You know, sometimes the problems I have with how female characters are treated in comics seem so nebulous and plentiful that they are hard to pin down and explain properly. ( But I found a way! Cut for length. )

[Er, this is another post that I apparently wrote and never posted. This is a fairly silly one, though, so don't mind me ( Read more... )

Here's the list from 10 character questions meme!

1. Barbara Gordon
2. Bruce Wayne
3. Charlie/Misfit
4. Dick Grayson
5. Ted Kord
6. Tim Drake
7. Stephanie Brown
8. Cassandra Cain
9. Alfred Pennyworth
10. Jim Gordon

(Okay, so they're mostly Bat characters...)

( Answers, ho! Cut for length. )

This post, and all the discussions about the new Batgirl costume, just reminded me that I've seen a number of people complain about Cassandra Cain's Batgirl costume because of the "creepy fetish mask ( Read more... )

( cut for length and pics: contains minor fangirling for JUSTICE! )

The new Batgirl comic is coming out this Wednesday.

You know what's funny? The fact that the biggest mystery in all this bat-business of late has been who will be Batgirl, not Batman. Most people assumed the new Batman would be Dick Grayson, and pretty much everyone knows that Bruce Wayne will be back at some point. Batgirl's fate, no matter who ( Read more... )

LOL, I'm sorry, I can't help it. I'm reacting to this rumour that Miley Cyrus is lobbying for the part of Batgirl.

Do I want Miley Cyrus to play Batgirl? Er...not really. (Although I do say that with never having seen her act in anything.) I would dearly love to see Barbara Gordon as a character in the sequel to Dark Knight, but I'm not sure I can ( Read more... )

(Yeah, I'm just gonna keep on spamming you tonight, flist. I've got a crapload of posts I've been meaning to do for a while.)

( If it were up to ME, blah blah blah )

This was a longish comment I left on S_D, in response to what I perceived to be the suggestion that Batman is either campy silliness or grim!dark, and that between those two grim!dark is preferable and thus Robin is a no-go. I really dislike the idea that there can only be those two options, and I think the introduction of Robin is an important ( Read more... )