i'm not gonna get too sentimental
I'd write about my responses to reading more Captain America but since they mostly consist of high-pitched squeaking and cries of "Bucky!" I don't think it'd be very useful to anyone. ♥BUCKY♥
Though I have to say, whoever cast Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark was even more of a genius than I thought, because I don't know that anyone else could have made him palatable. In what little I've read of him in the comics, he's even douchier than I expected. (Possibly this is because of Civil War, an issue he is on the wrong, wrong side of. While I didn't want Bucky to succeed in killing him after Cap "died," I wouldn't have minded him beating Tony up a bit. IJS.) Also, surprisingly, or maybe not, I kind of dig Bucky/Natalia. I especially like that he refers to her as his best friend - I think the line that really delighted me was "I could be at home in bed with my best friend." - despite my kneejerk response of "But Steve is your best friend!" (because obviously, Steve is his boyfriend mentor/big brother/everything else.) (Otoh, I didn't warm to Steve/Sharon very much; I'm not sure why. Though I did honestly feel terrible for her, despite loathing that particular trope. I mean the miscarriage. I kind of figured they weren't going to let her have Steve's kid, so it was just a question of how/when she would lose the baby, and ugh Sin. Can she and her gross boyfriend just go away already?)
Also, do they really kill Bucky off again? Is it for good or is he going to come back? Because I don't get it. Why bring back one of the only comics characters nobody expected to ever be revived, do it in a really intriguing way, and then kill him off again? I mean, if it had been a one-shot Monkey's Paw kind of thing, I could understand it ("what's dead should stay dead") but he's having a fantastic arc. And I'm not saying that just because I really like him. Why go through all that work - because apparently, people were very upset at discovering Bucky was the Winter Soldier - only to kill him off again? I do not understand you, comics. I just don't.
On the other hand, so far, I have to say that comic I linked to the other day was right. Even with that spoiler, Bucky's still having a better resurrection than Jason. Jason got a fabulously moving return and then has basically been handled badly. *pets Jason* Maybe he'll be the one character who actually benefits from the stupid reboot. About which we are not speaking right now because I can't even.
In other comics news, Mightygodking sorts the JLA into Hogwarts houses (thanks to
cofax7 for the link), and I get that some people might have a hard time with this, but really and truly, Batman is Slytherin. No. He is. You can make an argument for Ravenclaw (MGK does), but you would be wrong. This is a guy who has contingency plans for taking out every one of his teammates. Who has likely trained his own proteges to take him out if necessary. Who has worked and trained and molded himself into the closest thing a person without superpowers can get to the perfect weapon in order to avenge his parents and protect his city. That is ambition and cunning honed to a very fine point. That is Slytherin. I don't mean it in a pejorative sense at all. Bruce Wayne would be the apotheosis of the good Slytherin.
I also find it hilarious that some people refuse to see Dick as a Hufflepuff, when he so clearly is. I mean, sure he could have been in Gryffindor, but he would choose to be Hufflepuff. Jason & Steph are Gryffindor; Babs and Tim are Ravenclaw; Damian is Slytherin like his parents; Cass is in Hufflepuff with Dick. You know it's true.
If it sounds like I've put a lot of thought into this, well, while I was writing "Ink for Yourself," there's that bit where Clark says, "I don't think [Kon] is going to join Voldemort," and
snacky and I came up with this whole story about how Clark is a huge Harry Potter fan and has sorted all his colleagues (in his head while sitting through one of Bruce's interminable powerpoint presentations on not causing international incidents diplomacy) and while the books were coming out, he was all, "DO NOT SPOIL ME!"
There's a reason I have a tag for "we make our own fun."
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Though I have to say, whoever cast Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark was even more of a genius than I thought, because I don't know that anyone else could have made him palatable. In what little I've read of him in the comics, he's even douchier than I expected. (Possibly this is because of Civil War, an issue he is on the wrong, wrong side of. While I didn't want Bucky to succeed in killing him after Cap "died," I wouldn't have minded him beating Tony up a bit. IJS.) Also, surprisingly, or maybe not, I kind of dig Bucky/Natalia. I especially like that he refers to her as his best friend - I think the line that really delighted me was "I could be at home in bed with my best friend." - despite my kneejerk response of "But Steve is your best friend!" (because obviously, Steve is his boyfriend mentor/big brother/everything else.) (Otoh, I didn't warm to Steve/Sharon very much; I'm not sure why. Though I did honestly feel terrible for her, despite loathing that particular trope. I mean the miscarriage. I kind of figured they weren't going to let her have Steve's kid, so it was just a question of how/when she would lose the baby, and ugh Sin. Can she and her gross boyfriend just go away already?)
Also, do they really kill Bucky off again? Is it for good or is he going to come back? Because I don't get it. Why bring back one of the only comics characters nobody expected to ever be revived, do it in a really intriguing way, and then kill him off again? I mean, if it had been a one-shot Monkey's Paw kind of thing, I could understand it ("what's dead should stay dead") but he's having a fantastic arc. And I'm not saying that just because I really like him. Why go through all that work - because apparently, people were very upset at discovering Bucky was the Winter Soldier - only to kill him off again? I do not understand you, comics. I just don't.
On the other hand, so far, I have to say that comic I linked to the other day was right. Even with that spoiler, Bucky's still having a better resurrection than Jason. Jason got a fabulously moving return and then has basically been handled badly. *pets Jason* Maybe he'll be the one character who actually benefits from the stupid reboot. About which we are not speaking right now because I can't even.
In other comics news, Mightygodking sorts the JLA into Hogwarts houses (thanks to
cofax7 for the link), and I get that some people might have a hard time with this, but really and truly, Batman is Slytherin. No. He is. You can make an argument for Ravenclaw (MGK does), but you would be wrong. This is a guy who has contingency plans for taking out every one of his teammates. Who has likely trained his own proteges to take him out if necessary. Who has worked and trained and molded himself into the closest thing a person without superpowers can get to the perfect weapon in order to avenge his parents and protect his city. That is ambition and cunning honed to a very fine point. That is Slytherin. I don't mean it in a pejorative sense at all. Bruce Wayne would be the apotheosis of the good Slytherin.
I also find it hilarious that some people refuse to see Dick as a Hufflepuff, when he so clearly is. I mean, sure he could have been in Gryffindor, but he would choose to be Hufflepuff. Jason & Steph are Gryffindor; Babs and Tim are Ravenclaw; Damian is Slytherin like his parents; Cass is in Hufflepuff with Dick. You know it's true.
If it sounds like I've put a lot of thought into this, well, while I was writing "Ink for Yourself," there's that bit where Clark says, "I don't think [Kon] is going to join Voldemort," and
snacky and I came up with this whole story about how Clark is a huge Harry Potter fan and has sorted all his colleagues (in his head while sitting through one of Bruce's interminable powerpoint presentations on not causing international incidents diplomacy) and while the books were coming out, he was all, "DO NOT SPOIL ME!"
There's a reason I have a tag for "we make our own fun."
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people have commented there.