Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11469381-20150831022901/@comment-995426-20151012180119

Hey, I never said they couldn't be bi. But the bigger point here was that Zeck and Steranko further a recurring meme that has been around since I was young. People expect the occasional gay moments from Bebop and Rocksteady, because they've been used to seeing them for decades. Just roll with it. They're the Bert and Ernie of TMNT, and it's become impossible to analyze their relationship without addressing the gay rumors either.

And, don't start comments with "no offense"&mdash;it tends to always come off as passive aggression, which is why "no offense" is one of the most discredited phrases in the English language. People have been discussing Bebop and Rocksteady gay memes for a very long time, and there is no need to feel threatened, offended, discomforted or otherwise bothered by it. Rather, it should be expected to probably come up any time TMNT fans talk about Bebop and Rocksteady's history in the TMNT multiverse.

It is in fact virtually impossible that Anton Zeck and Ivan Steranko were designed as the new Bebop and Rocksteady without the gay question coming across the creators' minds, which is especially evidenced by Zeck being such a conspicuous expy of Hollywood Montrose (who was flamboyantly gay). No one should be shocked if they're gay. We should be more shocked if they weren't gay. :)