August 7, 2006 

Words you Don’t See Much In Comics Anymore.

At least, not in this context.

In broad daylight, no less!

It’s like a really, really wrong sort of batsignal.



  • typolad

    “I noticed that whenever he’s molested Capt. Marvel usually shows up!

    …BECAUSE HE’S JEALOUS!”

    CPT. Marvel: “Holy Moly! Why don’t you guys get your OWN kid to molest! THIS ONE’S MINE!”

    (Anonymous)
    2006-08-07 05:20 pm UTC

  • typolad

    It started the first time he spent the night at his grandfather’s. That was when Billy (‘Billy bad son’, the boy who didn’t want to do what he was told) “went away” and Captain Marvel took over. Captain Marvel is strong and sure of himself and knows what the grown ups want – what will make them happy. When its all over, Captain Marvel lets Billy come out again. It’s like a flash of light when they switch and Billy doesn’t remember anything that happened when Captain Marvel was out. Billy’s the innocent one, the kid. Captain Marvel protects the kid. At first it was just Cap and Billy, but then others came too. There’s Mary, and Uncle and…

    gillen
    2006-08-07 08:32 pm UTC

  • typolad

    Reminds me of when I took Spanish. The teacher had to explain that the word “molestar” simply means to disturb or interrupt. You’d use the term to refer to what telemarketers do. I figured the English term probably started out that way.

    I had no idea it was still general-purpose in English that recently! It probably started out as a euphemism. I wonder what innocent-sounding words today will be met with this level of horror 50 years from now.

    kelson
    2006-08-08 03:40 am UTC

  • Matt

    “Molest” still means “detain”, it’s just never used that way anymore because of the connotations.