Agent Carter episode 4 and comics-related whinging

Jan 28, 2015 17:32

Still absolutely loving Agent Carter.

Which is more than I can say for the Marvel Comics Universe at the moment.

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rahirah January 28 2015, 17:41:00 UTC
bombard writers, artists, editors, comic book review sites, even Joss and SMG, with outraged, abusive tweets, all written in capital letters

O_o

It's so nice when it's the other camp behaving like loons.

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infinitewhale January 28 2015, 18:50:05 UTC

Yeah, but it seems to work. :-/

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shapinglight January 28 2015, 19:11:22 UTC
You think so? Why?

My impression is (going by Allie and Brevoort) that comic book types react very badly to that kind of thing. You should see some of the stuff Brevoort comes out with.

Mind you, you should say some of the things people say to him.

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infinitewhale January 28 2015, 19:57:58 UTC

Regarding Joss and Allie, Bangel campaigns got them the Chosen kiss and I really doubt S8 would have gone like it did if not for their extremely vocal fanbase.

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kikimay January 28 2015, 17:50:02 UTC
Or maybe I should do what one of the nuttier Bangel 'shippers out there has done because of the Buffy/Spike kiss in Buffy season 10, and bombard writers, artists, editors, comic book review sites, even Joss and SMG, with outraged, abusive tweets, all written in capital letters?

What do you think?

I think I speak for everyone when I say ... HUH?

(This quote was needed, but really WTF?)

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shapinglight January 28 2015, 19:12:26 UTC
Yeah, someone really has done that on Twitter.

They have ten followers. I'm quite surprised it's that many.

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snickfic January 28 2015, 19:08:46 UTC
Hah, I also have mostly gone off Marvel these days. I have some subscriptions that I'm reading until they run out, but the only one I'm reading with enthusiasm is Ms. Marvel. It's all Image for me these days (and one DC outlier).

And I'll blog about Agent Carter as soon as I've watched it! I just haven't had time yet, and probably won't until tomorrow.

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shapinglight January 28 2015, 19:15:00 UTC
Yay!

You'll really enjoy it, I think.

I don't intend to replace Marvel with anything else. Never liked the DC universe anyway, and I'm just going to avoid anything else so as not to get sucked back in. ;)

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snickfic January 28 2015, 19:18:08 UTC
I've never had any enthusiasm for the DC verse in general, but I can't resist adorable teen girls having adventures at haunted boarding schools. :)

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shapinglight January 28 2015, 19:33:33 UTC
That sounds like the plot of an Enid Blyton book. ;)

ETA:

Sorry. That came across as rather rude and abrupt, which I didn't intend. Which book do you mean?

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beer_good_foamy January 28 2015, 20:48:15 UTC
some guy on a Buzzfeed article, who was moaning about how, why did no one tell him the show was about 'feminism, pure and simple', because if he'd known that he would never have watched it

Oh dear god. "Pure and simple" indeed.

Another good episode. "Is that pistol an automatic?"

bombard writers, artists, editors, comic book review sites, even Joss and SMG, with outraged, abusive tweets, all written in capital letters?

Some people must have had parents who gave them ice cream every time they screamed and kicked their heels as children...

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shapinglight January 29 2015, 15:55:41 UTC
Another good episode. "Is that pistol an automatic?"

Yeah, that was completely out of left field, wasn't it?

Or almost. I saw someone over on Dreamwidth speculating that Dottie was the person who killed Agent Kosminsky, so I was sort of keeping an eye on her and wasn't entirely surprised when she did what she did.

Some people must have had parents who gave them ice cream every time they screamed and kicked their heels as children...

That would explain a lot.

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yourlibrarian January 30 2015, 01:01:16 UTC
Mike and I were instantly suspicious of Dottie because she was introduced as a ballerina but she's much too tall.

Of course, I've also been suspicious of Angie and Daniel from the start too, but Daniel is seeming pretty unlikely after the latest episode.

Loki: Agent of Asgard

I haven't read any Marvel comics but I've got to say that's an intriguing book title :)

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shapinglight January 30 2015, 16:31:57 UTC
Mike and I were instantly suspicious of Dottie because she was introduced as a ballerina but she's much too tall.

That is a very good point. In fact, if you said that either on LJ and DW, it may well be you I was thinking of when I mentioned someone speculating about her.

Loki: Agent of Asgard is a terrific book. Unfortunately, though, like all Marvel books, the storyline will get hi-jacked periodically by one of their big comic book line-wide 'Events.'

Also, in order to understand it, you would have to read through an awful lot of back story.

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lonelybrit January 30 2015, 00:42:00 UTC
Ooh, they're cancelling Agent of Asgard? That'll be a shame, and I hadn't realised that Magneto had his own book but ditto for as (although I only know them really from the films) they are both wonderfully interesting "villains".

And am loving Agent Carter! I don't read the comics so am delightfully unspoiled as to who exactly these new characters are that keep on being unveiled/referenced, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it nevertheless. I will be so disappointed if it doesn't get a second season, but sadly I probably won't be very surprised given the various reports I'm seeing of how some 'fanboys' are reacting to the show.

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shapinglight January 30 2015, 16:41:17 UTC
Ooh, they're cancelling Agent of Asgard? That'll be a shame,

Well, probably. That's what I take from what the writer has said, though he certainly didn't say it flat out. And I could (and kind of hope that I am) be wrong. Both Loki and Magneto are involved in something called 'Last Days', which is supposed to lead up to, and run concurrently with, this Marvel alternate universe-smooshing event. Neither character may come out the other side, or if they do, they may not be the mainstream MCU versions of them, but one of the alternates, and all other versions will be cancelled out.

I'm very much afraid that the mainstream version of Magneto- the horribly damaged Holocaust survivor - is going to be replaced by one of these alternates - one with a much less emotionally loaded origin that will make it easier to turn him back into an outright villain.

Well, I never read any of the old Captain America comics where Peggy was his war time girlfriend, so the character is quite fresh for me too. I do know that she was American, not British, in ( ... )

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