"Suspect attempted to flee the scene by running into the street, but Officer Grayson apprehended him by doing a backflip over oncoming traffic and landing in the spot the suspect was aiming for."
HEEEEE. Yes! Actually, from what I've noticed so far (I've only read the first five or so issues all the way through but I admit to doing some skimming of later issues for Dick/Babs goodness *koff*), crime very often seems to occur RIGHT as Dick is getting off his shift, so he can conveniently slip into a phonebooth his costume! PERFECT. *g*
I think there are some pretty large exceptions in the universe they inhabit, you know
I agree. And what I meant to say, I think, was not so much that they don't all believe in the no-killing approach, but that I think that when Bruce says, "Once you kill one person, it's a slippery slope," the truth is that once HE kills someone, it would be a slippery slope FOR HIM, but--as you say--that's not necessarily true for everybody. Just because Bruce is a giant ball of rage waiting to explode doesn't mean they ALL are. Heh. IMHO. But I'm not sure he sees that. So basically, I agree with you! Hee.
Sometimes I do feel that the "not killing anybody" is very much nothing but authorial fiat
Yeah, I think that's definitely the real reason behind it. And fair enough, because that's hardly an example you want to be setting for kids, especially when it comes to making vigilantes into heroic figures. But at the same time, it's weird that they make such a big deal of it--it MAKES it an issue all the time. Like, I'm pretty sure Superman doesn't go around all like, "I CAN'T KILL PEOPLE. MUST NEVER KILL PEOPLE. IF I KILL SOMEONE MY SOUL WILL DIE." He just, you know, doesn't kill people. (That I know of.) Then again, it's not like the Batfamily resists drama, as a general rule. :D
And YAY, thank you for sharing the flail! And speaking of Dick being a cop, and Dick and Babs: NGGGH.
crime very often seems to occur RIGHT as Dick is getting off his shift, so he can conveniently slip into a phonebooth his costume! PERFECT.
It's lovely that the universe crime orders itself around his schedule. Otoh, if I had to be caught by someone in the DCU, I'd choose him, so maybe the criminals are smarter than they look. Hee.
but that I think that when Bruce says, "Once you kill one person, it's a slippery slope," the truth is that once HE kills someone, it would be a slippery slope FOR HIM, but--as you say--that's not necessarily true for everybody. Just because Bruce is a giant ball of rage waiting to explode doesn't mean they ALL are. Heh. IMHO. But I'm not sure he sees that.
Yes. This. Not everybody is like you, Bruce! Some people don't feel angry all the time! (Um, or so I'm told. *cough*)
But at the same time, it's weird that they make such a big deal of it--it MAKES it an issue all the time.
Yeah. I mean, I get that it does make for lots of drama? But it's also kind of like, um, we know they're not going to do it - even the criminals know they're not going to do it - so it's kind of a false drama.
I think, with my ability to ignore the comics, part of what makes Jason interesting to me is where he's drawing his lines - a bag of drug dealers' severed heads = okay! but selling drugs to kids = bad! Like, clearly he has some mental calculus going on that fails on some level, but what nuances is he missing or does he just not care about? And how much of it is because he's overly emotional or doesn't think things through? And how do you know which Jason will show up on any given day?
And YAY, thank you for sharing the flail! And speaking of Dick being a cop, and Dick and Babs: NGGGH.
HEEEEE. Yes! Actually, from what I've noticed so far (I've only read the first five or so issues all the way through but I admit to doing some skimming of later issues for Dick/Babs goodness *koff*), crime very often seems to occur RIGHT as Dick is getting off his shift, so he can conveniently slip into a phonebooth his costume! PERFECT. *g*
I think there are some pretty large exceptions in the universe they inhabit, you know
I agree. And what I meant to say, I think, was not so much that they don't all believe in the no-killing approach, but that I think that when Bruce says, "Once you kill one person, it's a slippery slope," the truth is that once HE kills someone, it would be a slippery slope FOR HIM, but--as you say--that's not necessarily true for everybody. Just because Bruce is a giant ball of rage waiting to explode doesn't mean they ALL are. Heh. IMHO. But I'm not sure he sees that. So basically, I agree with you! Hee.
Sometimes I do feel that the "not killing anybody" is very much nothing but authorial fiat
Yeah, I think that's definitely the real reason behind it. And fair enough, because that's hardly an example you want to be setting for kids, especially when it comes to making vigilantes into heroic figures. But at the same time, it's weird that they make such a big deal of it--it MAKES it an issue all the time. Like, I'm pretty sure Superman doesn't go around all like, "I CAN'T KILL PEOPLE. MUST NEVER KILL PEOPLE. IF I KILL SOMEONE MY SOUL WILL DIE." He just, you know, doesn't kill people. (That I know of.) Then again, it's not like the Batfamily resists drama, as a general rule. :D
And YAY, thank you for sharing the flail! And speaking of Dick being a cop, and Dick and Babs: NGGGH.
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It's lovely that the universe crime orders itself around his schedule. Otoh, if I had to be caught by someone in the DCU, I'd choose him, so maybe the criminals are smarter than they look. Hee.
but that I think that when Bruce says, "Once you kill one person, it's a slippery slope," the truth is that once HE kills someone, it would be a slippery slope FOR HIM, but--as you say--that's not necessarily true for everybody. Just because Bruce is a giant ball of rage waiting to explode doesn't mean they ALL are. Heh. IMHO. But I'm not sure he sees that.
Yes. This. Not everybody is like you, Bruce! Some people don't feel angry all the time! (Um, or so I'm told. *cough*)
But at the same time, it's weird that they make such a big deal of it--it MAKES it an issue all the time.
Yeah. I mean, I get that it does make for lots of drama? But it's also kind of like, um, we know they're not going to do it - even the criminals know they're not going to do it - so it's kind of a false drama.
I think, with my ability to ignore the comics, part of what makes Jason interesting to me is where he's drawing his lines - a bag of drug dealers' severed heads = okay! but selling drugs to kids = bad! Like, clearly he has some mental calculus going on that fails on some level, but what nuances is he missing or does he just not care about? And how much of it is because he's overly emotional or doesn't think things through? And how do you know which Jason will show up on any given day?
And YAY, thank you for sharing the flail! And speaking of Dick being a cop, and Dick and Babs: NGGGH.
They are very hot.
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