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[nikkie_chan]

Maddie currently looks like a drown rat... I took her outside and she ZEROED IN on a dead bird in the yard, tore off to it and began rolling around on it. Yuck. Now Mommy and Daddy are giving her a bath, and Aunt Nikkie is giggling because her little bug (my nickname for Maddie because she's tiny) looks all sad and stringy.

In other news today's

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[regalblaze]

DC isn't much better, IMHO. Honestly, it isn't bad to let a dead character stay dead! ... And if you have to bring Bruce Wayne back (which is inevitable), couldn't you do something like "stuck in an alternate universe" and make it... idk, classy?

Sorry, comic book rant there, but I honestly agree with you. I am tired of books pulling deux ex machinas from nowhere.

[nikkie_chan]

Pfft, don't apologize, I love talking about this stuff! And I share your frustrations. I just think it would be best if writers, I dunno... thought about the long term results of their story arcs and then dealt with the after-effects. Resurrection from death may have been shocking at one point in literary history, but what do comic book fans nowadays do when characters get killed off? Usually, start taking bets on how long it will be until they come back.

Bottom line: it's been done. It's no longer surprising and from what I gather from talking to other comic book buffs, usually has the exact opposite effect of what they writers were going for. It usually makes them less popular and likable, don't you think?

[regalblaze]

No kidding. When Ted Kord died and got replaced with Jaime, fans were not only upset because "omigod Jaime's Hispanic!! Captain Ethnic!" but also because... uh, people loved Ted. (I think he's being revived pretty soon, if current storylines say anything... which only further proves your point.)

I agree very much with what you're saying. If someone dies, it's more surprising if they stay dead. As I like to say, "the only people that stay dead in comic book land are Thomas and Martha Wayne and Uncle Ben." I just want a comic book that honestly dealt with coping mechanisms. It makes other stuff seem so much more cheap if they can pull excuses out of a hat.

Going slightly off-topic here, but I was musing about Oracle/Barbara Gordon the other day. In her universe, coming out of paralysis is normal for superheroes (the current Robin even got a new spine. idk how, but he did)... and yet, she chooses to remain in her wheelchair. I get the "real life" repercussions DC would have if they chose to fix her condition, but her decision seems

[nikkie_chan]

...that registers as odd and confusing to me. What does it matter if Jaime's Hispanic? I can understand being sad that Ted had died, but... the rest? ...weird, I guess...

"The only people that stay dead in comic book land are Thomas and Martha Wayne and Uncle Ben." XD You deserve a cookie for that. I wish I could reach through the computer and give you one.

The thing that always struck me as odd about Barbara/Oracle's condition is... well, I was under the impression that it wasn't actually CANON but they went with it anyway. Didn't all that happen in a one shot comic dictated by Neil Gaiman? As far as I'm aware, none of the OTHER things that happen in that comic are regarded as canon. I think, I could be TOTALLY off base with this, but didn't they kind of disregard all of the proposed background of The Joker in that comic?