Capes and Space

superblys:

In light of things that have happened recently, to Gail Simone more specifically, I thought it was wise to repeat myself.  Although I disagree with how they handled Barbara Gordon and the character of Batgirl, the way they let go of Gail Simone is unacceptable, immature and unprofessional on so many degrees.  It only proves that DC not only does not care about female characters, but also it’s female staff as well.

Personally, I’m glad that Batgirl was selling so well to show DC that we want female characters to be showcased more, but to be honest: I’ve never read it.  I have not read anything from the New52 because of what it stands for.  Some have said it was very good, others have said it was meh quality to say the least, but if it was selling better than most… why fire the person responsible for it?

More importantly, why are you still buying into this crap? It stands for discrimination, sexism, racism, transphobia, homophobia & going fifty years backwards.  ”But,” you say, “They have a Muslim character.” To that I say so what?  So that suddenly erases all the bastarding they’ve done?  So that suddenly erases the undertone sexist & racist nature of their comics?

We control the media.  We get to decide what we consume.  They are a service industry, and I’m not going to lie down and accept whatever bullshit they give me. So we’re gonna have to take things to the next level:

• The obvious one: stop buying their comics completely. Do not support your favorite artist or writer anymore.  It’s obvious that they don’t care about quality.
• The little things: do not buy any DC products.  Anything.  From.  DC.  Action figures, posters, video games, t-shirts — literally anything with a DC logo on it, stop buying it.
• The big one: stop going to DC Comics movies.  Don’t go see Man of Steel.  Don’t buy The Dark Knight Rises DVD.  This is where they get their money.
• Annoy them: send them letters.  And not just one letter, send ten.  And keep sending them.  They don’t have to be eloquent, just make sure the point is you’re not putting up with this bullshit anymore.  Tweet them, email them — just make them pay attention.
• More importantly, tweet Dan Didio.
• Lastly, inform people who may not know what DC Comics is doing.  I know this will hurt comic book stores, but you can help them by buying Marvel, Dynamite or other independent comic books instead.  I realize that Marvel isn’t perfect either, but at least they’re trying.
• As always, be polite.  No cursing, no name calling, but make them listen.  We have the power to end this reboot.  And that’s fine if you don’t want to do anything, but then I don’t want to be associated with you anymore.  Because that means you’re okay with sexism, racism and a whole laundry list of things wrong with DC.

Make sure that you make it clear to Dan Didio that you don’t want him in control anymore.  He’s the problem.  It’s him that’s causing all this ridiculous bullshit.  Some say Scott Lobdell is to blame, but Dan gets the final say on everything.  Most of Scott’s changes are just what they are: changes.  Albeit, horrible, sexist and ridiculous changes, but just changes nonetheless.  He’s not erasing characters’ from story lines in the name of being iconic.

I don’t know what you have to do, but I’m done with this bullshit.  I want to save my favorite characters, but that can only happen if everyone wants to save them, too.

avatarmaxine:

titsandidiocy:

fwips:

good sweet lord THE ENTIRE POINT OF SUPERMAN is that he is HUMBLE. he may have all the powers in the world, but he’s not full of himself—in fact he’s a little awkward.

I AM SO FUCKING DONE WITH YOU, REBOOT. /flips desk

I am so glad that I stopped reading DC before the DCnU started.