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black comic readers will say "buying black lead comics or black characters comics from dc doesn't stop them from getting axed and it's been literally 1200 days since dc has had a black ongoing so we're calling for a boycott to put pressure on dc by not buying comics and instead directly supporting black creatives" and here come the dumbest white people on the earth going "but dc is releasing pride month comics, do you hate queer people? but dc has female creators releasing comics, do you hate women? this boycott is so disorganised. i can't believe you hate queer people"

[ID: Text that reads, "The fact remains that it has been more than 1200 days since a Black character has headlined a solo title in DC Comics' mainline continuity. We continue to believe this is an issue worth discussing and addressing. However, we also recognize that many fans and creators we care about felt the boycott unintentionally minimized books, characters, and creators whose work provides meaningful representation for women, LGBTQIA+ readers, people of color, and other marginalized communities. That was never out intention, and we apologize for that impact. We heard those concerns, and they played a major role in our decision to reevaluate the boycott." /End ID.]

White queer folk when black people do anything to benefit themselves or their community

#when you invested your whole life into one person and seen them grow and prosper and now that person is investing in someone else and it gets to be romantically acknowledged which you were never brave enough to do but it's so easy for him and you want to stab someone with a dagger but youre at a social event

i don't think we as a fandom talk enough about how lonely jo must have been in far sector, cut off from literally everybody she had known and then literally unable to emotionally connect with literally anybody around her. and dare i say loneliness is a motif in her character at large

the fact that the creator of the dcblackout was essentially bullied out of the boycott just because other people are getting books is disgusting. people said “i don’t care that black characters/writers aren’t getting books because there are gay people getting books” and we’re supposed to act like that’s not insanely racist

Thinking about Nubia a few days after she comes out the well and Hippolyta goes with her to get fitted by Io for personalized armor, and Io's hands have the tiniest tremble to them when she puts the measuring tape around Nubia's waist, and Hippolyta just notices