We Need to Talk About Naomi

So Naomi just got an Arrowverse show on the CW and man, I do NOT like this character.

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[danidran]

On one hand, it's a shame they gave a show to her instead of a good character.

On the other, I wouldn't wish a CW show on any of my favorite characters.

[deadpool]

Us marvel fans were actually glad that he finally left. I only feel bad for DC readers because Bendis has sorta been phoning it in for a while. You can literally mark when Bendis lost interest in a book and is just writing for the paycheck on a book.

[utopia]

The Superman thing really hurt me when it happened. Superman had always been a superhero that went over my head and I barely read his comics. But that run with Jon really got to me, really inspired me to see why others liked Superman so much, and I started to consume other stories that people recommended to me. That single run completely changed how I viewed a character, to the point of making him one of my favorites, and seeing it all thrown away really put me off DC for a while.

[treesnip]

Judging by the cover of the first issue I thought Naomi was going to be about her solving mysteries. That sounds really cool and different from the standard superhero stuff. But unfortunately I guess that’s not the case.

[NerdettesNewsStand]

Remember, NONE of the money made from this helped black creators

[Hanmerhack]

I was more interested in exploring the Thangarian and the Ranian living in small town America together.
This wasn't a case of two enemies finding out that they weren't all that different. They hated each other but had to work together to keep the galaxy safe

[TevyaSmolka]

Well the Naomi show just got canceled which means this character is a failure.

[shinyagumon]

Unpopular opinion:

Bendis isn't actually that good of a writer. Like his best work is Miles Morales Spider-Man and Miles only really developed his own distinct personality after Bendis left.

[dannydoo]

I'm just still bitter about Bendis' Superman and Young Justice run and it has me feeling hesitant about any of his new stuff

[anthonyhero]

As being of someone of color and enjoying various publications of both Comics, TV shows, and anime I can completely understand the means of what happens when people try to rush productions on ideas to create diverse concepts to widen the spread of popularity for them, and I completely agree with you, to develop a character especially of one of color you have to slowly progress to that position of fandom, otherwise you do actually end up with a very flimsy overpowered perspective that doesn't match the overall aesthetic, Naomi is basically another attempt and example of what Marvel tried to do with Miss America aka America Chavez in her comic book debut, which by the way was so bad it got canceled after just like three issues, she's overpowered made of ethnicity and has no true ark to her name yet she is posted out to be the most powerful of them all and apparently is put front and center for the public to see just to be accepted right away, and if you deny her you are then judge because they think you don't like her simply because she's of ethnicity, I am no fan of that type of writing and definitely don't like it when they force diversity, just because it's a thing that everyone else is doing. if you want diversity do it right or don't do it at all, that's all I have to say on the matter.

[TheCarterKent]

NAOMI OFFICIALLY CANCELLED. LET THE AZ-WHOOPING BEGIN !

[luigiboi]

Oh no. If I think where Naomi might be headed, I think she might become the Mantis of DC Comics if you know what I mean. Specifically the timeframe where she was a writer’s pet and had the entire story revolve around her.

[Omegaslashbuster]

Vixen did have her own Animated series featuring arrowverse characters. But for Static to not get a show is disappointing.

[andy]

As someone who enjoys a lot of Bendis' work, I feel like his time at DC may be some of his worst work yet. I still definitley enjoy a lot of his stuff, but man it definitley feels like everythng that DC does is now directly tied to Bendis and his ideas and it kinda just gets in the way of what was already there. DC to me rn feels like either I'm dodging endless batman books or endless bendis books and I'm not really sure how I feel about it.

[arnahunas]

AAAANNNDDDD it’s just been canceled. Brain Michael Bendis must be furious RN lmao

[xanderm]

Drake: Recommends Vixen for show.
Me: Still crying over her only getting two seasons on CW Seed.

[cmgvillager]

I wish people would realize POC can be flawed. What makes a really good character is how they deal/overcome those said flaws. Why I love a character like Storm (especially through Claremont run).

[danang]

OH so thats why John Kent suddenly aged up just like that

[ryanforgosh]

While I thought the comic was okay (one of the better things Bendis has written at DC) I really don't get why she's getting her own show. But since it's happening, I'm just hoping that the show may add more depth to her that will be adapted to the comics later.

At the very least, the comic did give me a new artist to pay attention to! Jamal Campbell's work is fantastic and I'm so glad he's gone on to work on better things (specifically Far Sector. I love that book so much and his art is phenomenal.)

[mockingbirdriot]

Goes to show that Black female characters and their stories have to be exceptionally amazing to earn their approval amongst the comic geeks. And I know that's the elephant in the room being danced around, but I'm Black, so I don't have that option. Like, dude actually called her powers "generic". Guess why they're generic? Decades of them being given to cishet white male characters. He goes to compare her to other Black characters--with varying powers and backstories mind you, one being a male, Black being their only denominator--and lists which Black characters he'd prefer to see instead. We're a monolith apparently. They can have all. We have to choose between one or the other. Why more than one Black superhero when you can have three Spider-Men named Peter Parker in the same film?