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So PAD gave Ric and Star the first male gay kiss in Marvel canon, yes?
And Liefeld, Shatterstar's original creator, said the following:
No way. Huh-uh. Marvel is not trying to ” serve me” in any way here. This is an editor and a writer pursuing a storyline. I assure you I was not considered, good, bad, indifferent.
I have way too many iron’s in the fire with Marvel.
Not an issue….Shatterstar is akin to Maximus in Gladiator. He’s a warrior, a Spartan, and not a gay one.
not a gay one.
not a gay
This, of course, prompted much fan wank about Liefeld being homophobic, but also prompted PAD to respond...
And thus, a humungous wankity passive-aggressive bitch fight did proceed to occur.
Some choice quotes in no particular order...
PAD: And just a thought, Rob: people are talking about Shatterstar for the first time in years. He’s making national news.
Because of me.
Maybe, just maybe, that’s the thing that’s pissing you off the most.
Random Dude: Someone should tell Mister Liefeld that some of the Spartans WERE gay. Poor man, he’s in such denial…
PAD: As I said, it was just a thought. Perhaps you find thoughts confusing…?
PAD: In regards to the “and not a gay one,” the problem isn’t that it was ignored. People paid attention to it. They just thought it made you look like a jerk.
And Liefeld, Shatterstar's original creator, said the following:
No way. Huh-uh. Marvel is not trying to ” serve me” in any way here. This is an editor and a writer pursuing a storyline. I assure you I was not considered, good, bad, indifferent.
I have way too many iron’s in the fire with Marvel.
Not an issue….Shatterstar is akin to Maximus in Gladiator. He’s a warrior, a Spartan, and not a gay one.
not a gay one.
not a gay
This, of course, prompted much fan wank about Liefeld being homophobic, but also prompted PAD to respond...
And thus, a humungous wankity passive-aggressive bitch fight did proceed to occur.
Some choice quotes in no particular order...
PAD: And just a thought, Rob: people are talking about Shatterstar for the first time in years. He’s making national news.
Because of me.
Maybe, just maybe, that’s the thing that’s pissing you off the most.
Random Dude: Someone should tell Mister Liefeld that some of the Spartans WERE gay. Poor man, he’s in such denial…
PAD: As I said, it was just a thought. Perhaps you find thoughts confusing…?
PAD: In regards to the “and not a gay one,” the problem isn’t that it was ignored. People paid attention to it. They just thought it made you look like a jerk.