Final post for Infinite Crisis... Not the Final Crisis however.
I'm going cry.
Anyway. Nightwing in an old suit! Oh gods Pretty boy, and Superboy and just the two of them going off to save the world. I don't know if I can handle this without an emotional meltdown.
Oh boys you are being stupid in your narration boxes. anyway, maybe best you focus on your mission at hand.
"Yo... You're not Superman"
Kon: "Sure I am. I just shrunk a little in the wash."
Kon! Kon! Kon! My pretty boy! I love you! Don't die!
Oh, Kon, your self doubt is really holding you back. Yes, you are hanging out with your best friend's brother, but you have to try and believe in yourself again.
Perfect wonderful scene. My EMOTIONS
Kon: "Everyone was right. You rule."
Dick: "Let's not make this a moment."
Oh come on Dick it already was a moment. AND you do rule.
Narration boxes:
Kon: "We still have time to talk. About Tim and Cassie.
Dick: "We still have time to talk. About Wally and Babs."
ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE! I AM DYING HERE YOU ARE FLYING OFF TO SAVE THE WORLD AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT YOUR BFFS! I can't handle this anymore...
(The narration boxes also say Superman and Batman respectively. Buuuut they aren't important right now. POWER OF FRIENDSHIP!)
Also I forgot to mention the completely ridiculous way they managed to get Dick to switch to his new costume. X) It was still great though, and now he's in his usual costume and it is hot as always.
Anyway this was a fucking amazing issue. Really great. Lots of bonding and talking and just... Kon and his BFFs big brother. It was just what I needed.
On the one hand it's just background information. Superboy constantly watching his memories could I suppose explain his retcon... But he's still whiny and annoying.
Alex Luthor is really manipulative, but all of his plans we had already found out about by now so not sure why they are included. Maybe for anyone who hasn't read all the issues perhaps...
Superman being unable to let go of Lois... Well, granted it's understandable that he doesn't want to let go, but still.
Okay fuck it. I'm going to read the rest of the stuff I have on my tablet right now. I know I shouldn't but I can't fucking focus on anything else.
Oh, that was good. So good. So many emotions. Poor, poor Jason. I can't help feeling sorry for him. How hurt and betrayed he must feel.
I have a feeling it's not a super important one to have read in the middle of this, but it was a really nice addition to the red hood storyline. Because it's been one of my favorite things to read.
Hundreds of Earths in the sky and Hal and Ollie are making plans to go to a baseball game next week... Is your earth even going to be around next week??? Why are you guys so calm?
Oh, poor Jaime he is not calm. I just want to hug him. He's just a teenager, no one is explaining shit to him, he has a scarab fused to his spine and have I mentioned no one is explaining anything to him?
Batman: "Booster you have no idea how to talk to kids."
And you do?
Brother Eye is scary... Also it has a weird relationship to Batman.
Earth two Supes: "How can you still have faith in your Earth?"
Our Supes: "Because they have faith in us."
Yessssssss!
Yay Cassie joining Nightwing and Superboy on their suicide mi... I mean mission to save the universe.
Loving the fact that they are all putting aside differences and arguments and following Batman's orders... That did not come out right. I don't mean it like that. I would love it regardless of who was giving the orders. I just want team work. People working together to save the Earth! :D
Ollie: "Hey Dark Knight. What about me? Why the hell'd you call a guy who shoot trick arrows?"
Batman: "Just to see if you'd show."
Fucking love that so much.
Okay next couple of pages were just excitement and dklgsdkfgskfg STUFF IS HAPPENING
Fuck now the whiny superboy showed up
Oh Batman being saved by Hal Jordan is the best thing. Boys.
Seriously though the fact that he brought Ollie along for no reason... Fuck Bruce it's the end of the world but you have time to indulge your weird sense of humor.
NOOOOO! KON! I knew it would happen. I even know he'll be back. But fuck! It still hurts. It still made me cry.
I only have one thing to say:
Aw, it ended happily. I'm glad Sasha didn't have to die.
Actually, also liking the fact that Batman realized that yes destroying all the information in the brother eye satellite was a good idea. Hopefully he'll destroy any information he has in his cave as well, but something tells me he won't be doing that.
Secret six! Babies! ... Dangerous. Murderous. Villain babies. But they are the good villains. ;p
Anyway just love them sitting in a terrible hole in the wall restaurant/whatever that was and eating together.
Aaaaah too many characters too much happening at the same time...
Talia pouring hot tea on Doctor Light and then beating him is the best thing ever. So awesome. You go Talia. Why the hell are you involved in this?
