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windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#6851: Jan 7th 2019 at 1:06:29 AM

Between Deathstroke, Dr Light and Trigon the Titans have had three villains who are rapists. If DC gets tired of the "teen sidekicks all grown up direction" maybe they can re-work it into a Law & Order: SVU style series.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#6852: Jan 7th 2019 at 1:24:34 AM

And now I'm reminded of that scene in the comics with Doctor Light about to rape a bunch of teenagers he dressed up like the Teen Titans.

Disgusted, but not surprised
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#6853: Jan 7th 2019 at 1:25:31 AM

Thankfully, the Spectre shows up and kills him before he does the deed.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#6854: Jan 7th 2019 at 1:27:12 AM

Ever since DC decided to make Doctor Light a rapist in Identity Crisis, that's been his primary trait.

Oh, and let's not forget that one time Mirage raped Nightwing by shapeshifting into Starfire and having sex with him while pretending to be her.

And then there was the creepiness around Marv Wolfman's blatant self-insert Terry Long...

Edited by M84 on Jan 7th 2019 at 5:30:10 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#6855: Jan 7th 2019 at 1:35:48 AM

Ever since DC decided to make Doctor Light a rapist in Identity Crisis, that's been his primary trait.

I think that was erased in the New 52.

Another thing I realized is that DC has two Japanese superheroes who share their monikers with villains that were re-worked into being more reprehensible. You have Kimiyo Hoshi the Japanese and female Dr Light and you have Hiro Okamura who shares the Toyman name with the guy who murdered Cat Grant's son.

The Dr Light thing is so weird because, as Linkara stated, he wasn't that much of a pushover before this retcon. In an issue written prior to Identity Crisis he once took control of one of Kyle Rayner's constructs to use against him. This was not a guy that needed to be retconned into a rapist to be seen as more threatening. Hell, if they had to feature rape in a story why not use Deathstroke? He actually did have a history of doing it and was already a Memetic Molester from the Teen Titans cartoon.

Oh, and let's not forget that one time Mirage raped Nightwing by shapeshifting into Starfire and having sex with him while pretending to be her.

Or Starfire and his friends treating it like he'd deliberately cheated on Kory.

And then there was the creepiness around Marv Wolfman's blatant self-insert Terry Long...

I've come across a lot of people who dislike Donna Troy for no reason other than she was paired with this guy.

Edited by windleopard on Jan 7th 2019 at 1:38:26 AM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#6856: Jan 7th 2019 at 1:45:44 AM

Or Starfire and his friends treating it like he'd deliberately cheated on Kory.

Pantha outright called him a slut. So add Slut-Shaming too. And this was apparently played for humor.

Edited by M84 on Jan 7th 2019 at 5:46:00 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#6857: Jan 7th 2019 at 2:02:53 AM

Wolfman's Titans work has not aged very well to say the least.

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#6858: Jan 7th 2019 at 7:18:50 AM

On a lighter note it feels like Cassandra has been getting a lot more appearances in adaptations as of late. She’s in the newest season of Young Justice, is the central macguffin of the upcoming Birds of Prey movie. And is apparently going to be in Gotham (which given what they’vedone To Bane I’m pretty skeptical about)

Edited by Invincibleasshole on Jan 7th 2019 at 9:39:43 AM

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#6859: Jan 7th 2019 at 2:14:09 PM

Linkara kicks off 2019 with another review of an issue of Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters:

VampireBuddha Calendar enthusiast from Ireland (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
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#6860: Jan 7th 2019 at 7:48:11 PM

Holy crap, Lewis managed to get an episode out one time?!

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windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#6861: Jan 7th 2019 at 8:40:01 PM

Nice way to kick off the New Year.

RussellStar5641 Gently wrap up this world like the night sky. from a view of a starry night sky. Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: In love with love
Gently wrap up this world like the night sky.
#6862: Jan 7th 2019 at 9:58:03 PM

Hopefully, it's a sign that this year will be better than the last.

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Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#6863: Jan 7th 2019 at 11:29:16 PM

Well, he did say he was going to try to stay closer to schedule this year. Though the retrospective he's going to put out may hinder that.

chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#6864: Jan 14th 2019 at 2:19:08 PM

Batman faces off against the Xenomorphs in Linkara's review of Batman/Aliens #1.

Invincibleasshole fuckANN from Not here Since: May, 2018 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
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#6865: Jan 15th 2019 at 6:42:28 AM

Ron Mars... that name sounds familiar but I can’t quite put my finger on it

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RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from Australia Since: Feb, 2015
#6866: Jan 18th 2019 at 9:18:06 PM

Where does the "One Face" gag originate?

RAlexa21th Brenner's Wolves Fight Again from California Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Brenner's Wolves Fight Again
#6867: Jan 18th 2019 at 9:28:11 PM

This.

Where there's life, there's hope.
chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#6868: Jan 21st 2019 at 9:28:21 PM

Quick, before ContentID nabs it! It's Linkara's review of Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel!

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#6869: Jan 22nd 2019 at 12:01:47 AM

Forget assembling the Avengers in Endgame. Just throw Perry the Platypus at Thanos and let him do his thing.

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#6871: Jan 22nd 2019 at 5:30:28 AM

The reason Squirrel Girl is considered the most powerful hero in the Marvel Universe is because knowledge of the existence of Perry the Platypus is classified.

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#6872: Jan 29th 2019 at 2:03:09 AM

Pokémon 15x19-20: Cilan Takes Flight & An Amazing Aerial Battle

RAlexa21th Brenner's Wolves Fight Again from California Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Brenner's Wolves Fight Again
#6873: Jan 29th 2019 at 5:44:34 AM

Holy Skyla on the thumbnail.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#6874: Jan 29th 2019 at 7:18:24 AM

What, no comments over the camera practically drooling over Skyla, with a stripperific outfit? Alright then.

At least there is no Brock around to make the drooling explicit. grin

Optimism is a duty.
VampireBuddha Calendar enthusiast from Ireland (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Calendar enthusiast
#6875: Jan 29th 2019 at 9:13:23 AM

Kind of weird for a big DC fan to have any objections to a character never aging.

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