Static Shock is how you do a superhero story about a minority

>>95378353
I thought his primary trait was him being ghetto.

>>95378353
Static was ahead of his time. But unfortunately his complicated Milestone rights and a shit New 52 book have kept him from getting good exposure

>>95378365
His culture is African American, but that's not his character anymore than the primary character trait of a white character being white.

>>95378365
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>>95378353
isn't he also jewish? (I swear I remember his family celebrating Hannukah, which is basically the only place it came up)

>>95378353
Shame that his rouges gallery was so shit.

I feel like the biggest problem to this series was its underpowered villains in relation to static.

When someone had a power that was greater than or an outright counter to static, they were already good or would reform.

>>95378449
Richie was jewish I believe
>>95378450
Get a load of the powerlevel faggot here

>>95378475
>Richie is Jewish.
I doubt it, specially since its father episode being a complete cunt racist, Jews don't allow that kind of of representation if it's not made as a comical material.

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>>95378475
No his friend Frieda was Jewish.

>>95378449
No, he spent the holidays celebrating with all of his friends
Hanukkah with Frieda
Kwanzaa with Daisy
And I think Ramadan with someone

There was even an interfaith service at the end

>>95378353
I'm really sick and tired of seeing people saying "The way you do it right is he just happens to be black."

All these new characters just happen to be black too and you're still complaining about them because you just want to push some agenda whining about "white erasure."

>>95378450
His villains were cool. Did you forget about Ebon ? He was awesome.

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>>95378567
Ah. thank you. Now I remember.

Made a lot of sense since his dad ran the community center.

>>95378450
To be fair, Static's powerset was insanely broken. While he primarily focuses on electricity, as I recall Static's basically got Magneto's powerset and he basically has the extent of knowledge a high schooler could have on just what electromagnetism can do, meaning his power is basically "control half of physics."

It's really no wonder the Justice League was looking into him while he was still in high school.

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>>95378577
Marvel is more guilty of this than DC. Duke Thomas is just shit because Snyder created him, and Marvel characters like Riri and Miles are just poorly written altogether.
>>95378613
Ebon was cool, but rather pathetic once you think about it. Given all that power and still has low bar ambitions of running a ghetto

>>95378613
>supervillain is a black guy
>the name he chooses is literally just "Black"

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Static really is one of the best black superheroes. I wish DC/Milestone would do something with him again.

>>95378613
>>95378673
Ebon was the fucking embodiment of being a nigger.

>Had every opportunity to do good
>Chose to do petty shit with it
>Kept trying to drag down others to his level
>Had no grasp on his own culture (American or African)
>Had no ambitions beyond petty shit

>>95378353
You're pretty dumb if you think a big part of Virgil's character doesn't surround him being black or coming from a black family.

>>95378768
Gee thanks for bringing the uncalled for racist shit onto /co/, I can tell you're a thin-lipped white guy.

But his costume sucks now. He was a lot cooler with the brown coat and the Malcom X hat.

>>95378650
>Given all that power and still has low bar ambitions of running a ghetto
That's most of the shows villains. So much power, so little ambition.

>>95378697
I'm pretty sure DC has wanted to do a bunch of stuff with Static for a while but they and Milestone don't get along well enough.
There's no doubt in my mind that when and if DC & Milestone work something out Static will be the first hero brought back or the first to get his own series.

>>95378650
>Given all that power and still has low bar ambitions of running a ghetto
Seems like typical nigga shit

>>95378794
>Thin-lipped
actually I always thought of myself as kinda fat-lipped. Also Asian.

Still, Ebon just seems like a ball of negative stereotypes when you think about it. (I guess it was sort of the point though, he's the darkness to contrast to... pretty much everyone else.)

>>95378822
>now
You realize this redesign was like 20 years ago.

>>95378822
thats straight up a garbage design

>>95378822
Fuck off. Raincoat Static looked like shit

>>95378794
Ebon was perhaps the worst representation the black community could imagine. Stop getting triggered over a word and accept Ebon was a fucking thug

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>>95378838
I think its because in that area Ebon is one of the more powerful intimidating meta-humans. Outside of it? There's so many villains that would wipe the floor with him in minutes, some that don't even have powers.

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>>95378822
That design is really outdated now and everyone agrees that it's his worst costume. This is one his best costumes.

>>95378833
>That's most of the shows villains. So much power, so little ambition.
Like a lot of Spider-Man villains, which works since Static is the closest DC/Milestone has to a Spider-Man counterpart.

>>95378577
My favorite is the "there's no reason for him to be black (or gay, or a women, or any other non-white male character). There's no reason for anyone to be anything related to race, sexuality, or gender. It's just who you are.

>>95378946
Uh, what? Deadpool?

>>95378892
not to mention Ebon's weakness was... Well, weak.

