Designated Sidekick

May contain spoilers. Certainly contains theory.

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Well, I guess I never really could be the designated sidekick. You see, I became the designated sidekick out of my own resort. I approached Girl-Wonder.org, and it was this very action that totally invalidates my role in the Girl-Wonder continuity.

If Only I’d Become [strike]Robin[/strike] the Designated Sidekick because some burly man in a rubber suit drafted me into a war on misogyny in comics.

Alas, it was not, and never to be.

Designated Sidekick, being retconned out of the cave again by Dan Didio

Temporary circumstances related to travel, work and a lack of home internet access (and the computer which has my comics collection) has put a brief halt on my Designated Sidekick work.

However! During this brief down period, I am taking requests and suggestions. So if there’s some mind blowing level of stupid in a post somewhere you think I should pick apart with a crowbar, or some issue you’d like to hear/read me write about at length, drop me a comment.

I really wish I wasn’t ever in a position to be able to mention Peter Parker and radioactive body fluids. But, courtesy of Marvel, now we have that as canon, and not only as canon, as a canon method of killing a female cast member* in a universe where mere exposure to radiation makes you a superhero, not a corpse.
After all, a transfusion of radioactive blood created She Hulk. Why wouldn’t a transfusion of…oh god. Just kill me now. I can’t believe that someone at Marvel pitched this, and it got approved.

I’m calling for a continuity reboot for reality for the year 2007. All those in favour?

*Insofar as a dead offscreen character and a grave makes you a cast member. Should I say “Member of established continuity” instead?

From one guy to any other guy
This post isn’t about comics. It’s about me, my fellow males, and the wonderful world of patriarchy, privilege and guys trying to be helpful in totally unhelpful ways. It sprang to life from my experience of wandering through the Gendered Violence thread on the Girl-Wonder forums, and from other experiences around the feminist and feminist allies blogs. It’s open to suggestions, arguments and discussion. (It’s also quite long, so I’ve cut it for the sake of the RSS readers)
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