tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post3219859318099107442..comments2024-03-21T06:36:04.196-05:00Comments on The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter blog: Previews Vol.XVIII, #11 FANtastic ArtDiabolu Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-73262022874598501332008-11-10T18:18:00.000-06:002008-11-10T18:18:00.000-06:00Nothing weird about it. I've given the matter thou...Nothing weird about it. I've given the matter thought myself, but the comics guided me to my eventual conclusions. I'd like to see heroic androgyny/ambiguity played with more (see "Cloud" of the New Defenders,) but comic writers have a hard enough time with anyone who isn't a straight white male...Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-40417059827689141992008-11-10T07:26:00.000-06:002008-11-10T07:26:00.000-06:00Yeah I kind of figured the wife and daughter meant...Yeah I kind of figured the wife and daughter meant they DID in fact have them...or was that what the two of them preferred...being a female form? I dunno, I'm weird like that. I imagine if they didn't have a biological gender, but a chosen one, then relationships would hinge solely on the idea of being attracted to, and in love with , the essence of the person alone. <BR/><BR/>I'm weird, I consider stuff like this. :)Bookgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818125401769011993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-47823015212031288702008-11-07T18:48:00.000-06:002008-11-07T18:48:00.000-06:00I gave a lot of thought to the story possibilities...I gave a lot of thought to the story possibilities of an androgynous Martian Manhunter back in the day, but ended up throwing most of them out, because of elements of his handling since about 1988. While there were only allusions to intimacy with characters like <A HREF="http://idol-head.blogspot.com/2008/02/bel-juz.html" REL="nofollow">">Bel Juz</A> and J'en, his having a wife and daughter really established gender roles for J'Onn and his people that have only become more concrete with time. Peter David really spelled it out in his story for Justice League Task Force #<A HREF="http://idol-head.blogspot.com/2008/07/justice-league-task-force-7-1293.html" REL="nofollow">7</A> and <A HREF="http://idol-head.blogspot.com/2008/07/justice-league-task-force-8-194.html" REL="nofollow">8</A>. Then again, J'Onn began assuming female aliases with some regularity after that point, so I suppose there's still room for ambiguity...Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-71333904015552095332008-11-07T08:05:00.000-06:002008-11-07T08:05:00.000-06:00That is a really cool concept. I always wondered m...That is a really cool concept. I always wondered myself if J'onn was in fact male, or simply prefered a male form. I mean, in a race of people that can be ANYTHING, do they have gender in the first place? I can't recall if this was ever adressed in any real way, so I've always kind of speculated on it. (My husband and I had a whole discussion on it when we first watched that Justice League episode with the amazon that released the "Y the Last Man" type virus that made only men sick, and J'onn fell to it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Well, that was an aside. LOL. This is a very very cool piece.Bookgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818125401769011993noreply@blogger.com