Gail Simone's Blog, page 706

Hey, did you end up figuring out the stuff with NC Comicon? You're still listed on the guests page and I think it'd be really cool if you came. We've got amazing food in Durham and lots of nice people.

I am almost positive I never agreed to this show. It sounds like a great show, but my schedule is already packed.

My hubby does my scheduling, I will check when he returns later today.

I feel like your post is a bit derailing. If you read the article, it explains very clearly what she meant. It's about media representation and the ideas girls internalize about themselves. Just because some girls liked to play Wonder Woman doesn't mean th

Well, first, I didn’t respond to her article, I responded to Kelly Sue’s post, which quoted from it, and was actually the header of the article itself.

Regardless, it’s not an uncommon sentiment. It just wasn’t how it was for me. I never saw myself as a supporting character in my daydreams. And I was curious if other women had, as well. If not, then at the very least, the header is a bit misleading.

That does absolutely nothing to deny that that may have been the intent of much genre fiction of the era, or that their was inherent sexism in same. Of course there was.

But the idea that women don’t see themselves as the heroes in these stories struck me as unlikely. Still does.

I went and read the article, it’s well worth reading. Seems like you might be misreading my comment as an attempt to invalidate the article or author. Not the case at all.

Babs is great as Batgirl, but do you miss her as Oracle? I know I do.

Yeah, some days it’s actually terrible. I miss the pre-new52 a lot.

I’m having fun, but it feels like a lot of friends moved away.

Some of the most fun and rewarding writing of my life was writing Oracle. Her fight with Spy Smasher was probably my favorite sequence to write of all time up to that point, her giving Katrina her well-deserved comeuppance!

"Men grow up expecting to be the hero of their own story. Women grow up expecting to be the..."

“Men grow up expecting to be the hero of their own story. Women grow up expecting to be the supporting actress in somebody else’s.”

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I was a Manic Pixie Dream Girl (via kellysue)

I appreciate the sentiment of this quote, but…man, it is so untrue for me.

I never wanted to be the sidekick. I always felt there were adventure stories out there for me, with a female lead who was the hero, I just hadn’t found them yet.

I used to play Batman or Wonder Woman and I would make my poor younger brother play the damsel in distress.

I don’t know, how accurate is this? Did most girls here grow up seeing themselves as supporting characters in their heroic stories?

I sure didn’t.

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majingojira:

gailsimone:

bringbacklianharper:

gailsimone:

waggington:

this is either the best comic book writing ever or the worst comic book writing ever

Heh.

I like that people thought I wasn’t aware of what the reaction to that caption would be months in advance. A bunch of reviews mentioned it, as if I wasn’t absolutely positive how people would take it. I found that kind of funny, in a morbid way.

Anyway, can’t it be both? :)

So… would you say you did it for the lulz?

PRECISELY.

Damn, this trolled so many people.  Well done, Gail Simone, well done.  10/10. 

Sometimes you have to put a razor in the ice cream.

bringbacklianharper:gailsimone:waggington:this is either...

bringbacklianharper:

gailsimone:

waggington:

this is either the best comic book writing ever or the worst comic book writing ever

Heh.

I like that people thought I wasn’t aware of what the reaction to that caption would be months in advance. A bunch of reviews mentioned it, as if I wasn’t absolutely positive how people would take it. I found that kind of funny, in a morbid way.

Anyway, can’t it be both? :)

So… would you say you did it for the lulz?

PRECISELY.

waggington:this is either the best comic book writing ever or...

waggington:

this is either the best comic book writing ever or the worst comic book writing ever

Heh.

I like that people thought I wasn’t aware of what the reaction to that caption would be months in advance. A bunch of reviews mentioned it, as if I wasn’t absolutely positive how people would take it. I found that kind of funny, in a morbid way.

Anyway, can’t it be both? :)

"Someday, this will be a terribly romantic story. And not so...

"Someday, this will be a terribly romantic story. And not so much, you know, an awful abduction in hell and all that."

Pretty much how my honeymoon went.

Ms Simone! You're a comic book writer of great renown and popularity....but can you see why kids love the great taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

BECAUSE IT’S SO CHOCOLATE-Y!

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morgan-leigh:

Surrounded By Men, Ohio Governor Signs Stringent Abortion Restrictions Into Law

Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me.

Rage rising.