>Turn up lights REALLY REALLY BRIGHT.

As a random flipside, wasn't hotshot kind of a bunch of negative white-stereotypes in one villain as well? I think they even confirmed he was originally trailer trash.

>>95378862
Okay, you got me there. Either way i dont like this design.
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>>95378866
No, its a lot more fitting for a hero who's supposed to be from the streets. His powers put him above street level but his old costume gave him that vibe that he was still just using what little resources he had at his disposal for a costume.

>>95379011
From what I recollect, Hot Streak was trailer trash, racist, and a closet gay

>>95379001
Deadpool is Marvel and actually a parody of DC's own Wade Wilson AKA Deathstroke. Or at least started as such.

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>>95379001
>Deadpool
Deadpool isn't DC.

>>95378918
I like the symbol. But am not a fan of the yellow on the pants, and i dunno just something about the purple and yellow on his jackets doesnt sit well with me.

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>>95379097
So shit taste then?

>>95379011
I'm gonna need some examples of those stereotypes because he felt like your generic school thug, just turned up a notch to me

>>95379167
eh, fair enough. I mean he did often seem more like Nelson Muntz with super powers.

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I really hope they him in Black Lightning's new show.

>>95379355
Because they are both black and electricity powers?

>>95379406
Duh.
Hell the people who make the show basically want Static there because of that.

>>95378649
He also has complete control over it. He can channel it out if any part of his body.

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Robbie was great too, no "have I mentioned I'm hispanic today", no random hispanic words either, while also having enough distinction from the classic Ghost Rider.

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>>95378450
(You)

>>95379511
>"mi gente"

>>95378577
On top of that, people are just bitching about this shit because it's new and they insist every new character is some shitty OC, when shitty OCs is literally the only consistent features of comics.

Can you imagine people in the 1920s bitching at Reed Richards or whatever because "We already have Doc Savage! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!"

get the fuck over yourselves

>>95379161
To each his own anon.
In my eyes, it is you who has the shit taste.

>>95379406
Because it would be cool to see Black Lightning being a mentor figure to Static.

>>95378577
>>95378977
>>95379593
Pretty much this.

I would watch the fuck out of a new Static show. Sans the fucking celebrity appearences

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>>95378977
>there's no reason for him to be black (or gay, or a women, or any other non-white male character)
just like there's no reason to replace an existing character who happens to be a white male with woman or poc, or alter a character's race/sex in an adaptation.

>>95379511
Meh. I don't hate Robbie but I hate his Ghost Rider design and I can't get into it because of that.

>>95378567
>There was even an interfaith service at the end
>interfaith service
???
I hope this isn't a thing, might as well get everyone on a chanting circle and smoke peyote at that point

>>95378650
Wasn't that the point? The ghetto trapped him like it does everyone who tires to live by it's rules.

>>95378650
He one tried to block the sun in a bid for complete conquest

>>95379686
But similar stuff like that has been happening for ages now. There have been hundreds orgin story changes, alt universes, personality changes, and costume redesigns done throughout comic history. Why does their skin color matter? Would you complain if it was the other way around?

>>95378398
My god that book sucked.

>>95379068
>Wade Wilson
SLADE Wilson, anon.

>>95378697
I blame Hudlin and his crazy meddling.

>>95379263
>tfw your only good costume is from the second season of your TV show.

Seriously, it's absurd.

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>>95379406
Exactly, so random people can think that Static is Black Lightning's son and in result annoy them both.

>>95379511
> Tradd
To this day I refuse to believe Luther Strode wasn't just Robert Kirkman writing a self parody for shits and giggles

>>95378650
>Ebon was cool, but rather pathetic once you think about it. Given all that power and still has low bar ambitions of running a ghetto

that sounds pretty realistic to me. if you people on /co/ got 'superpowers' the best most of us would use them for is hat tricks at parties and not becoming some sort of vigilante paragon of justice

>>95380160
Speaking of Kirkman, how did this dude draw an entire comic book without people being bisected and gouts of ketchup on every page

>>95378353
das riiiight

>>95378353
t. cracker

>>95379097
Its blue and yellow. There isn't any purple.

>>95380327
Tradd's art in Strange Talent and, to a lesser extent, Legend, is great, but yeah. The writing is abysmal.

>>95380356
>Kirkman doesn't draw and he wasn't involved in this comic. And Ryan Ottley isn't at fault for Kirkman's love of gore.

>>95380552
It was supposed to be two lines.

>>95378353
>His primary character trait is being a hero; not being black.
I don't know what the fuck gave you this idea.

Have you ever heard of Milestone before?

>>95378353

You must have skipped those early episodes of the show.

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>>95378650
> Given all that power and still has low bar ambitions of running a ghetto

Some of the best villains have low ambitions.

