Young Avengers v2 #1 Discussion

[jetdragon]

So I said I wanted a discussion post with comment threads, which I guess means I get to make it, but I'm lazy so I'm just crossposting from my tumblr.

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[redshirtdiary]

I've been wanting to write either that ficlet (titled Hi, Mom, We Exist Too) or Teddy and Billy being a little weirded out by the change in neighborhoods (titled We Now Live Two Doors Down From the Cockhead Bar and Grill).

The neighborhood stereotypes are just that--stereotypes, which obviously not every resident fits--but they can give you a snapshot of the culture. The stereotype shapes the feel of the neighborhood. So Upper West Side would be old money affluent and well-off upper-middle (doctors and such). It is also traditionally a "Jewish" neighborhood. It is near Columbia and Barnard, so its upper limits are pretty hip and collegey. I doubt Billy lived that far up, though. He'd be squarely in the upper-middle neighborhood. Lots of families.

Chelsea is a very gay-friendly neighborhood. It is known for art galleries and the gay scene/gay clubs, basically. It is the kind of place a married Teddy and Billy may decide to move. It isn't a place the Kaplans would decide to move their family, unless they were seriously being way too proactive about their son going to gay bars. (Which I am not sure I'd put past them.)