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Meet Marvel's non-binary superhero Safespace and zir twin Snowflake

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zanahoria · 20/03/2020 09:08

Psychic Twins. “All twins are psychic, but we’re psychic-er.” Snowflake, a cryokinetic, can materialize snowflake-shaped shuriken projectiles for throwing. Safespace can materialize pink forcefields, but he can’t inhabit them himself, the reflex only works if he’s protecting others. They’re hyper aware of modern culture and optics, and they see their Super Heroics as “a post-ironic meditation on using violence to combat bullying.” They're probably streaming this.

"Snowflake and Safespace are the twins," the writer says, "and their names are very similar to Screentime; it's this idea that these are terms that get thrown around on the internet that they don't see as derogatory. [They] take those words and kind of wear them as badges of honor.

"Safespace is a big, burly, sort of stereotypical jock. He can create forcefields, but he can only trigger them if he's protecting somebody else. Snowflake is non-binary and goes by they/them, and has the power to generate individual crystalized snowflake-shaped shurikens. The connotations of the word 'snowflake' in our culture right now are something fragile, and this is a character who is turning it into something sharp.

"Snowflake is the person who has the more offensive power, and Safespace is the person who has the more defensive power. The idea is that they would mirror each other and complement each other."

www.marvel.com/amp/articles/comics/introducing-the-new-new-warriors

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 22/03/2020 15:02

Oh hang on! is misgendering their kryptonite?

GrinGrinWine

koshkatt · 22/03/2020 12:58

Why was that message deleted? Anyone know?

nettie434 · 21/03/2020 09:46

And I see from this tweet that even their creator has misgendered them:

twitter.com/lemonvortex/status/1240339115880611845?s=21

Thanks Zanahoria. Who would have known this was all such a minefield (or do I mean forcefield?)

helpingmumsalong · 21/03/2020 08:39

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Agrona · 21/03/2020 03:53

Agree with everyone who thinks this is either a massive joke or the people/person/goblin/or other associated lifeform who created them has zero understanding of how many people view those 'names'.

MotherForkinShirtBalls · 20/03/2020 21:48

If you read the whole article they are very clearly ripping the piss. I love it.
ye gods I hope I'm l right. I can't take it if this is for real

Qcng · 20/03/2020 21:47

I fucking love this.

PicturesOfCats · 20/03/2020 21:34

I can't help but feel it's designed to take the piss whilst doing a wide-eyed "but you wanted more diverse characters"

I think this too.
I think whoever came up with this had a LOT of fun doing so!

LambriniSocialist · 20/03/2020 19:35

This is satire isn't it?

testing987654321 · 20/03/2020 19:30

I can't help but feel it's designed to take the piss whilst doing a wide-eyed "but you wanted more diverse characters".

A bit be careful what you wish for.

YouJustDoYou · 20/03/2020 19:23

I laughed so hard when I read this on the Fail. Especially the part where it said "LGBT+ were hugely offended".

SonEtLumiere · 20/03/2020 19:03

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MummBraTheEverLeaking · 20/03/2020 18:27

When i first saw this I honestly thought it was a pisstake Confused

Freespeecher · 20/03/2020 17:58

Thing is, if they beat their enemies, they win (copyright Justin Trudeau).

Lordfrontpaw · 20/03/2020 17:08

It has to be a joke? What are their super powers? Gazing at their own belly buttons and centring the universe?

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 20/03/2020 16:33

Daniel Kibblesmith used to write for Stephen Colbert. Wibble, on the whole.

HarrietThePi · 20/03/2020 16:08

This gave me a bit of a chuckle today.

www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/coronavirus-sam-smiths-having-quarantine-21723968

Sam, who previously asked people to refer to them as "they", took to their official Instagram account to share they "meltdown" with their 14.7million followers.

Mockerswithnoknockers · 20/03/2020 16:06

Clark Kent protests to John Lewis over use of changing room of their choice.

GivesNoFox · 20/03/2020 16:02

I suspect they will have a bit of difficulty fighting super villains when their time is mostly taken up with the gargantuan task of correcting pronouns online.

Oh hang on! is misgendering their kryptonite?😂

zanahoria · 20/03/2020 15:48

They will also be sending The Hulk on an anger management course and be having words with Spiderman about littering skyscrapers with his webs.

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koshkatt · 20/03/2020 15:32

I thought that this was a massive pisstake...is it not?

Mockerswithnoknockers · 20/03/2020 15:07

Transwoman Man

Able to self-identify at will to access any space.

GrumpyGran8 · 20/03/2020 14:52

or maybe Lady Dick will be their next superhero
The name would have to be Lady Dique! And her superpower would be that she can instantly transform into a glittering rainbow-coloured unicorn shooting lightning bolts from her massive horn! Grin

zanahoria · 20/03/2020 14:39

A quick google suggests that even woke types think it is a piss take.

I don't think Marvel really give a shit, they just float these ideas and if they do not work they move on to the next one or re-boot and old one

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Whatsnewpussyhat · 20/03/2020 14:26

WTF.

No Social Justice Warrior?