>>108115034>gay politicsYes I'm sure the collective X-men fanbase organized themselves to turn Ice-Man's girlfriend into a dude and then make him pretend Rogue is his girlfriend to his parents.
>>108115041>>108115041>Do you not understand what an allegory is? It doesn't mean he was actually meant to be gayThis is funny because *you* clearly don't understand what an allegory is. If you can't understand why Ice-Man was chosen to specically emulate the classic 'coming-out' trope, you're an idiot.
Allegories literal definition:
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a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
"Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory of the spiritual journey"
synonyms: parable, analogy, metaphor, symbol, emblem; More
a symbol.
>In actual canon, it was indeed out of left-field with nothing to actually support itYou're just wrong. I gave you the fact. Accept it.
Your entire point is
>If Ice-Man was *really* gay then in the 70's-90's he would have explcilty come out instead of being forced into constant sub-text stories insteadwow it's almost like gay characters in comic books were a taboo subect at the time and x-men are an allegory for oppressed minorities. interesting, I'm sure that's a coincendence though because that would shatter my false world-view that Iceman is only gay because "delusional fans".
*You're* the delusional fan, anon.