>>95380552
I really hate the way people at Image are encouraged to depict mass gore, especially in Kirkman books. It just looks shitty. Ottley doesn't really do it outside of Invincible and it doesn't seem like most of the other guys who do work over there do either.

Just the way blood cakes and constantly looks like jelly is so garbage.

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>>95378353
Milestone was really good at making black superheroes who's characters didn't revolve around being black they just happen to be black.

>>95380758
Probably has something to do with being made by black people whose character, what a surprise, wasn't revolving around being black.

>>95379011
>As a random flipside, wasn't hotshot kind of a bunch of negative white-stereotypes in one villain as well? I think they even confirmed he was originally trailer trash.

In the show he was a basic school bully. In the comics he was a white supremacist who tried to dress, speak and rap like black people.

>>95380758
>they just happen to be black.
At least for static, being black was pretty damn important. You couldn't just recolor him and have the same character. Being black was a vital part of his character, just not in a shallow way.

>>95379679
That's why we have Young Justice.

>that racism episode

Face it. If Static Shock came out today people would call it SJW.

>>95380953
this is true, and the fact that his racial identity is both important and not a moralfagging virtue signaling cringefest is why he's so rare in the medium.

>>95378450
...

what?

>>95378353
It was a shit show full of fucking unbearable "morals"

>>95381059
>Face it. If Static Shock came out today people would call it SJW.

This.

>>95379034
Anon it's capeshit. The DCAU shit is easy to throw together. It's a shirt a jacket mask and some goggles.

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>>95379355
I want him to show up in a episode and than get a spin off show from it .

>>95378353
You're letting nostalgia blind you. His show, and indeed his entire creation, was about having a superhero who dealt with issues that actual black kids deal with every day, a character that they could actually relate to and learn how to be better people from.

"Guy who just happens to be white" is a type of character only white people believe in because they either get easily triggered by black people or are wannabe progressives. If you're black, it colors your entire life experience, no exceptions. People are going to see you differently and you're going to see the world differently. Of course, EVERYONE is born with different cultural backgrounds that color their experiences, and incorporating that into your characters is important no matter what race they are.

People like McDuffie and Priest are the ones who were best with this, who made black characters that reflected a black experience without being "woe is me".

Of course, not every black character needs to be constantly dealing with black issues, but it's something that should always be at the back of your mind when writing a black character. And some characters like Static are all about exploring a black perspective.

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>>95380758
>Milestone was really good at making black superheroes who's characters didn't revolve around being black they just happen to be black.

I'm tired of people thinking that if a character's race isn't the ONLY thing going for them then their race is irrelevant.

Milestone characters have a lot going on other than their race but they don't "just happen" to be black. Their race is an important part of their character.

Icon spent his first years on Earth as a slave in the south. He's a black neocon and his character arc involves him living through slavery, the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement and realizing that racism is still a big deal even after all that progress. The first issue basically ended with saying Superman has white privilege.

One of the reasons Hotstreak targeted Static was because Static was black and Hotstreak was a white supremacist. There was a 2 issue arc of dealing with tensions between the black and Jewish communities.

Hardware's origin is partly a metaphor for the glass ceiling keeping black people from reaching their full potential in the corporate world. Part of the reason he's is so arrogant and is Milestone's designated "angry black man" is because he grew up an outcast as a working class black kid in a school full of rich preppy white kids.

And it's not just race. Blood Syndicate had gay and trans characters 20 years before it became trendy. Fade being gay strained his relationship with his father and made his feelings about Tech-9's death and "revival" even more complicated. Masquerade being a transman made it harder for him to trust anyone else in the Syndicate and the fear of being outed made him constantly on-edge and he overcompensated by being angry and aggressive all the time.

>>95380071
>Would you complain if it was the other way around?
Yes, plenty of people bitched about Gods of Egypt for that very reason.

>>95378577
>All these new characters just happen to be black too and you're still complaining about them because you just want to push some agenda whining about "white erasure."
They also happen to be replacing white heroes, but I'm sure people complaining about them is just because they're coloreds and not because they're replacing heroes people actually like with literally who, gary stues/mary sues.

>>95380987
>Static on Young Justice
HIRE THIS MAN

>>95382048
Anon he was on it last season. Shit anon Icon was in Season 1

>>95381827
>transman made it harder for him to trust anyone else in the Syndicate and the fear of being outed made him constantly on-edge and he overcompensated by being angry and aggressive all the time.
Mtf or Ftm?

>>95382757
Well anon is calling it "him", so ftm I imagine

>>95378353
>His best friend was nerdy, gay, and JEWISH
Jesus Christ, how the hell was he not bullied to hell and back? Being shot by a bully victim wasn't enough and just doesn't make up for it.

>>95382030
Good. Fuck those comic book fans. If old heroes have to die so minority can get some exposure, then so be it. Better them than nothing.

