Thread by @GailSimone

This is a Scandal Savage Stan thread.

Here are some Scandal facts.

I didn’t mean a Big SURPRISE in creating the character (@daleeaglesham came up with her gorgeous design.

But it did irk me that there were so few gay women characters in the mainstream superhero books of the time.

She was supposed to be short and a little stocky, and Brazilian.

Which was frustrating, because I knew there were a LOT of lgbtq readers of comics. Whole communities.

So I wanted a lesbian character where there was no ambiguity about it, and who had zero regrets, and also a team that supported her.

I loved writing her. I don’t usually write a lot of romance in my superhero books, but Scandal and her girlfriends (eventually wives), were a constant joy, even in dark stories.

They are the hope aspect in the book.

Why do I like her so much?

She is a great action figure.

A perfect Lego.

She’s the best girlfriend.

Cosplayers love her.

She’s the best daughter.

Also, she has a very sensible opinion regarding redheads.

When I knew we had done something special first occurred during a crossover with the Birds of Prey.

We had Scandal dancing with her girlfriend, and Scandal was wearing a tux.

WE GOT SO MUCH MAIL.

:)

I can’t find a photo of it at the moment but...

...it turns out that Scandal in a tuxedo doing a waltz is a LOT of girls’ exact THING.

We got such a steamy response to those few panels...that later, same story, we found out the OTHER saucytime image for a lot of women is...

Scandal in a RUINED tuxedo.

:)

It probably doesn’t hurt that @NicolaScottArt did the art. :)

We got such a response, warms my heart to this day.

I love the character, she has layers.

When we were ending the series, she had taken up with a lookalike of her previous girlfriend, who had died.

When that girlfriend came BACK, it looked like a classic heartbreak triad story. Who would she choose?

And Scandal said FUCK THAT.

Of all the Six, I miss her the most.

This has been a SCANDAL SAVAGE Stan thread. Thank you!

Ps. SEVERAL women have told me that Scandal helped them come out, which I am delighted about.

Funny that Secret Six was supposed to be a villain book!