10 Ways Comic Book Movies Keep F*cking Up Female Characters

So here we have your stereotypical comic book heroine, lusting after the alpha male as the guy gets the girl in James Bond fashion *yawn*. Why do we never see Scarlet Witch lusting after Black Widow, or Harley Quinn after Enchantress? Perhaps trying to bridge the gap of two stigmas is another step too far for cinema, but arguably some of comic's most interesting superheroines are the LGBT ones,

The original Minutemen from Watchmen had a whole lesbian relationship, which was conveniently chopped down into about 15 seconds of screen time for Snyder's film. Admittedly there was a lot to cover in Watchmen, but the lack of Minutemen in the film was heavily criticised.

It is the same elsewhere, as lesbian relationships are tucked away in a dark corner. The Gotham TV series is breaking boundaries by having The Riddler and Penguin hook up, but there has been no sign of a Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy romance in any iteration of Batman's cinematic history - not even an Easter egg.

Then we have the X-Men, whose comics have some of the best-known LGBT stories out there. Despite her fan-favourite status across the original franchise and the rebooted series, there is no reference to Mystique's ambiguous sexuality.

The whole genre could of course all change with the Guardians of the Galaxy, which is dubbed as an already "out there" franchise. Could legendary couple Phyla-Vell and Moondragon soon grace our screens? One way to make female heroes more accessible is to break boundaries and discuss relevant issues - having an LGBT woman on our screens is one surefire way to do that.