I don't care so much about how old any of them are *now*, so much as working out how long passed between milestone events. Trying to line up milestone events next to each other -- sheer insanity.
Am I supposed to be changing my clothes a lot? Is that the helpful thing to do?
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§ ita § - Jul 05, 2004 8:42:30 am PDT #4588 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Michele T. - Jul 05, 2004 11:00:18 am PDT #4589 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Dick as a 24-year-old I can live with -- we can say he's a mature 24-y-o because of everything he's been through. So he was with Kory for basically, 17-21? and then Babs from 22-24? For a man-ho, he's kind of a serial monogamist!
ita, how can you work out how long passed between milestones without trying to line them up? Like, "it's been xnum years since NML in current continuity"?
§ ita § - Jul 05, 2004 11:01:47 am PDT #4590 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Like, "it's been xnum years since NML in current continuity"?
"Now" isn't a milestone event. And it hardly needs to be precise. But Bruce donning the cowl at 18 is very different from him donning it at 28. That's the sort of thing I like to have a sense of.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 05, 2004 12:57:28 pm PDT #4591 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
When Emerald Dawn came out more than a few years ago, it postulated a graying Hal Jordan as having been a super hero for 15 years (probably got his start within months of Superman and Batman emerging into the public eye).
§ ita § - Jul 05, 2004 5:34:28 pm PDT #4592 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm plowing through Batgirl (just finished #23), and I'm loving the things it's saying about Batman. I can't wait to find out if he's right about her or not. But I really think we've been shown he's not.
§ ita § - Jul 06, 2004 9:11:39 am PDT #4593 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, so I'm in love with Batgirl, and may start buying. What I hadn't realised is that when Connor says Cassie is his girlfriend he wasn't talking about Wonder Girl. Too confusing.
Steph L. - Jul 06, 2004 9:13:12 am PDT #4594 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
ita, he wasn't? Because in TT, it's pretty clear that they have the hots for each other.
P.M. Marc - Jul 06, 2004 9:13:33 am PDT #4595 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Ah. You've hit that part. While there was a short flirtation between Conner and Cass, Conner is now with Cassie, because he is a simple, simple clone, and this way he won't forget any names.
§ ita § - Jul 06, 2004 9:16:12 am PDT #4596 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I give up. I wasn't sure what that kiss meant as she was leaving Smallville.
Back to my original understanding then, lickety split. But has anything happened in TT between WG & SB? I thought BG was it because at least there's been the hint of stuff.
Oh! About Bruce Wayne, Murderer -- I gather it was Cain all along, but how did that play out in the comics that aren't BG? How did they work out who did it, and what's the status of Bruce Wayne in the real world right now?
Steph L. - Jul 06, 2004 9:19:46 am PDT #4597 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
In TT, Kon and Cassie kiss on the roof of Titans Tower in the first 3 or 4 issues. Which is interrupted by Wonder Woman showing up and tossing Kon off the roof, precipitating a TT/JLA rumble that gets broken up by Nightwing. It's a beautiful thing.