#newkrypton

A world without trans people never existed. They were always there, we just never noticed them.

Amazing Woman, formerly known as Fury

After the mega crossover even Infinite Crisis in DC Comics back in 2006, the main DC Trinity took a break for one year, and the comics company decided to follow the lives of more ordinary heroes. Among them was an ill-fated team calling themselves Infinity Inc.

While I was re-reading 52 a few weeks back, when I got my curiosity piqued and decided that I wanted to know whatever happened to Infinity Inc, in the aftermath of 52.

Among the original roster of Infinity Inc was a shadow of a character called Erik Storn, codenamed Fury. He was the violent guy of a group. Wanna be wolverine with hands that turn into claws.

In the aftermath of 52, several of the Infinity Inc roster began manifesting new powers and dealing with mental health issues. And we see Erik stumbling through figuring out his gender identity, which is manifesting as an almost separate personality, with a separate gender identity and the power to BECOME a different biological gender.

It's nowhere near perfect as representation. None of the members of Infinity Inc were cut out to be heroes in the long term. But I like it as a time capsule. A young person questioning their identity, and not having the language to express what they're feeling. They're so deep in denial that being gender-fluid is a thought that can't enter their mind.

Erik Storn was a unconfident, stuttering want-to-be everyman. Their gender-flipped side was a confident, invulnerable hero, that why she was known as Amazing Woman.

But, they just couldn't hold themselves together.

Erik Storn died before the Flashpoint. The pressure of being a hero proved too much for them. They died as part of one last heroic mission. Erik / Erika were part of a deep cover operation to prevent a war between planets. Sadly, they were executed for knowing too much.

“ you’re not a machine or— or some thing. you’re a person, and i’m sorry anyone ever made you feel otherwise. ”

 some days, balancing catco. and supergirl is a piece of cake. other days, it feels like she’s carrying more than the weight of the world on her shoulders. today was one of those days. not only did kara have articles upon articles to complete with time crunching deadlines, but a crisis involving a troublemaking alien brought a time traveling visitor. not that kara wasn’t happy for the help, but she felt bad. the situation escalated and it was her fault.

 when she heard rip speak, kara turned her full attention towards him before shaking her head slowly. ❝ rip, it’s okay, really, ❞ she shrugged, sighing softly. ❝ today was just … overwhelming. not every day is like this, i’m not functioning like a ‘machine’ everyday. ❞ kara smiled reassuringly.

Sentiment would be the death of him, Rip felt.

But there was something about seeing his old friend-- and how funny was that, that they were friends? That he’d known Kara Zor-El even before she’d come to Earth and become a protector of it?-- that made that sentiment rear its head stronger than ever. Though it was difficult for him to really care about anyone, he found that whenever it happened it always became too much-- that his protective instinct was an absurd, ugly little thing.

And though Kara insisted it was all right, and Rip was inclined to believe her, that didn’t ease his concern away completely.

“All right,” he conceded all the same, turning his head away to keep his expression from being too obvious.