Comments | tm_cable: Breaking the 4th wall, Civil War Edition

tm_cable

Breaking the 4th wall, Civil War Edition

Jan 31, 2007 17:21

Oh, come on, you knew it was coming.

As a way of welcoming Iron Man and Captain America to the comm, this week's scans are from Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties of War. In this one, the boys take some time out from kicking each other's asses to sit down and actually talk. Before, in the climax of the book, kicking each other's asses.

( Behind the Cut: This is my kind of comic )

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shadeof_grey January 31 2007, 22:33:36 UTC

All right, I seem to be missing something. Like an overdose of testosterone. They're beating each other up in the present, and we're supposed to get all teary-eyed because they beat each other up differently in the past?

Also, Tony seems to be LYING to Cap about his identity. Cap doesn't even know Tony is Iron Man. Why the hell would you lie to your own teammates? It looks like this friendship, such as it is, has been based on deception and mutual aggression from the beginning. I'm not sure there's actually much of anything here worth salvaging. Frankly.

tm_cable January 31 2007, 22:34:02 UTC

*raises eyebrow*

So how are you and Emma getting along?

shadeof_grey January 31 2007, 22:35:30 UTC

How can you make that comparison? Emma and I have been teammates from time to time, but we've never been friends. As far as I know, she never wanted to be friends. We've never pretended we were friends.

It's completely different.

How are you and Deadpool getting along?

tm_cable January 31 2007, 22:40:46 UTC

What does my relationship with Deadpool have to do with anything?

We're divorced.

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red_eyed_sin February 1 2007, 00:49:24 UTC

I find it odd that Rogers is required to spar in his entire uniform, yet Stark is given normal clothing in which to fight.

I bet that was Tony's idea.

iron_tony February 1 2007, 01:03:01 UTC

For the last time. I was pretending NOT to be Iron Man.

For insurance reasons.

red_eyed_sin February 1 2007, 01:15:18 UTC

You were pretending not to be someone by looking like everyone else, even though no one would have known you were...?

I...all right, then. I am sure it made sense at the time. I'm sure it makes sense, now.

iron_tony February 2 2007, 04:58:38 UTC

For. . .insurance. . .reasons.

You know how you'll say to Matt Murdock, "Hey, do you have that CD I let you borrow?" and he says, "You didn't lend it me, you lent it Daredevil, and I'm not Daredevil." And then he gives you your CD? It was like that.

starspangledcap February 1 2007, 05:37:39 UTC

Noble as your sentiment is, I wouldn't hold your breath for reconciliation, Cable. Stark is a stubborn, stubborn man.

And since this is all meta and I can say this without it affecting anything else, I have to say that I take offense at the idea that Tony could even tie me in a fistfight. If a super-solder - a man at the peak of human efficiency who has spent years and years studying hand-to-hand combat - can't beat a drunk with a heart condition who spends all his time in a giant metal suit, what use is he?

shadeof_grey February 2 2007, 05:03:10 UTC

Umm, well, Cap. . .Steve? Not to state the obvious but wasn't that kind of a metaphor fight.

The whole comic is basically a slash story with that fistfight in place of a sex scene.

I'm just saying.

tm_cable February 2 2007, 05:06:09 UTC

MOTHER!

*Cable is rather appalled that Jean would recognize a slash story when she saw it. Mostly because it makes him worry what she's noticed about him and Wade.*

starspangledcap February 2 2007, 05:11:24 UTC

Well, I wouldn't want them putting a sex scene in a funny book for kids. Even if that is what really happened.

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stoic_slim February 1 2007, 07:10:11 UTC

Just kiss already!!!!

Sorry, the mun's been spending too much time over at scans_daily.

Utterly OOC tm_cable February 1 2007, 07:13:44 UTC

Awesome! Now we just have to start an argument about Grant Morrison!

Re: Utterly OOC stoic_slim February 1 2007, 07:18:08 UTC

I don't think we can, since I think we both didn't care for "New X-Men". I could shout "LAAAAAAAND", but I actually kinda like his stuff.

Re: Utterly OOC tm_cable February 1 2007, 07:23:16 UTC

The real question is, how do we get Warren Ellis's attention so that he will insult us? And I'm pretty sure Rachelmun LOVES Greg Land's stuff. And she likes Morrison. And so does Cap, just not enough to get crazy at us about it.

Now if we only had some pictures of naked Nazis. . .

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tm_darla February 1 2007, 07:20:46 UTC

*looks at the scans critically*

You know, either way, they're wearing far too much clothing when beating each other up. Clearly, Joss Whedon needs to write these titles, too. He'd have made them fight shirtless.

not bothering to log in, I'm too tired to get in character likeadeuce February 1 2007, 07:28:24 UTC

I'm pretty sure Joss mentioned having a story idea about Captain America, when they asked what other titles he would like to write. It was probably NOT "fights Tony Stark shirtless" but, then, that was before this issue came out.

Re: not bothering to log in, I'm too tired to get in character tm_darla February 1 2007, 07:40:26 UTC

IC and ooc: want to bet on that? *veg*

Re: not bothering to log in, I'm too tired to get in character likeadeuce February 1 2007, 07:41:52 UTC

He'd find a way to work it in.

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