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Avengers|X-Men|Eternals: Starfox #1
Oct. 26th, 2022 01:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I think comic writers, as a whole, failed Eros. We've written people whose powers can only kill, and go out of the way to make excuses for them. We see a character whose power set circled pleasure, and to lean into rather than away from the creepiness speaks to the sex-phobic nature of our society. Why couldn't we have thought of Eros in a different way, and tried to create a positive inspirational figure who argues in favor of life and pleasure instead of death and grimness? Often we didn't. We should have tried more. -- Kieron Gillen
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