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October 28, 2014

Can you recommend some really good Oracle stories for relatively new readers? (Feel free to plug yourself)

I hate to say it but almost all my favorite Oracle stories were in Birds of Prey (the entire run, not just mine).


I remember her being great in War Games, and I think she often was amazing in previous BATGIRL runs.


Anyone else have suggestions?

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Did you always intend Roshanna to be asexual, even in Secret Six, or did you not decide that until later, when you were planning the movement. I mean, I could tell she definitely wasn't comfortable with men and was preferential to men in Secret Six, but I

Roshanna was always meant to be ace. 


We never really got into whether or not she was aromantic, that will be a story for another time, but she was definitely created as asexual.


It’s interesting, too, because the number of readers I have spoken with who publicly identify as asexual has just exploded in the last couple years. Her Bengali background, I got help on that from a wonderful and generous Bengali woman who is married to a formal Marvel editor I really admire. 


I am happy that many of them really took to Tremor right away. Which makes me happy.

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Published on October 28, 2014 13:36

Did you always intend Roshanna to be asexual, even in Secret Six, or did you not decide that until later, when you were planning the movement. I mean, I could tell she definitely wasn't comfortable with men and was preferential to men in Secret Six, but I

Roshanna was always meant to be ace. 


We never really got into whether or not she was aromantic, that will be a story for another time, but she was definitely created as asexual.


It’s interesting, too, because the number of readers I have spoken with who publicly identify as asexual has just exploded in the last couple years. Her Bengali background, I got help on that from a wonderful and generous Bengali woman who is married to a formal Marvel editor I really admire. 


I am happy that many of them really took to Tremor right away. Which makes me happy.

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Published on October 28, 2014 13:36

Did you always intend Roshanna to be asexual, even in Secret Six, or did you not decide that until later, when you were planning the movement. I mean, I could tell she definitely wasn't comfortable with men and was preferential to men in Secret Six, but I

Roshanna was always meant to be ace. 


We never really got into whether or not she was aromantic, that will be a story for another time, but she was definitely created as asexual.


It’s interesting, too, because the number of readers I have spoken with who publicly identify as asexual has just exploded in the last couple years. Her Bengali background, I got help on that from a wonderful and generous Bengali woman who is married to a formal Marvel editor I really admire. 


I am happy that many of them really took to Tremor right away. Which makes me happy.

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Published on October 28, 2014 13:36

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