@LittleRedRobinHood said:
@PsychoKnights:
I like Bunker a lot. It's just not very realistic when he says and does things like that. It's very flat, stereotypical writing.
In other words, I am friends with a guy who spent the first 27 years of his life in Japan. He doesn't randomly say things in Japanese when he gets flustered or anything. It's a silly caricaturization to make Bunker always say things like that and "amigo" instead of friend. It's like, we get it, he's not white, move on ...
I am also friends with several gay men. They don't say things like "shut up and hold me!" as Bunker says to Superboy in issue #10.
But hey, these are really small gripes, trust me. These things aside, Bunker is great. I like his powers a lot and I like his virtuous nature.
Lastly, Tim bi ... ? erm... no =P
I work with Hispanic people who will say, "Good morning" in Spanish. It is not about them not knowing how to say it in English, but rather that they like saying things in their original language sometimes. Was issue ten the one where they were in prehistoric times for no apparent reason whatsoever? I don't recall the scene where Bunker told Superboy to hold him, but I might have blocked it out. I remember growling "No!" our of frustration about three times while reading that issue.
I've been thinking of making a post on Tim being Bi- in the DCNU for awhile now. My thinking on it is this. First, Tim has been rumored to be gay by cynical fans for years because of his friendship with Superboy despite the fact that he has a long series of romantic relationships with girls. Fans of the "Tim is gay" idea mention as proof the fact that he has never had sex with any girlfriends. In addition, DC is obviously trying to make more characters gay to jump on the whole "Let's celebrate homosexuality" bandwagon. By itself, this proves nothing, but there is one other element which makes me think Lodbell might be heading this direction. You might remember that Bunker was a big deal because he was a gay kid in the Teen Titans. Comicvine did an interview with Lodbell, and one of the questions they asked was whether Bunker would have any love interests. Lodbell said he knew of at least one romantic relationship which would develop for Bunker. Well, we are nearly a year into this series, and I have seen nothing. Bart has clearly shown interest in Solstice. Superboy has barely interacted with Bunker and has shown interest in Wonder Girl. The only other character who could be a love interest is Tim. Tim has had more interaction with Bunker than any other character. Bunker appears to be attracted to him. (he was swimming exclusively around him while Tim was in his underwear. For that matter, Tim was swimming around Bunker too). Bunker was obviously a big fan of Tim before they even met. Bunker is the only one who has ever challenge Tim on anything which would count as romantic tension if it were between two opposite sex characters. Tim is clearly attracted to Cassie, but he has been very clearly shot down by her.
I'm certainly not saying this is going to happen. I very strongly do not want it to happen for I don't see homosexuality as a good thing, and more importantly, I love Tim because he is a character with which I can strongly identify. Making him gay would greatly weaken my identification with him. Furthermore, I see it as a bit disrespectful to the character to reboot his sexuality, but DC obviously has no problem with that.
Hopefully, I am wrong about this...but I wonder.
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