Both Catwoman are in on the LGBT ride:

- The Catwoman we mostly know, Selina Kyle, is - as you know - occasional on-an-off fling of Batman (plus she has a child with another man), but she was confirmed bisexual (via smooching a yakuza lady) in Catwoman #39, in 2015

- Second Catowman, Holly Robinson (protegee of Selina), was full-blown lesbian. She was killed off, unfortunately.

As for Constantine, oh yeah - he was confirmed bisexual since 1992.

Adding to what Uber mentioned, I still remember by heart some of other comic LGBT:

- Alysia Yeoh [DC], trans woman
- Wiccan & Hulkling [Marve], both gay
- newest Aqualad (Jackson Hyde; DC) outed himself as gay not so long ago.
- America Chavez [Marvel]

All of these scream like something you'd write, and it's perfectly in the realm of possibility that you did, knowing your past record. Doing some light research, I'm assuming #1 is Pokémon and My Little Pony, #2 is a Mega-Crossover involving Incredibles, Meet The Robinsons, and Twilight, with some crossover ships thrown in the mix... one that's apparently surprisingly common, and the last one is a Harry Potter and Jurrasic Park crossover... one that involves Harry becoming a Dinosaur...

Jesus Christ you're not making this easy, but if I had to choose I'd go with #2 for the simple fact that I can't find anything directly relating to it on The Pit or AO3

Number four is your own creation. 3 isn't actually inherently badfic that I can tell—which makes me think it's actually legitimate.

That is from the genuinely terrible fic Profesor Lupus and the Curse of the Wearwolf.

I made up number 3. Ya done played yourself. =]

This post comes to you live from the Touchdown Café in Canterbury Christ Church University, where I have just embarked upon an MA in Creative Writing. It's a fascinating course with a lot of time to hone my craft as a genre author, so it'll be interesting to see how this affects my PPC stuff.

One of the course elements that I'm particularly excited about is a section on learning to write critical essays... so I'll be doing that. I have something in mind for what to write a critical essay concerning, too:

TOS.

Wish me luck. =]

... is that if I read enough, I won't have to talk to people any more.

I am fine with that.

hS, incorrigible introvert

(Obviously talking on the Internet doesn't count; the Board is more like interactive fiction with some seriously awesome characters.)

I'm pretty sure Catwoman is currently in the middle of being proposed to by Batman? Also, I remember Constantine flirting with several women... are they both shown as bi, or is this something else on the spectrum?

Anyway, thanks! Random trivia I've heard:

-Apparently Bobby Drake was always implied to be gay (depending on the writer, at least); it's just that it's only recently they've been allowed to say it. It looks like Northstar had the same issue - it was implied from his first appearance in 1979, but only said in 1992.

-Speaking of weddings... one Batwoman writer was seriously angry when DC declared that they wouldn't be allowed to let Batwoman marry her girlfriend. For... reasons? I'unno.

hS

Because it's been a while since I posted here and this sounded like fun, so why the heck not.

1) "Try Again, Twi. you can do it." said spike

"Phew' This spell's a toughie. But I feel Lucky this time." said Twilight

"You can say that again, Twilight" said Ash as Twilight turns around and sees Ash "Ash you made it" Twilight said as she nuzzle him "I never be late and spike's right try again" said Ash as twilight smiled then went back at the apple "One...Two..." her horn is glowing ready to change the apple until "Hi!" Pinkie pie pounce on her then her magic was misfire bouncing at every side and hits the bird

"Pinkie you should be careful you almost got hit" Ash said

"Ash is right Why'd you do that?" said Twilight

"Sorry 'cause hugs are funeriffic! especially when you throw one around a friend. Whatcha doin'?" said Pinkie

"Trying to turn that apple into an Orange." said Twilight

"But you kind of threw her aim off." said spike as they see a orange with wings flying pass them "Well they don't call them flying oranges for nothing" Ash said in the humor but sees the flying orange ridiculous "Ash I got your side set for you to start practicing your alicorn magic" Twilight shows Ash an strawberry "So I need to turn that strawberry to something?" said Ash

"Yes Ash you need to change it to a kiwi" said spike

"I can do that" said Ash

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2) "Your skin... It sprakles!" I gasped.

Violet looked down at her foream, turning her hand over and over. It was indeed true; her skin seemd to glisten like a million diamonds had been embedded into her skin. She stepped away from the ray of sunlight, her expression sullen.

"You cann't be near me, Wilbur, it's too dangerous," she said. "I could kill you. The possibility really is there. You could vanish one night, without a trace, and nobody would eer know hwere you went. The only trace of your fate would be hte blood on my fangs!"

