Fan-Comic and Review: Red Hood and the Outlaws issue#1.....in a nutshell
A friend of mine insisted that I give “Red Hood and the Outlaws” (or, as I like to call it, “The Adventures of Douchebag & Dudebro”) a chance because Scott Lobdell is a totally awesome writer and he MUST have a good reason for screwing over Starfire’s character (both literally and figuratively) in the New 52 reboot. I tried the first issue. And this comic is basically the impression it left on me regarding Jason Todd and Roy Harper’s, er, “partnership” with Starfire.
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REVIEW/SUMMARY
Basically, Roy Harper is surprised that Starfire doesn’t remember the names of people like Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Dick Grayson (implying that Starfire USED to have a normally functioning brain/memory back when Roy last saw her). And, instead of being upset, curious, and/or concerned about Starfire’s brain being broken, Roy has sex with her. Because intense nymphomania just happens to be a side effect of Starfire’s brain-injury. And I guess the nymphomania is a new development because Roy used to hang with her and this is the first he’s hearing of her desire to screw every human male she gets close to despite not being particularly attracted to them.
Jason Todd’s dialogue in the beginning of the book tells the reader that he uses her as a sex toy, too. Neither of them care that Starfire’s brain has apparently degraded to the point where she can’t do anything aside from throwing star bolts, posing erotically, and humping any phallic object that comes within 10 feet of her. Neither of them think to, say, contact the Justice League and see if any of them have info on how to treat brain trauma in Tamaranians. Or contact Dick Grayson and/or the other Titan members to find out if they have any idea what caused her mental dysfunction to begin with. NOPE! They just take advantage of a mentally compromised female comrade because they want to get their rocks off!
I guess Lobdell believes that boys should never say “no” to sex even if the woman in question is clearly mentally compromised. Because stopping to make sure that the woman is 100% capable of giving consent would just kill the mood.
FUCK! THIS! BOOK!
I don’t care if Starfire’s dysfunction gets explained later. I don’t care what kind of bullshit revelations Lobdell pulls out of his ass to justify turning a previously loving and EMOTIONAL character into a brain-dead piece of fan-service for sleazy “Comic Book Guys”. Issue #1 of “The Adventures of Douchebag & Dudebro” was supposed to pique my interest and get me interested in where the story is going (and the New 52 universe as a whole). But all it did was disgust and repel me. The rapey treatment of Starfire made me feel EXTREMELY uncomfortable. And Lobdell’s writing made it clear that this book is NOT made for me (or any other female). It is made for basement dwelling man-children whose idea of female “empowerment” is wearing bikinis 24/7 and having multitudes of loveless, commitment-free hookups with any loser willing to drop his pants.
Also, while this doesn’t have anything to do with the book’s content per se, I just want to say that it does not surprise me that Lobdell has been revealed to be hella creepy in real life.
And, btw, that part at the end of my comic where Roy says that Scott Lobdell told him that Starfire being used as the Team Bicycle by her two asshole comrades is a sign of "female sexual empowerment"...I did NOT make that up. Scott Lobdell actually believes that his version of Starfire is a shining example of a woman owning her bodily autonomy and refusing to be slut-shamed.
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REVIEW/SUMMARY
Basically, Roy Harper is surprised that Starfire doesn’t remember the names of people like Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Dick Grayson (implying that Starfire USED to have a normally functioning brain/memory back when Roy last saw her). And, instead of being upset, curious, and/or concerned about Starfire’s brain being broken, Roy has sex with her. Because intense nymphomania just happens to be a side effect of Starfire’s brain-injury. And I guess the nymphomania is a new development because Roy used to hang with her and this is the first he’s hearing of her desire to screw every human male she gets close to despite not being particularly attracted to them.
Jason Todd’s dialogue in the beginning of the book tells the reader that he uses her as a sex toy, too. Neither of them care that Starfire’s brain has apparently degraded to the point where she can’t do anything aside from throwing star bolts, posing erotically, and humping any phallic object that comes within 10 feet of her. Neither of them think to, say, contact the Justice League and see if any of them have info on how to treat brain trauma in Tamaranians. Or contact Dick Grayson and/or the other Titan members to find out if they have any idea what caused her mental dysfunction to begin with. NOPE! They just take advantage of a mentally compromised female comrade because they want to get their rocks off!
I guess Lobdell believes that boys should never say “no” to sex even if the woman in question is clearly mentally compromised. Because stopping to make sure that the woman is 100% capable of giving consent would just kill the mood.
FUCK! THIS! BOOK!
I don’t care if Starfire’s dysfunction gets explained later. I don’t care what kind of bullshit revelations Lobdell pulls out of his ass to justify turning a previously loving and EMOTIONAL character into a brain-dead piece of fan-service for sleazy “Comic Book Guys”. Issue #1 of “The Adventures of Douchebag & Dudebro” was supposed to pique my interest and get me interested in where the story is going (and the New 52 universe as a whole). But all it did was disgust and repel me. The rapey treatment of Starfire made me feel EXTREMELY uncomfortable. And Lobdell’s writing made it clear that this book is NOT made for me (or any other female). It is made for basement dwelling man-children whose idea of female “empowerment” is wearing bikinis 24/7 and having multitudes of loveless, commitment-free hookups with any loser willing to drop his pants.
Also, while this doesn’t have anything to do with the book’s content per se, I just want to say that it does not surprise me that Lobdell has been revealed to be hella creepy in real life.
And, btw, that part at the end of my comic where Roy says that Scott Lobdell told him that Starfire being used as the Team Bicycle by her two asshole comrades is a sign of "female sexual empowerment"...I did NOT make that up. Scott Lobdell actually believes that his version of Starfire is a shining example of a woman owning her bodily autonomy and refusing to be slut-shamed.