I'm not liking the Angie/Harry reveal at all, I must admit. I'll wait and see what happens, but the way it's done sets her up as a fall-guy for Harry's machinations, and I want my Angie to be more than just a ramification of somebody else's villainy arc.
Actually, I thought about it and realsied that I'd be equally turned off if it'd been Jack she kissed there. Something I very much liked about the Authority when Ellis first introduced them was that none of the women characters were shown with 'who they hooked up with' being remotely relevant. They were team members first, personalities second, and their love life just wasn't in the story beyond some cute backchat flirtation between Angie and Jack. It was so damn refreshing for the 'women characters = sex and soap opera' equation to just not be there at all. Making Angie kiss Harry at this point is just using her to make people go 'OMG Harry, what will happen when she finds out?!" In the first couple of issues, the ones that set the tone, I would rather see Angie walking on the moon and geeking out about how awesome technology and science are than being anybody's arm candy or dupe.
After further thought, I'm betting the Angie/Harry is to make it a more personal loss if/when Harry is killed off, which I think is pretty likely. [Slight future spoiler: The preview text for Stormwatch #5 has Midnighter fighting Harry.] That's still not a great justification, though. Not only are there other ways to make Harry's possible death matter, but like you say, I'd much rather see the focus on Angie be how awesome she is in her own right.
I am LOVING the cover for Stormwatch #5 and hoping Midnighter stomps him as much as it looks like he's stomping him, while the others sit around eating popcorn XD. I hadn't realised how much I'd been missing my fix of Midnighter ownage until I saw that!
The other thing I'm missing here, which again I've just remembered from Ellis' run, is the way Ellis passed the Bechdel Test before it even existed, by having Jenny and Angie talking as friends, without rivalry and not about their feelings for men, in the first damn issue. So far Angie has snarked about how she should be in charge and the Projectionist has hinted that she and Angie don't get on. Again, how novel would it be (even now) if they were BFFs instead of rivals?
I'm definitely looking forward to an awesome Midnighter fight!
Having recently re-read Ellis' first arc, I thought of mentioning Angie and Jenny's camaraderie in my previous comment, but you've done it for me! I don't remember too much interaction between Angie and Shen in Ellis' run, but Shen and Jenny had some great moments, too. And there's the part in the second arc where Jenny, Angie, and Shen head off together to kick ass and leave the boys on the Carrier by themselves.
. . . I really miss Ellis' run. While I have mixed feelings on Millar's Secret History of the Authority, I did like that one of the driving forces of the storyline was Jenny and Angie's friendship. And Angie and Shen had some great interaction in World's End. In the current run, Angie and Jenny Q are probably the best hope for amicable female interaction.
Overall, the current Stormwatch reminds me most of Revolution -- most of the team are at odds and in a highly stressful situation and you just know something's going to give.
Any Authority talk is good times for me, rants or not. :p
Also until now I'm slightly annoyed with Angie because she seems to be so bitchy in this incarnation. I've loved her short snark with Jenny but since then she went on to be annoying, stressing about things unnecessarily. She had a certain kind of innocence in Ellis run that I really liked about her, also she was all about her tech. I think Cornell is probably trying to write her as a cool beauty and I'm not so sure I like that. I's also probably only just because I love her so much T____T-
Actually, I thought about it and realsied that I'd be equally turned off if it'd been Jack she kissed there. Something I very much liked about the Authority when Ellis first introduced them was that none of the women characters were shown with 'who they hooked up with' being remotely relevant. They were team members first, personalities second, and their love life just wasn't in the story beyond some cute backchat flirtation between Angie and Jack. It was so damn refreshing for the 'women characters = sex and soap opera' equation to just not be there at all. Making Angie kiss Harry at this point is just using her to make people go 'OMG Harry, what will happen when she finds out?!" In the first couple of issues, the ones that set the tone, I would rather see Angie walking on the moon and geeking out about how awesome technology and science are than being anybody's arm candy or dupe.
Um, slight rant, sorry ;)
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After further thought, I'm betting the Angie/Harry is to make it a more personal loss if/when Harry is killed off, which I think is pretty likely. [Slight future spoiler: The preview text for Stormwatch #5 has Midnighter fighting Harry.] That's still not a great justification, though. Not only are there other ways to make Harry's possible death matter, but like you say, I'd much rather see the focus on Angie be how awesome she is in her own right.
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I am LOVING the cover for Stormwatch #5 and hoping Midnighter stomps him as much as it looks like he's stomping him, while the others sit around eating popcorn XD. I hadn't realised how much I'd been missing my fix of Midnighter ownage until I saw that!
The other thing I'm missing here, which again I've just remembered from Ellis' run, is the way Ellis passed the Bechdel Test before it even existed, by having Jenny and Angie talking as friends, without rivalry and not about their feelings for men, in the first damn issue. So far Angie has snarked about how she should be in charge and the Projectionist has hinted that she and Angie don't get on. Again, how novel would it be (even now) if they were BFFs instead of rivals?
The rant switch jams easily ;)
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Having recently re-read Ellis' first arc, I thought of mentioning Angie and Jenny's camaraderie in my previous comment, but you've done it for me! I don't remember too much interaction between Angie and Shen in Ellis' run, but Shen and Jenny had some great moments, too. And there's the part in the second arc where Jenny, Angie, and Shen head off together to kick ass and leave the boys on the Carrier by themselves.
. . . I really miss Ellis' run. While I have mixed feelings on Millar's Secret History of the Authority, I did like that one of the driving forces of the storyline was Jenny and Angie's friendship. And Angie and Shen had some great interaction in World's End. In the current run, Angie and Jenny Q are probably the best hope for amicable female interaction.
Overall, the current Stormwatch reminds me most of Revolution -- most of the team are at odds and in a highly stressful situation and you just know something's going to give.
Any Authority talk is good times for me, rants or not. :p
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Also until now I'm slightly annoyed with Angie because she seems to be so bitchy in this incarnation. I've loved her short snark with Jenny but since then she went on to be annoying, stressing about things unnecessarily. She had a certain kind of innocence in Ellis run that I really liked about her, also she was all about her tech. I think Cornell is probably trying to write her as a cool beauty and I'm not so sure I like that. I's also probably only just because I love her so much T____T-
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