Iâm already tired of the posts condemning Stan Lee for things heâs saidâespecially things he said as a geriatric 90+ year old straight white man. Like god fucking damn this is why I canât stand Tumblr, Twitter, and hyper âwalking on eggshellsâ culture. The moment someone dies itâs âyou canât be said about this CUZ THEY BAD.â Â
I donât even see how his comments were homophobic. Sure they werenât open-minded, but nothing was hateful about it. He (along with Ditko) created Peter Parker, and Peter was conceived as a straight, white guy. This is what he said:Â Â
âI think the world has a place for gay superheroes, certainly, but, again, I donât see any reason to change the sexual proclivities of a character once theyâve been established. I have no problem with creating new, homosexual superheroes. It has nothing to do with being anti-gay, or anti-black, or anti-Latino, or anything like that. Latino characters should stay Latino. The Black Panther should certainly not be Swiss. I just see no reason to change that which has already been established when itâs so easy to add new characters. I say create new characters the way you want to. Hell, Iâll do it myself.â
Like⌠having a preference a character one created remains the same doesnât make that person bigotedâespecially when that character is their creation. I⌠I donât get it. He even said heâd support a non-white, non-straight Spider-Man (as in the mantle/superhero identity), he just preferred Peter Parker to remain the way he created him. And, again, Lee is a product of his time. He made most of these comments when he was super old. He grew up in a totally different era (an era for which, at the time, Lee was considered very progressive).Â
Iâm tired.
Thank you for this. This is a really important thing to remember, now and always. Stan Lee was a good man.
Yes. Thank you.
Agree 100% But Tumblr is the land of my-headcanon-is-reality-so-fight-me. Canât we just appreciate him for 5 minutes?
Ridiculous stupidity. As if being a straight white man is somehow inherently bad. Fucking idiots are everywhere.