>>95382864
At least two of those things can be hidden

>>95382757
>>95382788
FTM. Masquerade was born female but always felt like a man. After getting shapeshifting powers from the Big Bang he used his powers to become a man. A couple times he was knocked out and his body reverted to its original, female form.

>>95382864
>how the hell was he not bullied to hell and back
In the comics Richie was bullied all the time. Even his close friends made a gay jokes toward him. There was an arc where Richie got jumped coming home from a gay youth support group. After that he started a gay rights rally which was targeted by violent homophobes who turned it into a riot.

>>95382934
True, being nerdy and gay have the same principle, don't reveal your power level.

>>95382864
Don't forget he looks like an Aryan. That may not be a problem in predominantly White schools, but Static's HS looks pretty diverse and there are a lot of POC that hold grudge against White people, sadly.

>>95383046
>Richie got jumped coming home from a gay youth support group. After that he started a gay rights rally which was targeted by violent homophobes who turned it into a riot.
I wish this stuff would happen in reality, outside of the desert.

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>>95379047
I thought Hot Streak was a Guido. Racists Whites nowadays are people who believe in racial superiority, but lack the power, cunning, and talent to back up their claims. Ritchie's dad is a perfect example of this.

>>95383088
>Racists Whites nowadays are people who believe in racial superiority, but lack the power, cunning, and talent to back up their claims.
You're falling for leftist propaganda anon, talent does not discriminate by ideology.

>>95378450

Wasn't one of his villains a white fire controlling version of him? Did they have any good storylines?

>>95383073
>POC
Why don't we use "colored people" anymore? It's faster.

>>95383088
In the cartoon he was. In the comics he was a blatant caricature of a white supremacist

>>95383221
That apparently has a hard on for ghetto culture, have any of these people even met a white supremacist and or nationalist?

>>95383150
Color first implies they are x color before they are people, so PoC is the term of choice now. I'm sure we'll come up with some way PoC is offensive too and change it eventually.

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>>95383307
Which would you rather have? The same redneck white trailer trash character that's been done a million times or a relatively fresh portrayal of a guy who hates black people while ironically trying to copy them?

>>95383307
In the ghetto there are actually people like that, and they remain blissfully unaware of how thoroughly consumed they are by the culture of who they hate.

The ghetto is a sickness that makes everyone a retard, white, black or otherwise.

>>95383361
>Color first implies they are x color before they are people
Excuse me? Then why are there still "white people" and not "people without color" or something.

>>95383408
Can I have a relatively fresh portrayal of a white supremacist villain that's competent and sympathetic as a character?

>>95383417
>The ghetto is a sickness
I would like to study these effects and how to theorize on how to cure them. Do any schools offer courses in niggerology? What am I saying, I can work for the schools and learn from experience.

>>95383435
Because they're privileged, so being white first isn't even a bad thing.

Ultimately this language is about making people feel less bad about how shit their standing in society is, or more appropriately making people talking about them feel less like they're saying a dirty word when they talk about their inferiors. Thus there is no need to apply it to white people.

>>95383529
There aren't any schools just go to the ghetto and study the people there.

>>95383529
You don't want to. The niggerpups will just throw books at you. I remember one teacher in junior high had a breakdown and threatened to kill himself in the classroom.

Truly, the ghetto an incarnation of hell and it should all be purged with a cleansing fire.

>>95383569
>Because they're privileged
What is privilege? I have not experienced this.
>Ultimately this language is about making people feel less bad
So it's a made up word by new age aristocrats and the cosmopolitan to be more hip within their own circles and to better identify the uninitiated i.e. other white people that have not been swayed to the fold i.e. untouchables of their ideology?

>>95383632
What if we introduce corporal punishment?

>>95383572
Field work, interesting choice but I need a gun I can carry comfortably.

>>95383777
You need to act and look ghetto if you're going to the ghetto.

>>95383873
I think i'll just drive around a bit before I mingle amongst them.

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What did they miss up Static during the new 52 ? They were doing a okay job with him before.

>>95378353
Fair enough

>>95383729
>What is privilege? I have not experienced this.
Privilege is a passive buff, you're not supposed to notice it.
Imagine a system designed to use certain kinds of parts. When everything fits, the system works smoothly and exactly as it should. It's only when someone tries to jam in an awkward shape (i.e. a nigger) is anything noticed at all, and it's usually negative. Privilege is like that. It's basically being "acceptable" where others are rejected or are otherwise put under extra scrutiny. Like getting pulled over for driving while black, or getting "randomly searched" for boarding a plane while arabic. You experience privilege by not having these things happen to you.
>So it's a made up word by new age aristocrats and the cosmopolitan to be more hip within their own circles and to better identify the uninitiated i.e. other white people that have not been swayed to the fold i.e. untouchables of their ideology?
Yes, but they think they're being accommodating to the little people too out of some confused sense of white guilt or something.

