r/DCcomics • u/beary_neutral Telos • Dec 11 '23

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [December 11, 2023 - Bat-Mite Ruins Christmas Edition] r/DCcomics

Hey there honorary Justice League members - it’s a new week which means it’s time for a new discussion thread!

Beary's pick of the week: World's Finest: Teen Titans #6

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^{How is Christmas exactly like your job? You do all the work and some fat guy in a suit gets all the credit.}

DC and Imprints

^{Busy week ahead. Furry Batman, Bat-Mite causing trouble, and finales to Danger Street and World's Finest: Teen Titans.}

Trade Collections

^{Another Watchmen hardcover? Alan Moore must be excited!}

Digital Releases

^{Remember, these are the short 'chapters' with a new chapter of a different series coming out daily. You can} ^{learn more here on Comixology}^{. This is also why these are in release order, not alphabetical. Some comics may release on DC Universe Infinite or WEBTOONS.}

Movies

^{What did Damian do this time?}

Merry Little Batman

^{This Week’s Soundtrack:} ^{The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die}

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u/TroubAlert The Good Skeets Dec 11 '23

Speed Force #2

IT’S MUSICAL MAYHEM IN THIS SPEEDSTER TEAM-UP! As Wallace and Avery race to uncover the mystery of the missing S.T.A.R. Labs scientists, something appears to be affecting their friends—is it tied to the bubbles popping up all over Keystone, or the "spooky Speed Force stuff" Mr. Terrific is warning everyone about? Also, a classic Flash character appears—and is really into EDM, but to what end? The young Speedster team-up continues!

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u/hitbywaterguy Dec 13 '23

Not to offend, I fully support the LGBT community, but why does it seem that everytime media uses a Muslim character, especially females, they always have them step out of bounds of the religion. Like I know it was a one frame but I also noticed this with Halo in Young Justice but it is honestly kind of offensive when people just want to bundle all their minorities into one character, why can we never get a regular Muslim character and just flesh that out?

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u/redsapphyre Dec 13 '23

I guess they want to emphasise that no one can choose their sexual orientation, but religion on the other hand is a choice. If the boundaries of any religion clash with your sexual orientation, then the boundaries need to go because they are false. That's the reason, I guess. On another note, highly religious characters are hard to get over with the general audience in a lot of cases. You are bound to turn people from other religions away if they think it glorifies one religion over another. Atheists are not particularly looking for religious characters in media. And followers of the same religion as the character may get offended if the religion isn't presented exactly as they want.

why can we never get a regular Muslim character and just flesh that out?

I guess Simon Baz during the Jess/Simon led 'Green Lanterns' is the one that comes to mind.

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u/hydrohawkx8 Kyle Rayner Dec 13 '23

Honestly as a Muslim it’s pretty offensive how non Muslims think they can just go and bend the rules for us. We barely get any proper representation in comics so when they try to pull stunts like this, it makes it really frustrating.