@EnSabahNurX: I seriously laughed and spun in my chair when you said "as long as she avoids the Daken route of just being a slut". I truthfully enjoy reading Daken and his many ways because he represents the type of character in comics that you don't get any perspective from. He wasn't meant to be portrayed as an upstanding citizen, but in no way does being the type of person who sleeps with whomever they please effect their heroic or villian aptitude for either category. That's just something picked up from popular opinion and hardwired in the brain. I mean if Superman liked to party with grandmas, that wouldn't make him any less of a hero (just probably something you could do without knowing that he does in his spare time) when he is saving the world. I really don't see what anyone does in the bedroom between consenting people of age should have anything to do with how good they save people or how bad of a threat they are.
I can see your frustration on how things have become so hinged on the sexuality of characters though which is something I have been noticing a lot recently. It's two fold for me because I'm excited to see high profile folks of the LGBT spectrum getting fairer representation in comics. The major press releases and exposure seem silly and unnecessary when hyped so much, but the only way that many of the people searching for relatable characters to find them is through these media outlets. At the same time, before these characters even debut, there is so much focus on sexuality that many people only look at, or completely ignore those characters because of orientation instead of reading the stories they take part in and finding out about them through story progression.
Personally anything that generates attention to comics and gets folks talking can lead to people wanting to check them out. If people check them our then there is a chance they will like them and thus increase comic fandom (you know once you start reading one title more are on the way) and reach a wider audience, it's a win-win down the road.
Also on the note of diversity, they have been trying a bit I will say, but the titles they are doing it with have not been profiled nearly as much as the ones based on orientation. They also have been mostly in new, obscure, or niche fandom titles, so probably went under the radar to many. If you don't read much besides the heavy hitters in DC, it would seem like not a whole lot of progression is going on (and honestly that's where it needs to be happening if people are to take note). I have noticed as an ebony skinned woman that they made Skitter for the Teen Titans and added Solstice to the team as well, rebooted Voodoo, gave Batwing his own serious in Africa, Put Fatality as the representative for the Star Sapphire knights in Green Lantern New Guardians, put Cyborg as a main in Justice League, Gave Mr. Terrific his own series (cancelled) and Rebooted Static Shock (cancelled). They have also started The Ray mini monthly series. There is also the newest Robin (Damian) because his mother is Talia, but it's not like you can really tell because he isn't usually illustrated looking like a mixture of the two ethnicities of his parents, but he is biracial.
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