Rictor & Shatterstar: Gay Supercouple
So, after years of unresolved sexual tension, Rictor and Shatterstar are now a couple (or f**k buddies)! Cue, fangirl, "squee"! Kudos to Marvel for having the balls to move forward with this relationship. And kudos to Arion for sharing these scans with us. Edit: And thanks to Cesar for correcting some of the info.
In X-Factor #207 the boys have an argument over their ambiguous relationship, Julio is mad because he thinks Star has been spending time with everyone else, specifically Layla. Star wants an open relationship, since he's really confused about his new found emotions and sexuality. But he wants Rictor to be his "anchor".
Star & Ric kissing!
Later in the issue, after (I assume) they made love, as the boys are about to get it on, an unexpected visitor walks in on them.
Uh-oh!
It's Wolfsbane and she's pregnant with Rictor's child! Needless to say, she is not trilled when she sees her baby daddy with another man. (SPOILER: But its actually not his baby). The following scans are from X-Factor #208.
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You can see how she asks what Shatterstar has done to her Rictor (to make him gay). He replies he has not done anything, but if she had arrived some minutes later...
Of course, we can assume they have made love before that day.
Marvel yet again makes something that would have otherwise been progressive or interesting into something awkward and stunted.
Also, when did Rictor become so ugly and inconsistent with his previous appearances? Probably a Liefeld thing, I'm guessing!
Poor Shatterstar. Poor Rictor...
@Hushicho, which aspect of their relationship don't you like? Is it Wolfsbane being preggers or the ambiguity of their relationship? I actually have high hopes for this couple. I trust in Peter David.
Marvel seems to be more progressive when it comes to same sex couples. We've had Phat & Vivisector from X-Statix as well as Hulkling & Wiccan in Young Avengers, not to mention the gay single characters they have like Rawhide Kid. They may not get a lot of attention but I've got to give marvel props for having the cojones to featuring same sex couples.
She is not really pregnant with his child. She had sex with Wolf Prince Hrimhari and the baby is a fast growing one.
She did not exactly lie since she did not bed anyone other than Rictor months ago. That thing with Hrimhari was a couple of weeks before this.
Oh, and I believe Rictor looks totally cute and hot here (although I am not a fan of his newly grown chest hair).
I, too, trust Peter David.
And yes, Peter David has done a wonderful job so far, so I trust him too.
@Arion, thanks again for sharing these scans with us!
You can already see how skillfully he's ruined plenty of other characters with awkward, unwanted pregnancies and other relationship nonsense. I'm not trying to poo-poo Rictor and Shatterstar's relationship (although there would probably never be any 'open' relationship happening if they weren't gay), but trust in Peter David? I don't think I'll make that mistake again.
But in Rictor & Star's case, TPTB haven't said that they're gay so I have no problem with them being bi, especially Rictor since we know he's slept with women before. As for Shatterstar, he's still not sure since this is all new to him, and I think that's one of the reason I like this storyline.
X-Factor has been a bit irregular, especially art-wise, but Peter David has written very good stories.