>>95378353
Welp

>>95383752
The parents will file lawsuits against the state

>>95383529

If you get a master's in sociology you can literally get paid to go to the ghetto and hang out with black dudes all the time as long as you write a 500-page dissertation about everything in their subculture.

>>95384033
Originally the New 52 Static was supposed to be written by John Rozum, a Milestone Alum who created two series for Milestone and even wrote Static under the editorship of Dwayne McDuffie.

When DC hired him they decided that the artist, who had never read any of Static's comics nor watched the cartoon, would do a better job. So the artist ran the show while the guy who actually knew what he was doing was shut out.

http://johnrozum.blogspot.com/2012/01/why-i-quit-static-shock.html

>>95384101
>Like getting pulled over for driving while black, or getting "randomly searched" for boarding a plane while arabic. You experience privilege by not having these things happen to you.
That sounds like a homogenus society why are we fighting against this?
>Yes, but they think they're being accommodating to the little people too out of some confused sense of white guilt or something.
Why are they making decisions on "their" behalf. In fact wo are the little people.

>>95384149
>The parents will file lawsuits against the state
The state can settle. This is research we're talking about.

>>95384192
Interesting. I can make a living being the guy from "Heart of Darkness".

>>95384208
>That sounds like a homogenus society why are we fighting against this?
Because there is a powerful push for multiculturalism despite the inherent flaws and contradictions of this. Maybe /pol/ is right and it's the jews, I dunno. I can say as an american it's because our history is a clusterfuck and we have a bunch of people already here that have to be dealt with, and genocide isn't kosher anymore. There was segregation but it's probably the prime reason why there's such a massive divide to begin with.
>Why are they making decisions on "their" behalf. In fact wo are the little people
Because the powerful are used to being powerful.

>>95379776
It is, religious leaders come together after a tragedy to strengthen community ties...not that shocking

>>95384439
>and genocide isn't kosher anymore
Kek, is there not deportation as an option?
>There was segregation but it's probably the prime reason why there's such a massive divide to begin with.
Possibly, but I would argue a state of self segregation exists with neither group wanting to mingle.

>>95378833
>low ambition
>implying trying to take over anything other than some ghetto wouldnt bring the justice league down on you

>>95379263
Only thing I dislike about statics costume are the glasses I think he hardly ever used them

>>95380758
That's kind of why they failed. They didn't branch out into other minoritys.

>>95384756
Those are so he can protect his eyes whenever he needs to use his powers to make a blinding light.

>>95384551
>Kek, is there not deportation as an option?
The scale on which it would need to happen is impractical and the niggers specifically have nowhere to go. There was that colony in africa that turned into a shitshow thanks to corrupt politics (corrupt african politics! what a surprise!).
We killed most of the natives and confined them to ghettos-I mean reservations where we watch as they slowly kill themselves with alcoholism, gambling, cultural self-destruction and all the usual ills of a ghetto so that's had mixed results. They're taking a long time to just go die out but they're only 2% of the nation so they don't really matter anyway.
Everyone else we actually brought in purposefully and they survived the shitshow that is the immigration process so in theory they are people we want. There are the illegals but truthfully there are a lot of jobs they do that residents won't so we'd rather filter than shove them all out.
>Possibly, but I would argue a state of self segregation exists with neither group wanting to mingle.
But that's just it, they don't want to mingle because of the tensions that have existed between the groups as a result of things like segregation. Homogeneity is what you want to have a healthy country with a productive populace not at each other's throats and this split is like a wound, but the groups have been divided so long that their cultures are arguably irreconcilable and even hostile to each other. You could argue the division serves the upper class for control/oppression of the proletariat and all that jazz, but couldn't really tell you much about all that shit, I'm just a simple nigger after all

>>95383479
Try it Cletus. Make a white supremacist character justified and sympathetic if its so easy.

Fucking hell, we've reached the point where guys wanting Jim Crow to return cry like they're a victim. Pathetic

>Static never had a villain counterpart called White Lightning.
>The two would never clash over ideologies and pride.
>Static was never humbled by a villain that angered him on such a personal level.
>The two never had to work together to help their respective communities.
>The two never took the time to learn about each other and gain a grudging respect.
>Lightning never took the place of a generating at a hospital before telling static.
>"Check it out, ghettogeneral runs on white power!"
>This event never cools their rivalry.
>They never gradually stopped confronting entirely.
>They never hung out with each other out of costume.
>Lightning never shows static how deindustrialization hit the white community.
>He never opens his eyes to a whole new part of the city devoid of hope for a better future trying to hold on to what they had.
>He will never realize the only interaction they've had with the black community at all is the thugs that com down to rob and assault them.
>Static and Lightning will never understand the other without loosing them selves.
>End autist's rendition of what could have been.

