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Wonder Woman (2017) poster by Tula Lotay for Mondo

I used to think my life was a tragedy. But now I realize, it’s a comedy. Joker (2019) dir. Todd Philips  

“Aside from [the power of hydrokinesis], there’s the real power that Mera has inside of her. It is her fierce determination, her drive, her will, her strength, her attitude. When she sees something needs to be done, she doesn’t wait for anyone to do it for her, she doesn’t wait to be saved. She takes action and she changes it herself. And I like that she fights for what’s right, despite what it could cost her or does cost her personally.” — Amber Heard

I wish y’all ignorant, broken-back bitches would stop trying to dismiss the importance of Aquaman for the brown/Polynesian community just so y’all can prop up films starring other heroes of color (e.g. Spider-verse and Black Panther), because at the end of the day, all of these movies are equally important and very much needed, especially for the comic book movie genre, which has been dominated by white heroes for decades. Y’all clowned Aquaman when the SDCC trailer dropped, constantly comparing it to BP. Y’all clowned Jason Momoa for taking pride in his heritage at the LA premiere, referring to his haka performance as a copy-paste version of Wakandan traditions (which…I’m not gonna get into that today). Now y’all are hell bent over trying to attack Aquaman because Spider-verse isn’t as financially successful as it is (some countries don’t even have it yet, whereas Aquaman has been out in China and other foreign markets for 1-2 weeks, mind you). If you guys actually cared about diversity, you would be thankful that Aquaman, starring a Polynesian man and directed by an Asian director, is getting the recognition and success that it’s getting while urging people to watch Spider-verse at the same time. I want more people to watch Spider-verse because it truly is a beautiful film. Aquaman is, too. You should want comic book movies starring heroes of color to succeed, no matter what franchise it’s from, and you should be ashamed of yourselves for your disgusting ass behavior.

You know, I wasn’t gonna bring up the replies until @jaredbottoms said something about them in their tags, but some of y’all are hypocritical as fuck.

Notice how I never said at any point in this post that Aquaman did not have flaws. It most definitely did. A lot of blockbuster films have flaws to them. I’m sure you guys have other films that came out this year that you thought were probably better than Aquaman, but that doesn’t mean that those films don’t have flaws to them, either.

With that being said, it’s not every day you get to see a Polynesian man take on a lead role in a mainstream film, let alone a mainstream comic book movie. There are a handful of white actors in this film, yes, but ultimately, the story is focused on Arthur Curry, and he is being portrayed by a brown man (Jason Momoa). As far as representation goes, we need to keep pushing for more brown men and women to be placed in the forefront of these major films, and financially supporting Aquaman and showing Hollywood that we actually care about brown rep is most definitely a start. One of the key points of my original post is to support movies like this so we can continue to get more Polynesian actors front and center. This is the first comic book movie that James Wan has directed, so obviously it’s not going to be perfect. There are already talks about a sequel going on, so improvements in terms of script and all of that can be made for future reference.

Besides, there are a lot of mediocre to terrible ass films out today - especially in the comic book movie genre - starring white leads that get a pass for being what they are, but when it comes to Aquaman, you guys suddenly have high standards? You don’t have to like these films, if you don’t want to, but at the very least, show that you care about brown people and their success and show out for the films themselves. That shouldn’t be too much to ask.

Amber Heard as Mera in Aquaman (2018)

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Man of Steel (2013) dir. Zack Snyder

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they just. straight up showed batmans dick in a recent comic. uncensored 

NSFW obviously but here it is 

what the fuck

bruce wayne answering “yes” completely honestly, non-jokingly, with a deadpan voice when the media ask him in jest if he’s batman is a mood

#and then years down the line they find out he’s batman and bruce is just like ‘i mean i never denied it’     

#bruce not caring enough to hide his identity has been such a staple for batman comics but even the writers don’t realize they’re doing it

#there was this early 70s comics about a killer sending his victims batman costumes and killing them while they had them on

#so the police started suspecting one of the victims might be the real batman

#but inevitably bruce wayne gets a suit so commissioner gordon asks him if he could think of a reason the killer targeted him          

 #and bruce just replies ‘no but the design is awful it’s nothing like the original downstairs’      

 #while alfred is just looking straight into the panel’s camera resigned                                                            

In Gotham Adventures #35, Bruce is made part of a jury for the court case of a man that was apprehended by Batman. 

And he just fuckin. He Does That

What seems to keep his cover isn’t secrecy (though there’s plenty of it), but instead just how absolutely outrageous the idea is. Bruce Wayne?? Batman??? Puh-lease. I mean, have you seen the guy? Sure he’s a nice guy, but he’s far too busy having people run WE for him and going on pleasure cruises to be Batman. I mean, really. 

(Good thing nobody notices the cool symbolic silhouette deal he’s got going on there.) It’s likely become something akin to the ‘Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer’ joke, (check out this post) and Bruce often just feeds it, making it even easier to get away with. It’s fucking hilarious.

Those people are gonna feel silly since anyone with eyes could see that the butts match…. I mean, the facts don’t lie

Batman by Lee Bermejo

Batman: Damned - Black Label 

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