Back in the 70s, there were some pretty offensive
X-Men. Hippylocks was a dirty hippy who
could immobilize foes with her body odor.
Racist Man could become really racist against any group of people and,
channeling that power, exert authority over those peoples based on his
whiteness. Jewey Mc Jew Jew could do
taxes super well. But all of these
heroes, offensive as they were, existed in a different time, and were really
only offensive against one group of people, or one group of people at a time,
in the case of Racist Man.
You, on the other hand, are offensive to a whole bunch of
people. You're a brand new X-Man, named
Twist, and, starting today, you're going to upset comic book fans almost as
much as anything Brian Michael Bendis has ever done.
See, your powers involve being really gay, and making other
people think gay thoughts just by being in a room. The first issue you appear in will involve
you outing Gambit, and making Wolverine bi-curious. Sales will drop tremendously, but Bendis,
will insist on pressing forward, shouting "This is important!" at
anyone who tries to talk him out of it over and over and over again.
You'll upset both gay rights groups, who will be offended by
just about every element of your charater, and anti-gay groups, who will feel
threatened that you, despite your overarching offensiveness, are uniformly
accepted by the other X-Men, the same way people are generally accepting of
that one insanely self-consciously gay friend who seems to be just trying to
find him or herself. In fact, many of
your later storylines will focus on you realizing that no one really cares that
you're gay, and that you're alright just the way you are. Once these resolve, you'll be killed by
Magneto when he crushes you with a giant girder, in what Marvel will broadly
advertise as "the event that fans have been waiting for." Gay rights groups will protest the issue a
little, but they won't try very hard. Their
hearts won't be in it; you're a very annoying character.
Congratulations Super Offensive X-Man!
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