#raycarter

James Jesse/Hartley Rathaway:

Hartley has been out as gay since the early 90’s, and James has been repressed for equally as long. They reform about the same time, so kind of become a duo within the Rogues, and James is often somewhat protective of Hartley, and to be honest, with how Countdown ends you can see threads of him being in love with Hartley going right back to at least 1989. During Countdown, Trickster and Piper wind up being chained together, and Trickster starts acting like the most closeted man alive, only to eventually seem to come to terms with being in love with him, calling him by his first name for the first time, and then, when Deadshot attempts to murder Hartley, he throws himself in front of him while shouting "not him, not now!"

DC editorial was, incidentally, completely blindsided by this, weren't even aware James was going to die, and proceeded to refuse to allow him to have any major role in any comic for nearly a decade, which is incredibly suspicious you have to admit.

And throwing himself between Piper and danger isn't anything new (from a 90s comic):

(pictured: World's Most Closeted Man being Completely Useless)

Ray Palmer/Carter Hall:

They are best friends and so gay together