"It's a risk I'm willng to take," I replied, my eyes taking a look of stely determination. "Violet, I... I always wanted to tell you this... You're BEAUTIFUL."

Her eyes widened. "...I am??"

"You've always been beautiful, Vi." A warm smile on my face "And being av ampire doesn't change that at all."

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3) Harry finished eating the man that had shot him, he could smell the others that dared come to his island. He quickly got to the odd, white object and growled. He quietly got close to the object and smelled it, yes the intruders were inside of the thing. Harry smashed his right clawed hand into the thing's side, his claws sinking into the 'skin' of the object without any resistance. He then sank his other hand into the other side of the thing and then started pulling, the object making a ripping sound before it fell off, landing with a crash to the forest floor.

His targets were staring at him with fear, yes, he was the alpha predator here! He looked over all of the humans until his eyes came across one with red hair and bright emerald green eyes, he knew her. A memory flashed in his mind, that woman was holding him in her arms and was smiling at him. Roaring in pain as the memory hurt his mind so much, like his skull was being attacked by the vicious claw of the raptors! Harry angrily roared at the woman and lunged forward, attempting to snap at her legs.

He got a man instead, Harry dropped him and as he tried to crawl away, he stepped on his legs before tearing him in half. He ate the man before he used his powers to slash the tree down, making the object roll away, he gave chase. That woman would die, somehow she had hurt him, the greatest predator of the island! The pathetic humans had run out of the safety of the object before returning to it, attempting to hide. Well, he thought, I'll make sure they don't escape.

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Which one is the fake? Take your pick! :D

-SS

I read through them on my phone at lunch, and I could argue for each one being both a real fanfic, and a fabrication on your part.

I thiiiiiiink number one is the phony badfic. It just feels more like your style of parodic badness to me, in that it's more character-focused rather than changing the social customs of the Wizarding World, like number two does.

—doctorlit, probably wrong this time

There are a few short chapters from Its perspective in It, which I won't quote because my fingers have cheese grease on them. But yeah, It basically looks down on humans like really stupid cattle. If It is capable of love, It certainly wouldn't consider love with a human.

—it's also really hard for doctorlit to hold that brick-shaped book open and type at the same time, so

This isn't a new story, but a friend of mine showed it to me today, and I bet it will interest most of you folks, too. Neuroscience shows that reading can make you better at peopling. {= )

"Your Brain on Fiction"

~Neshomeh

I was hoping it would be me, but I guessed wrong on yours before Mattman guessed wrong on mine. Oh well. I still fooled someone, too. ^_^

I am also shocked that that's a popular thing. Isn't it sort of like getting it on with a boggart? The whole "embodiment of fear" thing?

I'll let someone else guess between the remaining three. {= )

~Neshomeh

3 is real. I didn't read far enough to know why she has the scar on her wrist, but I'm sure it's hilarious. I'll post links to the two real badfics when someone has identified the fake. {= )

~Neshomeh

Northstar. In 2012 Marvel showcased the marriage between Northstar and his husband as the first same-sex marriage ceremony in a comic book.

Bobby Drake was another one.

Other LGBT Comic Characters:

1. Daken (Marvel)
2. Catwoman (DC)
3. Renee Montoya (DC)
4. John Constantine (DC)
5. Mystique (Marvel)
6. Destiny (Marvel)

There are others as well. It really started with both Northstar 2012 and with Batwoman. Both of those has made LGBT characters far more common.

Unfortunately, #1 is a real badfic, and my censoring was legit. Try again? :)

—doctorlit was pretty shocked at how popular Pennywise/reader is on AO3

Otherwise it tries to direct to a sub-directory of the site you're on.

hS

And Birdland's URL is birdland.camp. The Board is messing with the link, sadly...

Fallen London is a thing, as those who frequent the Discord may be aware. In considerably more exciting news, a new game in the same setting, Sunless Skies, is in public beta, and was showcased at EGX this week.

The fantastic platformer N++ is coming to Xbox One very soon now. If you ever played the original flash game, or N+ on the 360, you know the drill. If you never played the flash game... Well, it's free, so play it before you buy this one if you're considering it, so you know what you're in for.

Another event you may not be aware of that happened... In July? Jeez... Is the annual XYZZY Awards! Where the Interactive Fiction Community picks the best IF of the year, commercial or hobbyist, CYOA and Twine stuff to traditional Parser IF ala Zork or Adventure itself. I haven't looked over this year's winners yet, but in last year's awards (for the works of 2015), Birdland, a CYOA Twine affair, swept the categories. I would absolutely suggest playing it, because it is funny and touching and amazing and you can save the world from birds really what more do you WANT?