>>95385006
>Try it Cletus.
I would but you don't sound like the tolerant kind to listen.

>>95385150
>implying poor white communities and poor black communities interact on a regular basis
immersion ruined

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>>95381827
I think what the majority of people think is that, Static wasn't shoved down our throats, his blackness mattered, but it wasn't all there is to him.

I'm mostly thinking about Marvel's Miles, Riri, and Sam when say this, but Static didn't seemed forced. The aforementioned three feel like Marvel's trying to capitalize on this progressive movement, like the highers is J Jonah saying, "WE NEED MORE BLACKS."

Additionally when you look at Riri and Miles powerset and compare them to Static's, it feels eerily like Marvel (or Bendis, really) is trying to make them powerful so no one can call racist if they get beat. Now Static is powerful, but I don't remember him getting OP powerups like Miles.

>>95385176
Then fuck off back to /pol/

>>95384983
>The scale on which it would need to happen is impractical
Worth a shot right?
>niggers specifically have nowhere to go
Liberia r any other west african country of their choice that will have them.
>There was that colony in africa that turned into a shitshow thanks to corrupt politics
Hey, at least they aren't racist!
>We killed most of the natives
We didn't go far enough, had we forcibly integrated them they wouldn't be a problem, with what they've become they can't be saved.
>There are the illegals but truthfully there are a lot of jobs they do that residents won't so we'd rather filter than shove them all out.
I disagree with vehemence, not only do they not all take jobs preferring to soak up social programs instead, the ones that do take jobs that low level americans would take, such as I have, and are hired by people who don't care about their workers to get around paying taxes and insurance to save a dime. The only people who use this argument are the ones that see low levels workers as another caste with which they associate all brown people.
>But that's just it
No, I mean I don't think they've ever wanted to mingle, as a way to preserve their identity, I get it, but now that's compounded by these new tensions, now I don't know if they'll get better without more riots, and even so I don't think they'll ever want to mix, opening us up to repeat. It could be an effort to distract the lower classes but I haven't thought about that enough. Then again it doesn't matter what I think, I'm an evil white nationalist from a no name city failed by it's leaders and only acknowledged for elections, where we're the bad guys anyway.

>>95385380
Miles' powerups are egregious in nature and form.

>>95385233
Ah, but they don't, a key feature of White Lightning is the only interaction he's had with blacks by and large are the thugs that raid his community, and beginning his racist journey.

>>95385383
But I'm a refugee trying to assimilate. I like musicals and waifu flavors of the week. Can I get my gibs now?

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>>95380758
Is that Ganondorf?

>>95379511
Robbie was the BIGGEST fuck up in Marvel history. They completely killed him with that bullshit team up "Four on the Floor" where they were just pushing Cho-Hulk and X-23 the whole time.

>>95382930
Poe's law in effect

>>95385448
Such communities wouldn't even be close enough to each other for that. The failed mining and oiling towns full of poor white people aren't near the inner city slums full of poor black people.

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>>95385427
I got so fed up with him when he

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>>95385380
>Static wasn't shoved down our throats
>the phrase I get all the time is I'm always trying to "shove my agenda down their throat", which seems sexually charged to me, I don't know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u16sKK-1oLQ

>>95378353
Shame the show fell into the same problem as every show with a primary black cast, where for some reason the writers think just because the cast is black the audience suddenly really needs to learn messages. Superman didn't need special episodes, Batman didn't need special episodes.

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>That episode where his sister figures out he's Static and is really supportive but they end up deceiving her anyway to keep the status quo.

>>95385655
His original comic series did the same thing.

>>95385655
Are you saying you didn't like the episode of Batman TAS about the crack epidemic?

>>95385638
mcduffie would be so obnoxious if he was alive

>>95385638
I miss 'im.

>>95385832
Just like you.

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>>95378353
>Static Shock is how you do a superhero story about a minority correctly.
true
>His primary character trait is being a hero; not being black.
false

Static is a black hero. An unapologetic, blunt and direct black hero. If Static wasn't black, his character wouldn't work. So many (white) people on this board box Static up as nothing more than an electric Spider-man and that shows just how little /co/ understands black people and the media they relate to. And make no mistake, that's what makes Static a black hero- the fact that his black audience connects well with him. They connect with this diverse social circle, his racially charged tensions, his devotion to making more out of the shit situation he was placed in. Static is all about recognizing where you came from and using it to empower you instead of hinder you. He's an opportunist who encourages his peers to be the same whether they oppose him or not, and disdains ignorance however often he comes across it. That's what the black audience wants from their heroes, and notice how none of those reasons were his appearance?

