Ita said this spoilery thing: I can't wait to see who else has been neutered.
Me either, but I'd place good money on the Flash's Rogues Gallery.
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victor infante - Jul 14, 2004 4:56:44 pm PDT #4843 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
§ ita § - Jul 14, 2004 5:01:54 pm PDT #4844 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Which kinda ties to my last wonderation -- does Flash's gallery share a similar profile? Like, are they dumber than most's?
CaBil - Jul 14, 2004 5:03:26 pm PDT #4845 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Oh, and Batman has a pretty clear Rogue's Gallery profile -- his is the most distinctively patterned of the major heroes, isn't it?
The Flash also has a fairly clear Rogue's gallery.
§ ita § - Jul 14, 2004 5:09:15 pm PDT #4846 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What kind of clear?
victor infante - Jul 14, 2004 5:11:14 pm PDT #4847 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Ita, Maybe some of them, like the Top and Capt. Boomerang, but really, I'd say any of the "whacky fun" villains of old are fair game, here--and nothing says "whacky fun" like Flash villains!
Holli - Jul 14, 2004 5:36:58 pm PDT #4848 of 10000
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Victor, I was thinking Captain Boomerang too, because he was so prominently featued in the Evil Roll Call pages. Plus, well, he's Captain Boomerang. If there's a more inherently ridiculous supervillain in the DC Universe, I've yet to see him .
askye - Jul 14, 2004 5:50:38 pm PDT #4849 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
So this week my pulls were: UXM, Identity Crisis, Teen Titans, Nightwing, Gotham Central.
I sat in the parking lot and read IC #2. I need to read it again and I have questions!
Also I love the last panel of UXM. I'm still not used to the differences though.
I didn't finish up with Gotham Central, as much as I like the comic I find the artwork very confusing and muddy and while I get it's supposed to be like that and add a feel to it, characters end up looking a like to me.
victor infante - Jul 14, 2004 5:52:14 pm PDT #4850 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Holli, I quite agree, although I liked him in the old Suicide Squad--but even there he was a loser. There's a lot of interesting possibilities out there--Chronos, the Calculator. Some of the other villains featured--Chesire, Phobia, Deadshot--have always been edgy and dangerous, so I doubt them, but who knows how far this goes?
shrift - Jul 14, 2004 7:47:54 pm PDT #4851 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I don't have intelligent commentary right now. Too tired. But quickly:
Regarding Kon's behavior in Teen Titans #13 -- Steph, didn't I tell you that this is already established as canon? Hee.
And I think some of you are going to have a fit over the whole
P-C, I'm not having fit. I just... didn't get it right away? And by that I mean I literally had to re-read and squint at the panels to try and figure out how they got from place A to spot B. I came to the conclusion that Catalina intentionally got him drunk and tried to do the elopement thing just so she could hold onto him a little longer, because she knew Dick's paralyzing guilt was fading. And really, y'know, I get why she'd try. Still, it felt rushed and like it didn't really cohere. That's what I'm not so crazy about.
§ ita § - Jul 14, 2004 7:59:14 pm PDT #4852 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought that she seemed way too self-aware to think she could get him to still want to marry her once the paperwork was done.
That was weird.