This year has already seen the introduction of a lot of unique superhero media, beginning with the HBO Max debut of Peacemaker. The series has pulled back the narrative onion that is Christopher Smith / Peacmaker (John Cena), and has revealed some emotional beats along the way. One of the most surprising revelations across the show’s first season was that Peacemaker is bisexual, which was revealed in the fight in the penultimate episode between him and his father, Auggie Smith / White Dragon (Robert Patrick). Partway through the fight, Auggie stepped on Chris’ chest and began to monologue about all the ways his son had disappointed him. Among them was that Chris “slept with the whores of polluted blood, and men.” As series creator James Gunn revealed in a recent interview with Total Film, the confirmation spun out of his and Cena’s conversations about the character as a whole, as well as the ways it could further his unlikely dynamic with Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks).
