Bruce wayne gay
A Brief History of Dick
Freely adapted from The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon, out now from Simon and Schuster.
Let’s get one thing absolutely clear: Robin isn’t gay.
Don’t let the emerald Speedo and the pixie boots steer you wrong; Dick Grayson is as straight as uncooked spaghetti. In fact, there hold been several Robins over the years, and not one of them has exhibited any trace of same-sex attraction or evinced anything resembling a gay self-identity.
Neither, it feels essential to note here at the start, has Batman.
Don’t take my word for it. Ask anyone who’s written a Batman and Robin comic. Or, you know what, you don’t have to: Dollars to donuts they’ve already been asked that question, and have gone on tape asserting the Dynamic Duo’s he-man, red-blooded, heterosexual bona fides. Batman’s co-creators, Bill Finger and Bob Kane, both firmly swatted the question down. So possess writers like Frank Miller, Denny O’Neil, Alan Grant, and Devin Grayson—though Grayson admitted that she could “understand the gay readings.”
So there you have it. After all, if a character isn’t written as gay, then that nature can’t possibly be g
Let something percolate in our collective mind long enough and it’ll grow into a profound fable. When DC Comics artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger came up with Batman in 1940, he was just a detective in a cape and mask – goofy rather than dark, aimed as he was at the target market of the time; kids.
Seven decades and a raft of social issues later, Batman has taken on Shakespearian proportions, talking about the modern day so successfully 2009 saw the first Oscar awarded to an actor playing a comic book ethics (Heath Ledger’s posthumous win as The Joker in The Dark Knight).
But concealed meanings can also crop up in modern mythologies, given enough time. Just one is the theory that Batman is one massive gay parable, and when panels from the comics’ golden age show Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson waking up in bed together in Wayne Manor (complete with double entendres about a cold shower) or Batman sporting a suite of rainbow-hued costumes, it’s tough to argue – search for ‘gay Batman’ on Google to see for yourself.
Batman comes out?
It all started with German born American psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, whose written serve a
Batman Fans React to Hints Bruce Wayne Is Bisexual
Warning! Spoilers for Batman: The Knight #5 by DC Comics
DC Comics just dropped a major hint that Batman might be bisexual, as the latest issue of Batman: The Knight #5 has comic fans reacting following a very tender moment shared with a proximate associate. In the comic, a young Bruce Wayne gets shut to his fellow trainee Anton, as the pair share a deep look into each other eyes, as it seems they're about to kiss before they are interrupted. While DC Comics isn't confirming Batman is bi, the moment offers a plain hint it's possible.
Batman's been running in a pretty inclusive circle, as the Bat-Family is filled with members of the LGBTQIA+ heroes. For example, Ghostmaker, one of Bruce Wayne's earliest friends, is bisexual. Tim Drake, one of Batman's longtime Robins, was also recently revealed to be bisexual, as the hero will star in his own story in DC's upcoming Pride celebration comic. Meanwhile, Harley Quinn is also bisexual, as she's famously been with both men and women, with her main treasure interest being the villain, Poison Ivy. Now, DC hints that Bruce Wayne could be fluid in a new comic.
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What if DC introduced Bruce Wayne as gay?
You're deluding yourself if you don't think usual folk's minds will immediately jump at the negative implications of making Bruce gay in regards to his partnership with Robin.
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That has been the running comedic narrative for the last couple of decades, though alas, I grew up in a less politically right time.
They would never make Bruce Wayne gay, it's too risky revenue wise. It could produce a potential backlash as a result of the change in sexual orientation being perceived as deliberately political.
Thus the backlash wouldn't be because people are upset that he is gay,
(I don't think people nurture too much about sexual orientation in the modern age) it would because....
fans would be upset that continuity has been destroyed to have woke politics imposed on them. They would notice it as soley as a deliberate political act entering into their escapism, and that would PO them off.