It's also why Ebon is so popular, Ebon is the embodiment of a negative black stereotype which makes him Static's antithesis. The Joker to Batman, the Luthor to Supes. Without Static's cultural influences on his character, Ebon wouldn't be a character foil, he'd just be like any villain of the week and all he'd lose all the weight behind his motives and character. It's not because Ebon appears black, it's being Ebon IS the black community's super villain

TL;DR Static's primary trait is being black AND being a hero, which is he's a great as he is and is why racebending would kill the character. Fuck off with your retarded thinly veiled anti-black capeshit shitposting.

>>95386030
>Fuck off with your retarded thinly veiled anti-black capeshit shitposting.
How about we reprint Static as a white guy?

>>95386064
>Static's primary trait is being black AND being a hero, which is he's a great as he is and is why racebending would kill the character

All you had to do was read the line immediately before the one you quoted

>>95386111
Yeah but we change all that and he he has to deal with low class rural white problems now. Like stolen cars, meth labs and there still aren't any fucking jobs other than ranch hand and gas station attendant available.

>>95385380
My god that's a terrible design.

>>95384754
Even with all the power at their disposal, none of Static's Villains are strong enough to pose a threat to the Justice League. They only step in when villains like the Joker, Poison Ivy, Braniac, or Sinestro start going into Static's territory to cause trouble.

>>95378650
underheated filename

>>95386165
Then it would make for a good story, but it wouldn't be Static anymore.

Electrihick maybe

>>95385412
>Liberia r any other west african country of their choice that will have them.
Liberia IS the corrupt as fuck colony we shipped niggers to. It ultimately failed because of all of the logistical issues of such an endeavor, the poor integration with the native population, and the political divides and resulting power struggles that grew out of the cultural differences. What it is now is a product of that rocky foundation. And trying but failing to find any place that will have them is what gave rise to Liberia in the first place. "Let's do it all again" doesn't seem like the greatest plan.
>I disagree with vehemence, not only do they not all take jobs preferring to soak up social programs instead, the ones that do take jobs that low level americans would take, such as I have, and are hired by people who don't care about their workers to get around paying taxes and insurance to save a dime. The only people who use this argument are the ones that see low levels workers as another caste with which they associate all brown people.
Alright, I'll have to admit to my relative ignorance on this subject, so I'll just go with your experience. Illegals a shit I suppose.
>No, I mean I don't think they've ever wanted to mingle, as a way to preserve their identity
Yeah well whitey thought we were subhumans so that was fucked from the start. But the spanish colonies managed to work it out with their subhumans so I guess it isn't impossible. Their natives and shit integrated so well hispanic is a thing now.
But it doesn't really matter what either of us think, we're the little people.

>>95378539
>Frieda was Jewish.
jewish girls must be blacked

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>>95378353
Learn how to use a semicolon.

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>>95386544
Is that how the black israelities plan on reclaiming the motherland?

>>95386474
At first it was a dig at replacing white or male characters with minorities and women but now I'm actually interested too.

His powers ar incredibly useful but he ends up doing mundane things because those are the only problems that pop up, he has to commute to the city when big shit goes down and usually just in time to clean up, no one knows who he is and no one cares, the local hero society hasn't even asked him to sidekick, he thinks moving to the city for college will change this but he returns home shortly after because of his inferiority complex when confronted with something that he saw as out of his league for so long. To balance out the feeling of decay I guess he could be followed by an overly optimistic urbanite.
>"Well I'm not leaving until you hear me out."
"Fine, I'll meet you by the stop sign."
>"Which one?"
There's...only one, by the crossroads with the VFW.

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>>95378475
Richie is irish as fuck

>>95386536
>Liberia IS the corrupt as fuck colony we shipped niggers to.
I am aware, I just don't care anymore.
>Illegals a shit I suppose.
Agreed.
>Their natives and shit integrated so well hispanic is a thing now.
True, but it required they mingled so well there aren't any natives or spaniards left, they're something new now, neither one or the other, if that works for them fine but it isn't what I want.
I guess so. At least I have 4chan and people like you anon.

>>95380758
>>Milestone was really good at making black superheroes who's characters didn't revolve around being black they just happen to be black.
well, black creators tend to do that alot better than white guys, like bendis.
its why POC characters are better written by POC.

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Reminder that minority doesn't necessarily mean what you think it means.

https://youtu.be/SIsndKkasfI

>>95378365
He's not ghetto tho.

>>95378353
Didn't he get his powers in a gang shootout?

>>95387170
Kind of, he went along with a friend but tried to leave when he figured out what was going on.

>>95383529
They used to teach ebonics courses to teachers in California but when the nigs started passing tests written in their language, the program was dropped.

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Static still better be in Injustice 2.

>>95383150
Horseshoe. They wanted to make a nonracist term to refer to us, and they ended making the same term with just more words.

Probably with a flimsy justification like "Ours isn't racist because we define them by the fact that they're people first"

>>95387738
I say we go back to negro or colored, it sounds more refined.

