OH MY GOD.
SAM WILSON IS CAPTAIN AMERICA.
I TOTALLY CALLED IT.
THE COMIC-BOOK NERD RAGE WILL BE GLORIOUS.
FIRST THOR AS A WOMAN, NOW THIS!?
OH GOD I WISH I WASN'T FASTING, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH ALL THIS POPCORN!?
As someone who doesn't give a damn about any of this, can you clear up for me how we can have a black Captain America and a female Thor when I was reasonably sure there were already incomplete storylines in Hollywood revolving around a white Captain America and a male Thor? Do they just go home?
The only comics I've seriously followed are the ones penned by Todd McFarlane, mostly Spawn, actually. So I'm going to one of those to say it again "Why does it matter if a character is anything but white? We live in the 21st century, where such things shouldn't matter." I mean shit, look at Spawn, he started off as a black guy named Al Simmons, and then (SPOILERish he killed himself and passed on the mantle to some white guy who happened to be in the wrong area at the right (wrong?) time. Nobody as far as I know, bitched about that transition.
While we're at comic world shake ups, have y'all heard that Archie Andrews died yesterday in an effort to save his pro-gun-control gay friend. RIP adult Archie. Of course teen-age Archie is doing just fine.
Fun fact: Cap's been black before. Not in a 100% canon Marvel-616 kind of way, but there was a miniseries about 10 years ago.
Here's a buddy of mine. Here's a credit of his. Here's Reddit's reaction to the Human Torch being black. He had never heard of Reddit before but now wonders what the hell I ever saw in that place.
Fuckiiiiin fuckin, comics, man. I love comics. But I can't believe the drama about Thor being replaced by a woman. Thor being a woman is the least ridiculous thing. Picking up infinity, infinite mass punch, fights with reactions that happen in pico seconds, literally punching holes in reality, Jubilee is a vampire, Kitty Pryde falling through the floor while having sex with colossus...READ THAT ONE AGAIN. Superman bench pressing the earth for a week without sunlight. Those are low end things, if we start going to upper tier characters you're talking about people destroying galaxies in a fight. Or people who can just hold a galaxy in their hand. Or Reed Richard's son who creates a galaxy. Anything dealing with high tier Superman, like, and I'm not making this up, Superman 1 million prime. But a woman being Thor. THAT'S WHERE THE LINE IS BEING DRAWN. I love comics. But comics are already stupid. Granted, a fun kind of stupid, but stupid all the same. Stop making people think it's stupider than it already is.
I think Cap being black makes way more sense than Thor being a woman. Thor is the name of a (mythical) person who has been a (mythical) male for 3,000 years. Cap is a persona, so it makes sense for Cap to be the best man (or woman or otherkin or whatever) for the job. I have no skin in the game because I haven't read comic books since I was young, but making Thor a woman seems like pandering to me.
Thor, Son of Odin, is still Thor (the person). Thor is no longer worthy (as depicted in a recent issue of New Avengers) and loses the hammer Mjolnir to Female Thor (who presumably also has a real-name, but I'm not sure what). Thor, 3000 year old Son of Odin still exists, but epithet of Hammer-wielding Avenger changed hands. It's just weird because unlike Tony Stark or Steve Rogers or Bruce Wayne his superhero identity is the same name as his actual name. The superhero Thor is just whomever currently wields the hammer.
I don't read comics, am I missing something here, please tell me I am and this isn't some awkward fantasy thing.Kitty Pryde falling through the floor while having sex with colossus
Comic books guys complain about everything, including the stuff you listed. It's what comics fans do. The specific complains about female Thor and black Captain America can be pretty revealing, but the nerdrage never stops.