"It's been weeks since fans noticed Peacemaker's alternate dimension, where he could escape his troubles and just be with his father and brother, wasn't quite right. James Gunn's DC Universe has always been very diverse, but every time Peacemaker Season 2 cut to this other dimension, there wasn't a single non-white character on screen, leading fans to believe this world may be way more insidious than we think."
"At the end of Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 6, Chris Smith, now totally in the identity of his alternate self, finally meets the Harcourt who followed him through the portal. As they walk into the A.R.G.U.S. offices, she mentions that something in this universe doesn't feel right: She hasn't seen a non-white person since she entered the portal. Chris immediately scoffs and dismisses it, but he grabs a flag on a desk only to find a swatstika where the stars should be."
Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 6 reveals that Chris Smith's idyllic alternate world is a fascist parallel modeled on DC's Earth‑X, where Nazi victory erased non-white presence. Harcourt notices the absence of non-white people and Chris discovers a swastika on a flag in A.R.G.U.S., exposing the universe's violent ideology. Adebayo's encounter with an angry mob after an escaped bird implies mass detentions and the negation of the 14th Amendment. The episode reframes the alternate realm as racially cleansed and uses the twist to critique whitewashed escapism and how superhero media handle racial and political complexity.
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