How does Yea Forums feel about Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld?

How does Yea Forums feel about Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld?
I'm talking in a general sense, she seems pretty unpopular for what's pretty much DC's take on a Magical Girl.

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I fucking love it. If I had to guess why it's unpopular, it's likely just a lack of strong promotion. Hell, a lot of people didn't even know about this series until the DC Nation shorts. Also, the original series hasn't been reprinted--well, it has but that doesn't count cause it's not in color.

In theory, it should be popular as fuck, since it's pretty much, Game of Thrones, but with gemstone motifs. That's not hyperbole either, it is a straight up fantasy political thriller, so you'd think people would eat it up.

I don't think the magical girl thing was what people interested in political intrigue and darkere content wanted, or vice versa.
Reminder that New 52 Amethyst opens with a gangraep

amethyst = ernie colon

So did the original series, you dumb fucking casual retard.

It has two highschool guys trying to coerce a girl into having sex with them in the first issue, you hyperbolic retard.

Most Big 2 readers only want their cape books and nothing else. I think the main problems are it's connection to the DC universe and its monthly format. I think it'd work far better as a series of standalone OGNs. Also the dual world thing isn't really handled as well as it could have been in either series.

The original series also starts with an attempted gang rape. Funny how people like to selectively forget about that.

Also, the magical girl genre has evolved since then. Hell, Sailor Moon itself was way more hardcore than most people realize. And stuff like Nanoha, Madoka, and Pretty Cure prove that you can franchise the shit out of mature and nuanced magical girl storytelling.

Isn't she in Bendis' Young Justice?

I would love to see a Polly Pocket/Mighty Max style toy series featuring Ameythist

Wow, Amethyst fans are defensive. At no point did I not say anything mature-reader oriented didn't happen in the original. In my first sentence, I didn't mention New 52.
Also >So did the original series, you dumb fucking casual retard only proves my point. That's not mature storytelling. It's a desperate attempt to convince people that "no, this ain't like those *other* magical girl things. It's dark and stuff."
>Also, the magical girl genre has evolved since then. Hell, Sailor Moon itself was way more hardcore than most people realize. And stuff like Nanoha, Madoka, and Pretty Cure prove that you can franchise the shit out of mature and nuanced magical girl storytelling.
Yeah, and older style, even counting for the darker parts of SM, is now completely out of fashion. The lasting stuff's all the same now, just a different way. Yay?