>>95387849
No it doesn't. The new way is clunkier but it's definitely more respectful, and therefore more refined.
Honestly just drop it since "white" and "black" are made up recent shit anyway.

>>95388132
>No it doesn't.
How so?
>Honestly just drop it since "white" and "black" are made up recent shit anyway.
It used to be "white" and "Negro". Black was an insult.

>>95387654
The ONE good design in Injustice goes unused

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Does DC have the guts to make them a couple ?

>>95388132
>No it doesn't. The new way is clunkier but it's definitely more respectful
not in the slightest

>>95379511
Loved the art in the first few issues

>>95383150
>3 letters vs 13 letters
>3 syllables vs 4 syllables
>short word vs two linger words
I'll give it to you that PoC having 3 stressed syllables vs 2 stressed then unstressed pairs makes it a tad harder to say, but PoC I really is more efficient

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>That one episode where Static had to fight Harley, Poison Ivy, and some metal girl with Batman

>>95391779
Or you could just call them black people.

>>95386925
The Very Special Episode is when his brother dies from a fentanyl overdose.

>>95378794
way to defend this imaginary dindu. 1 diversity point has been deposited in your white guilt account.

>>95378650
CHARLIE MURPHY


Really fucking good filename anon

>>95378353
This. I nrver hought it was abot a black guy it was about s hero eho just happened to also be black and they could pursue issues blacks facr

>>95392641
Prescription meds, not even street stuff. Perfect.
Other moments may include.
>highschool reunion, most everyone is dead, in prison, single mom, slut, in the military, left, suicide, drug dealer.
>Finds what looks to be a career in a factory but it shuts down soon later, the town grows notably worse and he loses hope he didn't know he had.
>Has to travel out of state to family that mines coal, uncle died, the only difference is their lot has a steady job. Starts to believe people like him aren't meant for anything more than disposable labor for jobs that don't exist anymore, heads home thinking he'll die there.
>Runs into a vicious cycle of depressed fatalism and berating himself for self pity. Nobody notices because he won't say anything and no one is close enough to him to see.

>>95378353
his primary trait is being a black hero

>>95393989
>>95386925
>>95386474
What would his powers be? Lets make a white "trash" superhero. I feel like it should be something related to cars or mechanics

>>95382864
>>95383073
>>95387030
Richie is Irish and some sort of Scandinavian. He even claimed he was a VIKANG when he had a little family trip, right before Static went to Ghana.

>>95394069
I was thinking he could control metal on a molecular level, coating his arms in a layer for protection or exciting them to superheat the metal.
I can't explain it too well but my inspiration was
Hepheastus
Metal benders
And Ferrus Manus
His power would make him a valued employee at any steel plant, if there were any left.

>>95387210
>their language
>he thinks Ebonics isn't just the black version of Southern English

el oh el

>>95394479
>he used to work at a foundry before it closed
>superhero name is Rust Belt

>>95378353
Well, there were a few episodes about him being black, but I do agree that they typically handled things very well.

>>95392106
>the kid's got style

>>95394571
>he used to work at a foundry before it closed
Close anon. He wants to work at a steel plant, because growing up in a run down town with the ruins of industry everyone talked about how much better things were when the foundry was still open. He's chasing a ghost of what was because he can't imagine anything getting better as it is.
I was thinking Bethlehem after the company, but I suppose Rust Belt could be a cruel nickname that caught on, a constant reminder those days are gone.

>>95394754
Lets just give Hank Hill a stand and call it a day fellas.

>>95385380
This, if anything being black is more important for Static character that is for Miles

>>95394776
Well gee anon, dismissing my idea like that really put a hamper on my mood.

>>95378650
If DC ever gets full rights of Milestone characters and makes a new Static comic series, I would love to see Ebon be his main enemy.

He could have the same shadow powers only maybe more on the level of Shade or Gekko Moriah and with motivations similar to Magneto where he wants to gather an army of 'bang babies' to take over the city or to prove that they're superior to humans.

>>95394836
Maybe but Static still a far better character.

>>95394836
But, Miles character isn't about being black and racism.

>>95396411
Miles doesn't have a character.

>>95396425
Miles (at the beginning) was dealing with family issues with his uncle. And trying to be accepted as spider-man by peter family and the public. It was a good under-dog story for miles.

>>95378613
Ebon is actually hilarious when you imagine the most gangsta ass nigga who gets super powers and suddenly goes borderline role playing as he takes on some edgy shadow lord persona.

>>95396298
The important distinction is static is s black character created by a black man who had an idea to make an authentic black character

Miles is a black legacy character created by a white guy who wants to be black but to be fair did want to create an authentic black character, but got screwed when miles got folded into the main universe with peter and lost major parts of his character, his motivation, origin and most importantly supporting cast