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Re: Karen, S2?

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Seconded regarding Marvel giving fans room to play with slash without having to come out and state anything. In the older comics, I notice so much unsubtle homoeroticism that was clearly unintended. These days, it really reads like they know what they're doing and the fans they're baiting.

The relationship between Cap and Bucky is a great example. An even better one is the science bros tag at the end of Iron Man 3.

I mean, even the AV Club review of Nelson v. Murdock makes a point of saying that a line like "Was anything between us even real?" is there for a reason.

Oh, and re: the moratorium on Spider-Man being straight? The article I read indicated that that was on Sony's no-no list as part of the agreement to lend out the rights, not Marvel's.

Marvel has plenty of great LGBT characters (even though I admit that it'll probably be a while until any of them reach the MCU in an outright stated way) including basically the entire Young Avengers team. (Which has Loki who is also extremely gender fluid as a shapeshifter. And so far the MCU has not gone out of its way to contradict this characterization at all).