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Re: Karen, S2?

[(Anonymous)]

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i'd love the show to explore the possibility of foggy's (or even matt's) bisexual tendencies. i really would. i'm just not holding my breath

Yeah, I heard that Steven DeKnight wanted to have gay characters in Daredevil, but Marvel told him he couldn't. :( I didn't see a source for this, but I would not be surprised if this turned out to be true.

Re: Karen, S2?

[(Anonymous)]

if i'm not recalling wrong, a recent marvel memo was leaked that insisted the recast peter parker had to be straight, so. of course i could just be misreading onion headlines as actual news, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Re: Karen, S2?

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, but I think that was an old memo? But maybe you're right, maybe it's for the new Spider-Man writer's room. The new Spider-Man is supposed to be involved in Civil War, just like the comics, but I think he's only going to be 13, or something like that?

Re: Karen, S2?

[(Anonymous)]

OP: The Comics Code Authority had a deathgrip over sequential art for far too long and that included filtering out any scent of teh gay, but at least Marvel was one of the first who finally stopped using it and allowing it such rampant censorship. In the 15 years since, Marvel is actually embracing the gay characters, and maybe they fuck it up sometimes but they're TRYING. They'll continue to screw up, but they're continue to learn, too. But in television media with the partnership with Disney/ABC I can't help but feel that's what will tie their hands progressively, and it's going to take longer to actually tell the same kind of out characterisations on the screen that are already available in print.

That said, I think Steven DeKnight did an AMAZING job if he was told no and still managed to say ENOUGH to convey so much between the lines. AN AMAZING JOB. :)