brassyreporter:

dancewhilethedevilsleeps:

DC: Wonder Woman is too difficult to find a movie audience for-

Marvel: YO YOU LIKE BLACK WIDOW? HERE SHE IS IN THE NEXT CAPTAIN AMERICA MOVIE WITH A TON OF SCREENTIME AND MAJOR ASSKICKING SKILLS

DC: We can’t allow the lesbians in Batwoman to get married in the comic, sorry.

Marvel: HEY GUESS WHAT WE’RE GONNA FEATURE A GAY WEDDING ON THE COVER OF AN X-MEN ISSUE

DC: The new direction for storytelling needs to be dark, gritty, mature and cynical.

Marvel: DUDE CHECK IT OUT LOKI GOES SPEED DATING IS THAT NOT THE BEST SHIT EVER

DC: After years of rumors, the Superman/Batman movie is finally coming, but with a new actor and suit for Batman and MAYBE a cameo from Wonder Woman.

Marvel: PHASE 2 MOTHERFUCKERS EVERYONE IS IN EVERYONE’S MOVIE AND THERE AIN’T NO STOPPIN US NOW

DC: We can try to add maybe one or two ‘people of color’ to our lineup…maybe…

Marvel: NEW MS MARVEL THAT’S MUSLIM AMERICAN, BITCHES.

DC: We feel no problem with Batman’s vengeful personality being like wet cardboard.

Marvel: NEW LATINA GHOST RIDER WHO SEEKS VENGEANCE WHILE TAKING HIS AWEET LIL BRO FOR ICE CREAM

DC: We can’t mention any superhero titles in our movies, that’s ridiculous.

Marvel: FUCK YEAH YOU WANT A RACOON VOICED BY BRADLEY COOPER WITH A GIANT GUN? YOU WANT VIN DIESEL PLAYING A TREE? AMY FUCKING POND PLAYING A SEXY BALD SPACE PIRATE? HERE YOU FUCKERS GO

DC: Our fanbase is mostly white males, I’m sure our focus is-

Marvel: NEW SHE HULK LINE WHERE SHE GOES TO COURT THEN SAVES NEW YORK

DC: Wait-

Marvel: NEW FEMALE THOR

DC: I didn’t-

Marvel: NEW BLACK CAPTAIN AMERICA

Marvel: TAKE ALL THIS COOL SHIT MARVEL BE OUTIE

Marvel: PEACE

I’ve seen this post at least a million times on my dash this last week and it’s driving me insane. Did the person who wrote it not even look at DC? I don’t care about publisher alignments, but temporary fill-ins for headliner characters (Thor and Captain America) are nice but they don’t even remotely approach DC’s more consistent pursuit of actual headlining women and characters of color. You can’t, can’t pretend to be a critical fan of anything if you’re willing to in front of the entire site defend the marvel cinematic universe for their portrayal (or, in this case, non-portrayal) of diversity and their existing characters of color.

What it comes down to is this: Marvel took an existing diverse team and parred it back down to white men and one white woman. DC’s new franchise is constantly announcing and leaking the expanded diversity of their teams. The main headliner team for DC, IN THE UPCOMING MOVIES, is made up of (in addition to the big three: Super, Bat, and Wonder) Aquaman, Green Lantern, Cyborg, and Shazam — all played by men of color. The majority of the team.

The men of color in the Avengers film franchise thusfar have been reduced to supporting characters in supporting movies.

Who’s pandering to their white male fan base again?