Don't gimme that "white isn't a colour as it isn't in the spectrum of light" excuse, it's not a smell, sound or monkey, is it?
In a pose similar to the discarded -and soon to be shredded- version, here's Hector Ayala, the White Tiger. This still isn't great but it's way better than the other version! I always liked the character, even if it's one of the simplest costumes ever. Still, there's no excusing those terrible ballet shoes (WTF were they thinking?!), so I've gone for a more traditional martial arts-style wrapping affair instead. Not sure which colour (or character) to pick next yet...
On a different topic---is anybody else wondering what the hell's going on with the public baying of blood for BBC staff lately? First there was the Ross/Brand affair, which snowballed to the point where more people complained about the show than actually heard it (and while I'm not defending their antics, phone pranks have been a radio and TV feature for ages, hence Fonejacker and those US radio characters, summat Boys), then there was an oversensitive retaliation against Clarkson's remarks on Top Gear. While I have no time for the merkin-headed gimpster, he's said worse and I fear there's a sense of blood in the air after the Rossbrand debacle. Now a regional reporter from Bristol has been sacked for unacceptable behaviour.
Her misdemeanour? Asking for a non-Asian taxi driver to drive her teenage daughter. Was this racist? Well, it 's assuming Asians are more likely to rape women than other races so it's bigoted at the least but the reporter also apologised for asking for a non-Asia but also asked for a female driver as well, as simply put she was worried about her daughter's safety. Now, again it's implying any male taxi driver will jump on her daughter like Gary Glitter on a copy of Mother and Baby so it's a little extreme--but surely it's understandable for a mother to be concerned about her daughter? These comments were made in a private capacity and were not explicitly racist (no derogatory terms were used) so while I won't defend her opinions, I think sacking her for them is a bit extreme. I suspect things will only snowball from here...
4 comments:
I prefer the female White Tiger. ;-)
I've not read the taxi driver story, but I have to wonder why she didn't just ask for a woman driver if she was concerned about rape. The race thing seems irrelevant to her concerns. Besides, it's quite alright to suggest that all men are rapists - radical feminists have been doing it for years.
I only saw one pic for the female White Tiger in Heroes For Hire (who I think was an evolved animan or some rubbish) and saw some covers for the recent mini but never saw any, so Hector it was....
...and yeah, if all men are rapists, then all women really want it and are asking for it...
I'm not sure about the character from Heroes For Hire - I suspect that was a different one to the one introduced in Bendis' DD who later had her own mini. No Animan thing going on, she basically had Hector's abilities plus a few other new ones.
Ay Carumba, Hector Alaya's the only proper White Tiger. You can't beat a good 70s exploitation stereotype. Plus he was a handy character to read in black & white reprints.
Nice pic by the way...
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