LNH/Meta: Queer LNHers

[Andrew Perron]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:53:44 +0000 (UTC), Dave Van Domelen wrote:

> In article <7c133316-2edc-4cb4-b751-5549b444cfdd at j9g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>,
> Adrian J. McClure <mrfantastic7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>And one I'm not certain whether or not to include on this list:
>>Fearless Leader (Classic) (His lack of sexual interest in Ripping
>>Dancer and his lack of other relationships, apart from a brief
>>flashback, is conspicuous. He could be gay, asexual, or just kind of
>>repressed or not interested in sex and romance.)
> 
>      Straight.  But very very reluctant to let anyone get too close due to
> the whole "my entire reality is dead, including the woman I loved" thing.
> Also, he probably takes the whole "no fraternization" thing seriously.  Well,
> SOMEONE in the military has to, statistically speaking, right?

Indeed, indeed.

>      Kopikat (Classic) is probably in the "complicated" category too, due to
> having been forced repeatedly to adapt to body disassociation, plus coming
> from a culture where if you weren't one of the brilliant elite you were a
> breeder.  So she's bound to have some prejudices regarding the idea that only
> losers have lots of kids, which is going to do things to her overall
> outlook.  No clue how the LNH20 version is set up, though.

Well, she did have at least one kid.

>      Per Annum and the Infra-Humanite may or may not be a couple.  They'd
> definitely deny it if asked, though, being products of their time. 

Heeheehee

> Of
> course, since all the Goons were guys, one could make an argument that any
> female members of the Society of Wireless Heroes were really guys in (not
> terribly convincing) drag....

...hm. @-@ That's certainly an interesting level of meta...

>      Dave Van Domelen, didn't do much with gender identity in LNH outside of
> Constellation's arc with Dot.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, notes you more than made up for it in
ASH.