If my crack about making people uncomfortable contributed in any way, I apologize. I promise I'm only guilty of having a lame sense of humor, and I don't intend to be unwelcoming towards anyone... except @Byrd Man, and that's only because I worry he'll make the South rise again.
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<Snipped quote by Eddie Brock>
I think you could do do Dick. But it would edit Dick's for some reason.
Maybe that's what it was. All I remember is the censor was so robust that if any part of a word happened to contain a prohibited word, it would throw asterisks over that part.
Don't forget that they used to censor "dick," which is problematic when you're trying to talk about Bruce Wayne's ward, the young Richard Grayson.
Look, obviously we don't want to make anyone uncomfortable...
... that's just an added bonus.
... that's just an added bonus.
Weekly post reminders, RPG awards... Jesus, it's like the Hype is alive again.
<Snipped quote by DocTachyon>
Superior Spider-Man is definitely a no-go for a Year One setting and Hawkeye is a supporting character, I believe, of Eddie Brock's Cap with his own established history. But the other three are doable. Elijah Snow wouldn't be turned away in a game where Skinner Sweet turned Wolverine into a vampire.
That said, if anyone has a real hankering to play Purple Arrow, I won't be a roadblock.
Though, alright, let me put on my best suit, slick back my hair, and give it my best Keanu Reeves impersonation:
Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson come from two different eras of storytelling. Gwen is a hero's girlfriend in the very Silver Age style; she's no worse an offender of the "bland, personality-less beauty designed to be put in mortal peril" trope than, say, (classic) Iris West. Hell, until ol' Spidey and Marvel came along, even the heroes hardly had character traits beyond "always does the right thing" and "reminds kids to eat their vegetables." So to completely compare the two without considering their relative context is a bit misleading.
Still, as Gerry Conway is quick to point out, no one cared about Gwen Stacy until after he killed her. That's when the cult of personality around the character really began.
Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson come from two different eras of storytelling. Gwen is a hero's girlfriend in the very Silver Age style; she's no worse an offender of the "bland, personality-less beauty designed to be put in mortal peril" trope than, say, (classic) Iris West. Hell, until ol' Spidey and Marvel came along, even the heroes hardly had character traits beyond "always does the right thing" and "reminds kids to eat their vegetables." So to completely compare the two without considering their relative context is a bit misleading.
Still, as Gerry Conway is quick to point out, no one cared about Gwen Stacy until after he killed her. That's when the cult of personality around the character really began.
<Snipped quote by Lord Wraith>
Probably because Mary-Jane Watson is as interesting as beige wallpaper in a room with brown carpet and brown furniture. Very few writers can make such a bland character engaging and interesting.
<Snipped quote by Eddie Brock>
*sweats nervously*
though to be fair loathing would take a character who actually inspires emotions in me so I'm good
I don't even understand this post. There are a great many criticisms that could be leveled against MJ -- and I'd agree with a fair few of them -- but "bland" isn't one of them. Gwen has the monopoly on that front. At least MJ, if nothing else, could be reduced to a label: party girl. What's Gwen's label? "Spider-Man's (dead) girlfriend"?
I can totally get behind the Mary-Jane loathing.
#TeamGwen
Gwen Stacy isn't a character; she's Stan Lee's ideal woman insert, and any characterization was tacked on after the fact to try and add weight to her death post-mortum.
In the 616 Universe, anyway.
<Snipped quote by Eddie Brock>
I only just got up to Marv Wolfman's run. At the rate I'm going it'll take me years before I reach Slott's stuff.
I'm so glad. So, so glad.
Yeah, my quest to read all 800+ ASM issues petered out in the high 200s, McFarlane years. I'll get back to it someday. Conway-Wolfman-Stern is my definitive Spider-Man era.
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