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#61. They say Mixed Marriages never work out!
Saturday, April 3, 2010

With Marvel’s summer release of Young Avengers, a new name was introduced to comics readers around the world: Allan Heinberg. Though he’s new to comics, Heinberg has been writing for prime time television dramas like The OC and Party of Five for years. Neil Figuracion, longtime television viewer, asks Allan questions that only he can answer.

BF: How would Patriot react if he were locked in a room with a naked man? How would Hulkling or Hawkingbird (her answer's not funny) react differently?

AH: Patriot has a very take-charge, no-nonsense demeanor. He is not easily intimidated -- even by a naked man. He'd probably take a quick look at the goods, judge them accordingly, then look the guy straight in the eye and firmly suggest he think about finding himself a pair of pants.

Then Patriot would go about doing whatever's next on his to-do list.

Hulkling would be intrigued by the Naked Man -- and even a little envious of the guy's obvious confidence. He'd nod approvingly, give the guy the thumbs up, and say "Good for you, Naked Man." And though he'd try his best to maintain eye contact at all times, he'd fail miserably.
BF: It must have been surprising that readers clued in to Hulkling and Asgardian's relationship so quickly. Why do you feel readers would be so keen on outing their potential gayness as to declare it after a mere glance?

AH: I have to admit, the reader response to that single panel in YA #1 took me completely by surprise. But comic book readers are incredibly perceptive and understand that when the artist and writer devote an entire panel to a single shared glance, that glance must have some storytelling significance. We hadn't planned to address Hulkling and Asgardian's relationship until well into the first year, but after the enthusiastic response to that panel, we were able to integrate their relationship into the fabric of the book much earlier.
BF: Even for an understanding set of parents, coming out can be quite a bombshell. From a dramatic point of view, why did you make it so easy for Billy's parents to pick up on and accept his gayness and his relationship with Teddy?

AH: Part of it was about subverting expectations and not wanting to write a scene I felt I'd already seen many, many times before. Also, Billy's parents are extremely well adjusted, Upper West Side doctors. She's a therapist, and he's a cardiologist, so I thought if anyone's going to have a solid grasp of human sexuality, it would be the Kaplan's. And finally, I guess it was my hope that in seeing Billy's parents lovingly accept his sexuality, readers might be inspired to have similarly loving reactions if ever faced with that particular moment.

(Heehee, the scene was so cute! When Billy was all like, omg, i want to come out of the closet... I'm a superhero. And his parents cut him off so they are like HEEHEE, IT'S OKAY THAT YOU'RE GAY. WE APPROVE OF TEDDY. Welcome to the family son!)
APPROVE! Haha, I'm being a wannabe Young Avengers fan because I haven't read about the million issues after Young Avengers: Family Matters, screw you and not sending copies over to Singapore! RAWR. I heard that Young Avengers: Dark Reign wasn't nice, and WHAT WAS WITH THE COVER OF BILLY AND THAT OTHER WITCH-PERSON??? How can he have a cover with her and not Teddy???

Well whatever, ughhhhhh, I MISS READING YA. QUICK QUICK! Publish compilations so I can finally purchase them and happily run off into cannon Billy/Teddy. ^-^
HEE.

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