Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice... can't get fooled again!

Doesn't everyone?

Don't make me go back to AUC

Here in the US, law enforcement escalates to force far more often than they encounter someone who is already aggressive, so it raises a question why villains in comics so consistently engage first?

... because superheroes aren't cops?

This is not in any way a normal reaction to a image of a woman in a catsuit called Black Cat singing showtunes from the musical Cats.

Take your hangups somewhere else.

It still instills a dynamic that the best way to solve disputes is by force

How often is it that superheroes start the violence? Or are you suggesting that smiling as your teeth are knocked down your throat should be the reaction, here?

and that some parts of the public are undesirable by fiat.

... given the predilection of comics for redemption arcs, antiheroes, the struggle of being different, and the fucking X-Men, I'm gonna have to press X to doubt on that.

Given the current affairs of the US in which half our federal officials are trying to outlaw trans folk, I’m hyper-aware that this is a bad message to give.

You're hyperaware that a message that isn't being sent is bad. Okay. I'm very aware that Teletubbies advocating genocide is bad. Good thing that's not at all relevant.

The two characters are from She-Ra, a cartoon with LGBT representation. The flag is the lesbian pride flag, I think.

No clue, I'm afraid! I downloaded it a long time ago, it looks like.

Disco Elysium. Great game!

tbf if the Primarchs were female, the SMs would probably be female, or mixed male and female units.

Plague Doctor: "This is poison."

Me: [big sip]

Hanggai and Nine Treasures are also great