Noted Homophobe Gail Simone Strikes Again
When Gail Simone apparently killed off her Birds of Prey characters Savant and Creote, she advised dissenting fans to be patient. Issue 3 pays off in an odd way by really changing where the characters stood and will continue to play out in the arc. Nothing I could go into though, without a few spoilers, so check back after the jump.
A falsified suicide note turns out to be Savant's key to breaking into the Batcave and finally get a look at Oracle- In playing accomplice Creote openly admits that he couldn't live without Savant. Those who took offense to the scene didn't like the way it depicted a gay character caught in the tragedy of his romance; Looking at the new context of the sequence, Creote expressed his feelings for Savant with his lover's full awareness. Creote's sidekick role returns from volume 1, but there's forward momentum in their relationship.
The duo's return to criminality could certainly disappoint a few fans and calls up another tired trope. And Ed Benes gets a prime chance to serve up some cheesecake in this issue, which has been my biggest glance-over of the series. But I have no real complaints towards the way Creote is depicted, or in how the plot shows dedication towards advancing itself. Compared to the other Brightest Day titles, Birds of Prey best captures the sense of characters eager to redeem themselves, whether it's Dinah facing slander and public exposition, or Hawk's reworked sense of companionship, or a lover acting on the reality of his emotions, there's been no foul here for me, only a forward-thinking title. Various parts of the story thus far have come to make this a tale about openness and responsibility. If you put aside the paranoid fear of stereotyping, this is a solid, completely fair portrayal of the DC Universe's most formidable intellectuals.
Rubber Justice
Posted to Comics on 22 July 2010
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Wait, Creote is alive?? YES!!! YAY!!!!