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Marvel doesn't realize it, but in trying to go woke with She-Hulk, the progressive writers they mollycoddle have actually taken of their best LGBQT characters and set things back several steps.
Let me explain further below...
Let me explain further below...
Now before anybody blows a gasket - Jennifer Walters AKA She-Hulk - is most definitely a cis-heteronormative character. She's always been a woman who was sexually attracted to men, and identified, gender-wise, as her born-sex, which is female.
This is all canon.
Period.
This is all canon.
Period.
HOWEVER...
As written, Jennifer Walters was never comfortable in her own skin. Small of frame, intelligent but demure, she was never quite happy being herself. She made up for this by becoming a lawyer. That helped to a certain degree, but she was still never 100% herself...
As written, Jennifer Walters was never comfortable in her own skin. Small of frame, intelligent but demure, she was never quite happy being herself. She made up for this by becoming a lawyer. That helped to a certain degree, but she was still never 100% herself...
Her cousin, Bruce Banner, saved her life by giving her a blood transfusion, since they were matching types. However, his worst fear came to pass, as he'd passed along his gamma-irradiated curse to her. In times of stress, Jen turned into a seven-foot, green skinned woman...
...but unlike Bruce, she kept her intelligence and her identity. She was still Jen Walters.
However she became the Jen Walters she always WANTED to be, despite the green skin! His curse became her gift, giving a buxom, athletic figure that only served to bolster her confidence.
However she became the Jen Walters she always WANTED to be, despite the green skin! His curse became her gift, giving a buxom, athletic figure that only served to bolster her confidence.
A better allegory being gay or being transgendered, I can't think of any!
A door was opened.
A weight lifted.
She was finally FREE to be the person she truly was! She didn't have to hide her personality.
She finally wasn't trapped in a body she didn't feel comfortable in!
A door was opened.
A weight lifted.
She was finally FREE to be the person she truly was! She didn't have to hide her personality.
She finally wasn't trapped in a body she didn't feel comfortable in!
It's complete horseshit that progressives say you HAVE to be gay or HAVE to be transgendered to identify with it or sympathize or empathize.
She-Hulk was a character that served as a perfect allegory for those suffering (giving hope) and for those lucky enough to be liberated.
She-Hulk was a character that served as a perfect allegory for those suffering (giving hope) and for those lucky enough to be liberated.
People like Mariko Tamaki can't see past themselves. They can't see the forest for the trees.
She-Hulk was already positive character for the causes they were championing. They were just self-absorbed to see it...
She-Hulk was already positive character for the causes they were championing. They were just self-absorbed to see it...
...and in making the She-Hulk a mannish brute-woman, they've done the most insensitive thing you can do to someone liberated...
...they invalidated her.
...they invalidated her.
