So. Conflicted.

[kali921]

I hesitated about posting this due to Recent Events With He Who Shall Not Be Named, but after seeing the conflagrations all over the damn internet about it, linkage must be posted.

This is what's responsible for breaking the internet over the last...two weeks:

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[aj]

Dude. You kind of have to hit me over the head with homosexual subtext to get me to see it, and I've considered Shatterstar/Rictor canon since about 1994.

Also, Rob Liefeld: Remains a jerkwad. Me: Incredibly unsurprised.

[kali921]

They've long been canon in my mind, although I do wonder if PAD is going to go with Ric being bi or whether his past dalliances (like the recent thing with Rahne) with girls are going to be simple experimentation and now he's OTP with Star 4EVAH. I'm so glad that Marvel let PAD do this with Ric and Star, but since bi people are more canonically rare than gay people in the Big Two, I might be happier if Ric is bi, you know? Either way, win/win.

[aj]

I very much think that Ric is probably bi. I've bought him in relationships with women, but I also think that he and Star really ARE OTP OMG. That doesn't make his relationships with others wrong or invalid. If anything, I think Ric fell in love with Star and that was a real paradigm kicker for him, IF JUST because of his background. Am I saying that I wouldn't buy Ric with another guy? Not exactly. I think he - as a character - would prefer to only like women, but he's grown enough, and become comfortable enough in himself and his relationships to love Star openly, and OMG SQUEE!

Those two are cuter than a puppy and a kitten bedecked in glitter, romping through a meadow that is filled with rainbows.

[kali921]

Those two are cuter than a puppy and a kitten bedecked in glitter, romping through a meadow that is filled with rainbows.

YES. ♥ ♥ ♥

And HOT. You forgot HOT.

I really, really want to see how PAD handles Star talking about this - because Star spent years being so I'M FROM THE MOJOVERSE, I AM A TELEGENIC WARRIOR BORN MADE AND I HAVE NO FEELINGS. I LIVE ONLY TO FIGHT.

[jencendiary]

I hope he doesn't go Whedon's 'Willow is a lesbian, forget that laconic redheaded werewolf and the making out with her BFF ever happened. Nothing to see there,' route.

[kali921]

Yep. In the grand custom of invisiblifying the bisexual, of course!

(This is not to imply that people don't experiment and then later settle down as gay. Smexuality is a continuum and progresses over time, blah blah blah blah disclaimer. 'Sides, I'm in SF and I know people who actively and happily identify as gay but have occasional flings/serious relationships with the opposite gender and people who self-identify as straight who are in/have been in gay relationships and I know people who are every possible flavor of Gold Star Lesbian to Hetter Than Het to Glitter Glitter Glitter to Pan to Omnivore to Jesus, I'm Just Not Sure, Okay?

I like what someone over on Robot 6 said about orientation being defined by the person, NOT the observer. Well said.)

[kali921]

No. I can't remember if 1) I made it up or 1) if I saw someone else on LJ use it, but let's go with ME being the inventor!

[kali921]

You know who I'm jealous of? The person who first called Clone!CivilWar!Thor "Clor."

[outlawpoet]

Was it MightyGodKing? Or did he pick it up from someone else?

[kali921]

I think I first saw it over on S_D or CBR? I don't keep track of MGK since he's been an asshat to two people I consider dear friends.