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sailorlibra (sailorlibra) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-03-24 16:07:00

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char: black canary/dinah lance, char: green arrow/oliver queen, char: green lantern/hal jordan

Dinah's not homophobic, Ollie!
One scan posted from the preview for JLA 31. The rest can be found here.

But things always seem so much more serious when your wife thinks you're gay.

"How could you do this Ollie? You swore you weren't gay! You promised!"

But no way is Dinah homophobic. She's just pretending, so that Ollie won't suspect her secret relationship with Oracle.

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	bluefall 2009-03-24 03:17 pm UTC (link)
	It's not homophobic if it's true. Though, yeah, if Ollie had been on his game, the correct response would have been, "Project much, Dinah? Look, just because you regret breaking up with Oracle..." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	magus_69 2009-03-24 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	Clearly, there is only one solution: foursome! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bluefall, 2009-03-24 11:41 pm UTC

seriousfic, 2009-03-25 01:23 pm UTC

jcbaggee, 2009-03-25 01:25 am UTC

kagome654, 2009-03-25 05:35 am UTC

scottyquick, 2009-03-25 04:33 pm UTC

kagome654, 2009-03-25 09:29 pm UTC

	kamino_neko 2009-03-24 03:23 pm UTC (link)
	Nice try at shifting the subject there, Ollie. I know SOMEONE who's not getting any tonight. (Unless he sleeps over at Hal's place.) (Reply to this)

	volksjager 2009-03-24 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	Is this taking place in that secret magic room where all deep dark JLA Bis in kept behind closed doors ? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-03-24 06:05 pm UTC (link)
	Which appears to be either halfway to Azarath as depicted by Perez in New Teen Titans, or halfway to the Crystal Room in Mr Merlin (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

volksjager, 2009-03-24 06:36 pm UTC

alschroeder
2009-03-24 03:41 pm UTC (link)

Reading the rest of the preview, Diana clocks Ollie because she's mad.

Hahah. Very funny.

NOT.

She's a trained martial artist, for Pete's sake. Did she learned marriage skills from Henry Pym? If Hank Pym hitting Janet Van Dyne-Pym is spousal abuse, isn't THIS?

It doesn't make it better because she's a svelte blonde female and he's a male. That svelte blonded has incapitated bruisers twice her size.

She'll be lucky if he just leaves the TEAM.

Sorry. That whole sequence rubbed me the wrong way, big time.

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	darklorelei 2009-03-24 04:02 pm UTC (link)
	Lulz, what are you on, women can't abuse their significant others! (Holy crap, I'm totally being sarcastic. Just heading the flames off at the pass!) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

alschroeder, 2009-03-24 04:10 pm UTC

seriousfic, 2009-03-24 04:21 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-03-24 04:31 pm UTC

seriousfic, 2009-03-24 04:42 pm UTC

bluejaybirdie, 2009-03-24 04:47 pm UTC

seriousfic, 2009-03-24 04:49 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-03-24 04:59 pm UTC

morgana006, 2009-03-24 05:37 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-03-24 10:30 pm UTC

morgana006, 2009-03-25 07:29 am UTC

ashtoreth, 2009-03-27 11:17 pm UTC

jlroberson, 2009-03-24 07:06 pm UTC

jlbarnett, 2009-03-24 08:23 pm UTC

bariman1987, 2009-03-24 09:42 pm UTC

	bluejaybirdie 2009-03-24 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, rubs me the wrong way too. I really don't like seeing this type of crap. Just because she's a woman doesn't mean that doesn't freaking hurt. Hell, I've been thrown down the stairs by my mom. Women can be really damn strong. And the fact that it's played for comedy just makes me sick. Abuse isn't funny, and it never will be or should be. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ashez2ashes 2009-03-24 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	Ewww, how very harem anime ish. Does he fly off into the distance with a final PING too? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jarodrussell 2009-03-24 05:02 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps it's payback for that time he electro-shocked her into unconsciousness. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

darklorelei, 2009-03-24 06:08 pm UTC

Technically, that wasn't my point... -

jarodrussell, 2009-03-24 08:52 pm UTC

Re: Technically, that wasn't my point... -

seriousfic, 2009-03-25 01:21 pm UTC

scottyquick, 2009-03-24 06:10 pm UTC

gwalla.livejournal.com, 2009-03-24 11:37 pm UTC

	jlbarnett 2009-03-24 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	there's a thing about it over at 4th letter. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aaron_bourque 2009-03-24 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	Please. If she really wanted to hurt him, she'd just use her lethal canary cry. (Reply to this) (Parent)

unknownscribler
2009-03-24 09:14 pm UTC (link)

If the conversation was about how the punch-happy partner felt about the other expressing a conflicting viewpoint in the company of others at the dinner table when the punch-happy one had been expecting affirmation, you'd have the intro to an ep of Law & Order.

