Is it wrong that, upon reading this and assorted comments, I have to suppress a full-on "MWAHAHAHAHAHA!"
In my defense though, I'm not Garth Ennis.
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Allow me to clarify. Garth Ennis did a Punisher story arc almost entirely about women being raped. Frank Castle got so angry that he metaphorically raped one of the women responsible. In first issue AFTER the arc, Punisher comes across a man that's been held captive by a gang for the express purpose of being raped. Apparently his outrage is gone for the day, as Frank's entire response is basically "Meh."
That's not counting the time a male villain in Preacher got raped and developed a taste for anal sex. Or the time a man in Just A Wanderer got tentacle-raped by a monster and became massively pregnant.
So alright, saying I'm more enlightened than Garth Ennis may be damning with faint praise, but it's not like I invented (http://www.capvsbats.com/Parodies/IDCrisisHostessAd.htm) black humor. It's human nature to take the piss out of bad things, good things, and sacred cows in general. Moreover, Dick Grayson's a fictional character. It's not like I'm going to hurt his feelings.
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Date: 2006-03-27 04:02 pm (UTC)In my defense though, I'm not Garth Ennis.
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Allow me to clarify. Garth Ennis did a Punisher story arc almost entirely about women being raped. Frank Castle got so angry that he metaphorically raped one of the women responsible. In first issue AFTER the arc, Punisher comes across a man that's been held captive by a gang for the express purpose of being raped. Apparently his outrage is gone for the day, as Frank's entire response is basically "Meh."
That's not counting the time a male villain in Preacher got raped and developed a taste for anal sex. Or the time a man in Just A Wanderer got tentacle-raped by a monster and became massively pregnant.
So alright, saying I'm more enlightened than Garth Ennis may be damning with faint praise, but it's not like I invented (http://www.capvsbats.com/Parodies/IDCrisisHostessAd.htm) black humor. It's human nature to take the piss out of bad things, good things, and sacred cows in general. Moreover, Dick Grayson's a fictional character. It's not like I'm going to hurt his feelings.