Making Tim Drake never have been Robin is akin to treason in my eyes.
Guess I need to find a good jumping-on point for Marvel now.
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Steph L. - Sep 19, 2012 12:43:49 pm PDT #4356 of 5059
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Polter-Cow - Sep 19, 2012 12:57:17 pm PDT #4357 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hey, let's get you into Daredevil!
Atropa - Sep 19, 2012 3:23:38 pm PDT #4358 of 5059
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Making Tim Drake never have been Robin is akin to treason in my eyes.
WHAT?! No, seriously, what? DC hasn't gone that completely insane, have they?
Polter-Cow - Sep 19, 2012 3:53:01 pm PDT #4359 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Didn't they go back on that and say, wait, no, Tim Drake was totally Robin, it's just that Bruce went through three Robins in, like, two years or something?
Steph L. - Sep 19, 2012 4:44:06 pm PDT #4360 of 5059
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
No, I'm pretty sure he was never "Robin," but the retcon is that he apparently worked with Batman as "Red Robin."
NOT THE SAME THING, DC. Taste my hate.
Here's one link, but it's from July: [link]
And another: [link]
I'm not okay with this. Deeply not okay.
§ ita § - Sep 19, 2012 5:09:41 pm PDT #4361 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, good god. What huge sloppy fuckups (that used to be floppy suckups, which is a whole different vibe...)
Like, seriously, THE REASON YOU HAVE TO CHANGE IT WAS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SUCK ENOUGH THE FIRST TIME.
I'm still pissy about the Cass stuff, so you know...
Steph L. - Sep 19, 2012 5:11:56 pm PDT #4362 of 5059
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I'm still pissy about the Cass stuff, so you know...
I'm re-reading the Bruce Wayne: Murderer/Fugitive TPBs right now, and I forgot how much wonderful Cass stuff is in there. (Or, actually, that the whole impetus behind Cain framing Bruce was because of Cass. Which is sort of fantastic and sort of not.)
Atropa - Sep 19, 2012 5:14:37 pm PDT #4363 of 5059
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
So DC are being complete clueless tools. Good to know.
I'm still pissy about the Cass stuff, so you know...
Hmmph. Yes, that too.
Tom Scola - Sep 30, 2012 5:34:04 am PDT #4364 of 5059
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Young Justice is back! Can I just say that I’m loving how totally fucked up the Roy Harpers are?
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2012 8:25:22 am PDT #4365 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Was that Jason Todd's image in the underground cavern? If so, how does he fit into the canon of the group? Timelines feel a bit tight, but I guess they don't have to be realistic, because the show hardly is. Stil...