>>88644280>Because making it specifically about sexual preference limits the possibilities of the types of insecurity that can be explore within the story.Being gay doesn't limit other issues that reside in oneself. You can write a good tale about him coming to terms with the pressures of being gay in society and detail narratives of the issues he faces mentally. As well as write about how he comes to love himself, eventually kicking his anxiety. Topple all that with him being gay and a mutant.
>Except that being gay is going to be a large part of his narrative going forward because it's what makes him unique among the X-Men and most Marvel characters.If i'm not mistaken you said him being gay wouldn't make his story unique. Maybe that wasn't you. Either way, this still doesn't take away from his anxiety. The argument here seems to be "Being gay isn't interesting or complex!" when the fact is, this can be very subjective depending the person. I'd love a story exploring his anxiety as a straight man, but i'd also enjoy a story detailing his anxiety as a gay man.
>Incorrect. Most other characters become more charismatic and confident when they become heroes and get powers. None of them directly deal with their insecurities and anxieties head-on. None of them are directly limited by them in the way that Iceman is.Almost all characters deal with some sort of anxiety head on. Iron Man, Spiderman, Hulk, Wolverine, etcetc all face anxiety in their comics. Maybe not the type of anxiety Bobby faces, but anxiety nonetheless.
>That's your assumption. Him being gay doesn't elevate his status.And having anxiety does? Half the people didn't even know he had anxiety, but now more than half knows he's gay.
>It got him a solo but that means nothing.If having your own solo doesn't elevate your status, there's no way the character was going to get any more popular than he already is.
This whole argument is "He's not being written the way I like."
