’t mean I won’t enjoy the pictures. :D

Matching two male characters is defamation. Matching two female characters is totes hot.

Insert eyeroll here.

If you’re into any kind of anime or manga fandom, that male-on-male ship sailed years ago. Let this one dudebro sulk on his own. The rest of the male gender can live it up with a generation of women who are okay with the idea of porn.

 A customer at my work said exactly this in the middle of a conversation about how sexuality is viewed in the media.

“I don’t want to see two dudes kissing in my movie!”

“Well, what about two women?”

“That’s different.”

Criminy.

Shipping is fun and completely harmless. It’s all intrigue and personal fantasy. Not like the softcore porn with million dollar budgets handed on silver platters to straight men all the time in Hollywood, no, no.

THIS is a BIG deal. How dare women attempt to even things out with their own…wants and…curiosities…? Usually through doujinshi and private art and writing accounts because it’s one of the few places they can actually get material tailored to their interests? Ugh!

Also, my appetite for implausible heels is revived by that poster. I look forward to seeing how creative Catwoman gets with those.

I’m going to assume for my own peace of mind that this comment was followed by a long pause and a comedic expression of dawning realization on this guy’s face as the conversation made its way back through his ears. 

 Actually, there’s already some canon more-than-hinting at the Stark/Rogers thing, and it’s supported by artists and writers who have actually penned their comics. :)  I think Joss Whedon is aware of it, because some of the exchanges he wrote for them in The Avengers movie are delicious double entendres.

As for Loki and Thor?  They’re technically not related, right? But they are like brothers. If I could forget that, I could totally ship them.  :D

There are a lot of fans who are tired of the overly rabid subset of fangirls who ship every character that is good looking and male together as the ONE TWU PAIRING, but you know what the best thing to do in that situation is? Just don’t read those fanfics or look at those fanarts.

Really, everyone’s got their right to their own preferences.

And as I am constantly saying, if you don’t like a particular book/movie/tv show/whatever, why spend so much time being upset about it? Go spend your time on things you DO like. You’ll be much happier about it. This applies to fanwork too.

reed richards found that alternate world where tony stark was a woman and she married captain america thus preventing the civil war

That pic of the boot heel reminds me of the Wonder Woman graphic novel by Rucka.. Hiketea? With Diana’s boot on Batman’s Head.

Well if you follow the original mythology technically loki is Thor’s uncle by way of a blood vow with Odin. but according to the movie they are adopted brothers.