And now, a joke I should have used at your review of the Batman: Year One animated movie feature that I will never, ever again get the chance to use otherwise. *a-huh-hurm*
Once Jim left, Harvey frowned. He expected Gordon to take a closer look at him at some point; but no matter how you sliced it, it was a bothersome intrusion, anticipated or not. Harvey was a busy man, his work was important. He had eyes on him all the time. His statements, his deeds, his world view had made him an enemy in the eyes of quite a lot of people. He couldn't risk to have all his work ruined because of prying eyes. Not this time. Not when he finally had a shot at making a difference. He stood up from his desk, walking quietly to the north-west corner of his office. There was a fridge there. He opened it and took a good, long look at it's contents, before he reached out for the item right next to the earlier belongings of the Loch Ness hamster.
Man, I feel really dumb. Who's in the last panel? My instinct says Catwoman, but gee, I don't think there are enough cats for me to be sure. I mean, there are only two cat pillow cases, two cat plushies, a cat rug, a cat t-shirt, a real cat and she's saying "meow." WHO COULD IT BE? I JUST DON'T KNOW.
(Two to one odds she'll be in purple whenever she does finally show up, because oh my God that bedroom. Is she me at thirteen? No, wait, don't answer that, I already know. Also that pose screams "THIS EXACT POSITION WILL BE ECHOED IN THE FIRST PANEL OF THE NEXT BOOK" Which I'm cool with if I'm right, because I like that kind of visual continuity.)
So I finally figured out what bugs me about making Two-Face female, and it's...tied up in stuff I hadn't really though about and only just realized. You know all that slashy subtext that's sewn throughout Bruce and Harvey's friendship? The Kirk/Spock-type stuff? The tragic "I have to SAVE YOU D:<" "I'm not worth saving :((( *jumps off building*" stuff?
I would argue that writers these days - at least at DC - seem uncomfortable with friendships in general, given that they seem to go out of their way to subvert them whenever possible. Take Superman and Batman, for instance - a classic friendship; goes back decades. Even after it was partially derailed by the Crisis and the changing nature of the characters, they had a clear mutual respect for each other. Maybe they weren't best buddies anymore, but they were still friends. Now? They tolerate each other, and that's about it. Name me a recent Batman/Superman story that hasn't resulted in a fight. Heck, we're about to get a movie with both of them in it for the first time, but is it called 'Batman and Superman', or 'World's Finest' or anything like that? No, it's 'VS'. 'Batman VS Superman', because the gods only know we can't have our two flagship characters in a relationship of mutual respect
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I personally prefer Dent as someone who's not friends with Bruce but only has a relationship with Batman. BTAS did the opposite which is why I've never understood it's praise in the Harvey Dent department.
In all my mixed feelings towards Miller's DKR and Year One, what most annoys me is them being called Deconstructions, what the Earth One books are doing with Batman is a Deconstruction, or maybe a Reconstruction.
I Johns Teen Titans run and Infinite Crisis. I hate his Superman stuff he's done since Infinite Crisis. I'm not that into Flash of GL so I'll take they praise he gets form their fans at their word, though I would prefer Barry at least stayed dead. Are these books the only Batman solo stories he's written?
The Riddler is my biggest issue here, I suspect Alfred is going to grow into someone more like the Alfred we know.
Tim Drake is my favorite Male Robin.
I definitely like getting more Female versions of Iconic Characters. And I really respect them holding off on The Joker. I wonder who'll get this sibling treatment in the Wonder Woman Earth One series?
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Once Jim left, Harvey frowned. He expected Gordon to take a closer look at him at some point; but no matter how you sliced it, it was a bothersome intrusion, anticipated or not. Harvey was a busy man, his work was important. He had eyes on him all the time. His statements, his deeds, his world view had made him an enemy in the eyes of quite a lot of people. He couldn't risk to have all his work ruined because of prying eyes. Not this time. Not when he finally had a shot at making a difference.
He stood up from his desk, walking quietly to the north-west corner of his office. There was a fridge there. He opened it and took a good, long look at it's contents, before he reached out for the item right next to the earlier belongings of the Loch Ness hamster.
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(Two to one odds she'll be in purple whenever she does finally show up, because oh my God that bedroom. Is she me at thirteen? No, wait, don't answer that, I already know. Also that pose screams "THIS EXACT POSITION WILL BE ECHOED IN THE FIRST PANEL OF THE NEXT BOOK" Which I'm cool with if I'm right, because I like that kind of visual continuity.)
So I finally figured out what bugs me about making Two-Face female, and it's...tied up in stuff I hadn't really though about and only just realized. You know all that slashy subtext that's sewn throughout Bruce and Harvey's friendship? The Kirk/Spock-type stuff? The tragic "I have to SAVE YOU D:<" "I'm not worth saving :((( *jumps off building*" stuff?
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Now? They tolerate each other, and that's about it. Name me a recent Batman/Superman story that hasn't resulted in a fight. Heck, we're about to get a movie with both of them in it for the first time, but is it called 'Batman and Superman', or 'World's Finest' or anything like that? No, it's 'VS'. 'Batman VS Superman', because the gods only know we can't have our two flagship characters in a relationship of mutual respect ( ... )
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I Johns Teen Titans run and Infinite Crisis. I hate his Superman stuff he's done since Infinite Crisis. I'm not that into Flash of GL so I'll take they praise he gets form their fans at their word, though I would prefer Barry at least stayed dead. Are these books the only Batman solo stories he's written?
The Riddler is my biggest issue here, I suspect Alfred is going to grow into someone more like the Alfred we know.
Tim Drake is my favorite Male Robin.
I definitely like getting more Female versions of Iconic Characters. And I really respect them holding off on The Joker. I wonder who'll get this sibling treatment in the Wonder Woman Earth One series?
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