And now all the heroes available are gonna protect Metropolis. Man this is good.
And almost over now.
did it have to start with Tim finding Superboy dead? My heart can't take this.
Just make Superboy-Prime shut up! He doesn't deserve to be called Superboy! There is nothing super about him. I hate him.
Kon... Kon... I want Kon back.
Bart showed up as the Flash. Bart! Bart! Bart! OMG.
NIGHTWING!!!
And then Batman attacks and there's stuff and then just the panel of Tim's face shouting Batman. And it basically looks like he's lost every one he cares about. And I am in pain here even though I know they'll be fine. But TIM! He just keeps losing people. Stop torturing him!
Guy and the corps!!! :D Hi Guy yes! You take the whiny so called "super"boy down!
Now Guy called him Crybaby. ;p
OH my god Batman. And then diana stopping him from killing Alex Luthor. ALL OF MY EMOTIONS!
"It's not about where you were born or what powers you have. Or what you wear on your chest. It's about what you do. It's about action."
YES! Fuck yes! Because you are never going to be Superman Superboy, you don't know how to be Superman. You'll never know.
No, I'm not crying. Diana, Bruce and Clark talking and being friendly again. And just. Taking a break. And Bruce not being alone. God. That's all. And Clark going off wioth Lois and then Diana going to find herself. No I'm not crying at all.
And now Oa. Guy being asked to do a speech. How adorable. And he's nervous oh sweetie. Perhaps reminding Hal of last time there was a massacre of the corps was a bad call? Just saying...
Fuck those last panels are creepy...
I'll do a more general impressions stuff in a moment. But first this was a great final issue. It was the end of the whole thing and I really enjoyed reading it. Lots of action lots of just... Amazing stuff. Emotion and powerful stuff. I really fucking ejoyed it.
Now, there's a Superman/Batman issue as well on my tablet, which I think is a sort of aftermath thing. Since I'm missing most aftermath stuff (with the exception for things like 52 which I have and a bunch of 1 year later issues I also have). I'm going to read that one. I'll write my thoughts on that and then do a sort of summary of all my thoughts. It's hopefully going to be short.
Okay, yeah this is going to be emotional. If we're going to start with a crying Tim talking about Kon. My poor baby.
Oh god... Memories of them working together and just being perfect and everything... This is just going to be non stop crying and shouting "they were so great together!"
Bickering, andjoking around together. I love them.
"Conner your costume is a t-shirt. You can't do anything fashionable."
That made me chuckle. ;p
They are the cutest and best and I'm just going "OTP OTP OTP" at this point.
That was a wild ride with so much interesting art. And it was funny and made me laugh and it had Tim and Kon and it was amazing. Like seriously amazing. My lovely OTP... I am looking forward to you being reuinited in the future.
Overall I think I enjoyed this a lot. I certainly enjoyed the actual Infinite Crisis stuff a lot more than I thought I would. It didn't exactly end with the c ore trio's friendship completely ruined instead it seems that they will be able to fix it.
I think a lot of the comics read leading up to this were completely unecessary for me to read, though mostly I don't regret reading them. Those I found boring I only skimmed through anyway.
I really, really liked the core issues of Infinite Crisis however. They were kind of great, I love that it was told in only 7 issues instead of the 12 of Crisis on Infinite Earths. This was also a lot less complicated than that Crisis. something I also appreciated.
Killing Kon was incredibly painful, and I seriously hope they can give Tim a break soon because there's only so many traumas you can make a boy suffer through. Also I feel incredibly sorry for Cassie, who is a character I adore because she is amazing. As good as Tim is at strategy Cassie is the better leader for Teen Titans. She just lost her boyfriend and that's just. I feel sorry for her.
Bart coming back and being grown up? I... I don't know how to react to that. And Wally taking the speedforce with him along with Linda and the kids? I'm actually suspecting Linda IS the speedforce to be honest... I don't know how it's a crazy theory. X)
Jason Todd... I loved everything with Jason Todd... Even though he hurt my precious Tim. Everything about his story was painful but the good kind of angst that makes you crave more, and that bit of you that desperately hope it'll end happily ever after. Preferably with lots of hugs. Hugs are important.
Still want a fic of atman and Green Arrow fighting which then leads to sex and then leads to a super awkward morning after... There is something seriously wrong with me.
Anyway. This has been a great distraction. I am looking forward to reading more comic books and slowly make my way through the rest of the comics from the 2000's until the reboot. I have so many new comics and characters I want to read now. It's going to be amazing. And I will probably continue to write these posts.