[takes breath after run-on]

In other news, I somehow managed to miss the release of The Delirium Brief, the newest Laundry Files Novel. The Laundry Files are, of course, excellent, and I cannot recommend them enough.

Postulating a future society in which everyone is free to express entirely who they are on the inside regardless of what parts they have on the outside, is transgenderism still a thing? Or is it mostly or entirely a product of society trying to force people into roles they don't fit based on the shape of their bodies?

Recognizing the answer to this may be different for different people, and not wishing to minimize anyone's experience, as a woman who has never especially bought into "being a girl" per society while being completely comfortable having a female body and being referred to as such, I just wonder.

Is it possible to someday do away with gender and just approach everyone as people with a spectrum of anatomies and interests and means of self-expression, or do we need those categories?

~Neshomeh is curious and likes thought experiments.

I’m gonna say 3, simply because the scar thing sounds to creative, and because she may have a vague resemblance to Rose Potter, though I could be wrong

I'm pretty sure #2 is the real excerpt from the book. I haven't read it myself, but I've read enough Stephen King that I think I can recognize his style. Plus it's got a spaced ellipsis, which is a characteristic of real publishing.

As for which one is the fake... I immediately suspect either #1 or #4, and my instinct says it's #1, precisely because it sounds the least like something doc would write. That's a neat trick with throwing in a censored word replacement, too, but I think it IS a trick. So that's my guess. How'd I do?

~Neshomeh

Three uncanonical Harry Potter spawns:


1) It took all the Slytherin Prince had not to kick Potter as he looked up at him from the dust of the graveyard. "Not so cocky now are you Potter?" He said sneering.

"Not so cocky indeed." Said Vodemort. He was finally finished regenerating. "You have done well Draco." He walked over to Potter. His black cloak swirled elegantly around him. "You were the chosen one mr Potter." He said. "And now you will die." He pointed his wand at Harry and used the killing curse. "Now Draco my son it is time to begin."

"Yes father." Malfoy said. His silver eyes shone with devotion. Finally after all this time pretending to be a weakling and a coward he would finally take his place at his father's side.

Voldemort took out his wand and pressed it against his Dark Mark. "Come to me my death eaters." And they were there the graveyard. Dolahov and Snape. Malfoy and Greyback. And all the rest. "My friends it is good to see you." He said. "It is time for us to step out from the shadows."

"My lord we will do as you say." They said.

Voldemort put a firm white hand on Malfoy's shoulder. "And my son shall lead you."

The Prince smirked. He was going to make them pay. Granger, Weasley and everyone who had mocked him would all pay.


2) A beautiful baby girl was born to two loving parents within the Snape family: Severus and Jaquiline. Both were of pureblooded origins, making the little girl pureblooded as well.

With curly black hair, deep blue eyes, and pale skin, her parents thought her perfect. Her godparents thought the same, as did her best friend (once he was old enough to understand, that is). Everyone who met her was simply enchanted, though she had no control over this.

Betrothal contracts were begged of Severus Snape, but he refused. If his daughter was to marry, it would be for love- as long as her suitor was pure blooded.

Now, the Snape family (which is one of the oldest when it comes to being pureblood) was also of mythical descent; that is to say, of sirenic descent. The song and beauty of the sirens ran through their veins. Their song was enchanting and caught attention of all. Their voice was a power of theirs, but it was not the most important. What was the most important, you ask? One word.

Love.


3) Harry's jaw dropped at the sight of her. She looked Harry's age and had long flaming red hair, matted with blood and water and hazel eyes filled with tears. Her clothes were wet and torn and covered in dirt from the storm, and her face was stained with water droplets, blood, and dirt. Needless to say, she did look like Lily Potter. Except for her eyes. Her eyes were the exact same color as James Potter. Wait...no...her eyes changed. They went from hazel to green, back to hazel.

Professor McGonagall moved Harry's hand to look at his scar while Professor Snape took the Lily Potter look-alike's wrist. "Bloody hell." Snape muttered. Everyone crowded around to look at her wrist. It was the same lightning shaped scar that Harry had on his forehead.

"What's your name dear?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"Ph-Phoenix." She said softly.

"Your full name, please." Professor Dumbledore stated kindly.

She took a deep breath, "Phoenix Minerva Potter."


Which one's the fake? (Trick question; they all are! {= D )

~Neshomeh