Of course, what we have here is also the classic pack behaviour where the Beta (Ollie) has challenged the authority of the Alpha (Dinah); it is the Alpha's duty as pack leader to put the Beta in his place. And while they're nice about it, the JLA is a pack. If the Alpha proves weak by being unable to exert authority over its members, especially those she's meant to have a close relationship with, is there really any doubt that they'd suggest someone else take over?

If Dinah is acting within her authority as head of the JLA then it's Ollie's duty as a member to obey her. Arguably as her spouse it's also his duty to support her. The dialogue indicates that he's a free agent, so the first onus is not upon him. The second, though...

Being married doesn't mean you can't be independant, though if a spouse were to pursue an agenda completely contradictory to that of the other you might have to question if they should be together in the first place. You'd also have to question how secure that union was if Dinah felt unable to simply say "There is a line between business and home life I choose not to cross: do you folks with your secret identities have a problem with that?".

However, Dinah is meant to be the primary focus of Ollie's emotional and intimate world, otherwise why get married. For him to abandon solidarity with her in favour of his emotional bond with Hal is in essence a concrete form of betrayal. Especially when he makes the Freudian slip of describing his time with Hal as being "the best days of my life" without prefexing "Before we were together".

And if we've been taught anything by superheroes it's surely that betrayal is worthy of punishment...

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bluejaybirdie, 2009-03-24 09:45 pm UTC

	bluejaybirdie 2009-03-24 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	You know, Ollie, going on what you're saying on the next page, Dinah's really not off the mark about you and Hal... Guess he's cheating on her again! Ha, I kid. But damn, am I glad to see Benes off art. This is gorgeous. The coloring really complements it as well. (Reply to this) (Thread)

scottyquick, 2009-03-24 05:24 pm UTC

bluejaybirdie, 2009-03-24 08:43 pm UTC

scottyquick, 2009-03-24 10:06 pm UTC

	04nbod 2009-03-24 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	So this is out Wednesday/Thursday(UK)? Excuse me while I add it to the list... (how can I not with dialogue like that even if the rest of the issue is crap) (Reply to this)

	ian_karkull 2009-03-24 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	Actually, I think this is pretty homophobic. She's implying a homosexual relationship for the express purpose of insulting/humiliating Ollie. That's textbook homophobia. I'm a bit disappointed here. ~~Great, now I'm agreeing with Green Arrow. These are truly the end times.~~ (Reply to this) (Thread)

bluefall, 2009-03-24 05:49 pm UTC

schmevil, 2009-03-24 08:25 pm UTC

unknownscribler, 2009-03-24 09:26 pm UTC

psychop_rex, 2009-03-25 01:24 am UTC

	surlytmpl 2009-03-24 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Hal is NOT my boyfriend...we are friends, with benefits." (Reply to this) (Thread)

tanetris, 2009-03-25 01:29 am UTC

	scottyquick 2009-03-24 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	-facepalm- This is getting really freakin' old, guys. Dinah, who can kill people with her bare hands, would not hit her husband. I'm <3 Ollie here. SO MUCH. I think I'll pick up this issue if he keeps rockin' so hard. Also, lol wait, when did JLA's art not suc1k anymore? Oh hey, it's the same guy who drew that adorable issue of Robin! (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-03-24 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	Isn't Ollie's comment that her comment is homophobic actually homophobic? Hold on, I need a minute to figure this out...I guess because her comment wasn't implying anything bad about gay people. But his comment is what makes it seem homophobic, so the homophobia is all on him...I think. (Reply to this) (Thread)

parsimonia, 2009-03-24 06:53 pm UTC

jlbarnett, 2009-03-24 08:25 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-03-24 10:28 pm UTC

unknownscribler, 2009-03-24 09:32 pm UTC

	mr_anon_y_mous 2009-03-24 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	I'm more annoyed with the anatomy than the stupif dialogue. (Reply to this)

	ex_menagerie993 2009-03-24 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	I like this artist, except the way he poses people. Everyone thrusts out their chests. It seems an unpleasant way to go through one's life. (Reply to this)

	parsimonia 2009-03-24 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	From the page before this one, Dinah says: "Don't make me smack you again." Uhg. If that's how Dinah treats Ollie, then I wouldn't blame him for shacking up with Hal instead. (Reply to this)

	lightbrigade 2009-03-24 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	Heh, Dinah's only saying what the rest of us thinks about Hal and Ollie. OP: Where's your icon from? (Reply to this) (Thread)

sailorlibra, 2009-03-25 03:40 pm UTC

	sessile29 2009-03-24 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	Aw... where's Shane Davis' usual inker? That guy could cross-hatch like a mofo. (Reply to this)

	starwolf_oakley 2009-03-25 01:13 pm UTC (link)
	I thought part of the point of "Green Lantern: Rebirth" is that Hal wouldn't be playing "Hard-Traveling Heroes" anymore. The Parallax entity was supposed to be the reason Hal kept wandering around with Ollie. Of course, forming a separate JL team isn't the same as wandering around the country like nomadic idiots. (Reply to this)