Patsy Walker & an Exploration of Toxic Romance in Comic Books (February Yancy St. Special)

Happy Valentine's Day, nerds! Please note the content warning for this video before listening. 

Starting in at 0:09:48 with a brief history of the lovely Patsy Walker, before getting into her romance with Daimon Hellstrom, all that ensued, and her life since. We then go on to explore the relationships of...

Deathstroke and Terra 0:17:52

Carol and Marcus 0:24:44

Ray Palmer and Jean Loring 0:36:44

the Joker and Harley Quinn 0:41:08

Purple Man and Jessica Jones 0:43:59

Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne 0:45:38

Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor 0:49:43

Betty Ross and Bruce Banner 0:54:15

Batman and Talia Al Ghul 0:57:39

Doctor Doom and Victorious 1:00:54

Clint Barton and ____ take your pick 1:04:27

Scott Summers and Emma Frost 1:05:17

Green Arrow and Black Canary 1:08:30

the Comedian and Silk Spectre 1:09:40

Both Stephen Strange and Clea & Reed Richards and Sue Storm 1:10:28

Ororo Munroe and T'Challa; Starfire and Anyone; Piotr Rasputin and Kate (Kitty) Pryde, all @ 1:13:19

And wrapping the list up with two more Marvel heroes I wouldn't recommend dating-- 1:14:51

And all of this is to say....what, exactly? That's the question. Why do our celebrated (and disgraced) comic writers continue to knowingly create this kinds of stories, these kinds of terrible relationships---specifically for our favorite superheroes to be in? Is it to show they, too, are flawed? Hardly, we see that in other ways. Is it to  make them seem more real? Again, I can't say for sure. All I can do is explore these stories with you, learn from them, and aim to do (and be) better. 

Stay sweaty.

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