tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post7990260964786222899..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Comic Shop Comics: February 8thCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-1626578910535062532017-02-13T06:01:39.328-08:002017-02-13T06:01:39.328-08:00I saw Yang give a talk about the history of Asian(...I saw Yang give a talk about the history of Asian(-American) representation in superhero comics last fall, and he led off with the cover of Detective Comics #1 as an example of how bad things began. I have no doubt he knows exactly what he's doing.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16546370463396570168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-73164088922619511662017-02-12T14:59:16.402-08:002017-02-12T14:59:16.402-08:00Given the various elements of gender and sexuality...Given the various elements of gender and sexuality at play in this WONDER WOMAN title so far, I'm just going to imagine that perhaps Rucka intended to quietly write a chimera who was born male and identifies as female – and Diana doesn't see how their fighting means she should quibble over pronouns.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058171030261812885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-29420885698605147472017-02-12T12:59:31.536-08:002017-02-12T12:59:31.536-08:00However, wouldn't it stand to reason that a fe...<i>However, wouldn't it stand to reason that a female chimera would not have a mane on its lion head, in the same way that real female lions do not have manes...?</i><br /><br />I was all ready to go on a rant about whether or not the Chimera would even have a gender given that it was the spawn of Typhon and Echidna - who's to say that the beast would even have anything remotely resembling gender since it would reproduce more like a Titan or a God than a lion or a goat. And that perhaps Diana was just using an Amazonism of using "her" as a "default" gender term the way in English people use "he" as a default (though that usage is changing). But then I went to Wikipedia to verify my facts and found this little snippet: <br /><br /><em>"The Chimera is generally considered to have been female (see the quotation from Hesiod above) despite the mane adorning her head, the inclusion of a close mane often was depicted on lionesses, but the ears always were visible (that does not occur with depictions of male lions)."</em><br /><br />So there you go - the Greeks thought she was a female and pictured her with a mane anyway. So Rucka is just keeping his story in continuity with Hesiod and the rest.Jerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060430253113856206noreply@blogger.com