Television

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow introduces TV’s first asexual superhero

By Conor Clark

28th January 2022

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’s introduced TV’s first asexual superhero during an intimate discussion between two characters.

The tenth episode of season seven, titled The Fixed Point, saw Zari Tarazi and Esperanza “Spooner” Cruz play a game of “smash, marry, kill”.

After Zari named a few of the Legends members for Spooner to pick from, the latter admitted that she had no interest in any of them.

When another round followed with the same outcome, Zari asked what Spooner’s type is when it comes to dating.

She responded: “I don’t really get those types of feelings for anyone.

“Maybe it’s one of those things those mushroom-aliens messed up about me, huh?”

Zari then explained that these feelings were “totally normal.”

“It just means maybe you’re ace,” the character said before being met with a confused look from Spooner. “Asexual. People who identify as ace have little or no interest in sex, but many of them still want to be in relationships.”

“Wow, uh, I guess that makes me ace,” Spooner responds before the two have a light-hearted exchange about the coming out moment.

The episode was directed by former Legend Maisie Richardson-Sellers, who identifies as queer.

Here’s how fans reacted to the moment:

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