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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.


§ ita § - Dec 29, 2004 8:55:54 am PST #7096 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

We're not used to thinking about if we're happy or not, I believe.

I think about whether I'm happy or not all the time. Being quizzed on it by someone who doesn't even know the underpinnings of my psyche? I'd find it presumptuous/intrusive. I'm not going into details of my physical health with them either.


DXMachina - Dec 29, 2004 9:05:47 am PST #7097 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I think about whether I'm happy or not all the time. Being quizzed on it by someone who doesn't even know the underpinnings of my psyche? I'd find it presumptuous/intrusive. I'm not going into details of my physical health with them either.

I'm with ita. It's nobody's damn business but mine.


Steph L. - Dec 29, 2004 4:34:25 pm PST #7098 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

So. Teen Titans #19: time-travel stories make my head hurt.

You know it's an AU when cabdrivers in NYC are nice to pedestrians. Apparently "The East" = Pleasantville, 2014.

Dude, Captain Marvel Junior is a DORK! "We have cupcakes and milk if you're hungry. I made them myself!" Dork dork dorkity dork.

Starfire is with Nightwing in the future?!? (Hmmm. I like Dick with Babs more.) Is this going to happen in Outsiders? Hmmm. I don't know what I think about that.

The 2-page spread of the fight is gorgeous. Kid Flashes everywhere!

I'm such an unrepentant Tim fangirl that I didn't even notice until this issue how damned much I love the way that Geoff Johns writes Kon, exemplified in this exchange --

Robin [to Kon]: "You cool?"
Kon: "Dude. Batman sucks. You rock."

::snerk:: Kon's kind of a tool, but he's also the most typically teen of the Titans. (Plus, I like to think that "you rock" is Kryptonian for "please remove your clothing.")

Here's where my willing disbelief can no longer be suspended -- Kon could NEVER fit into one of Tim's shirts. I think it was a thinly veiled attempt to take his shirt off in Tim's room. Plus, the pure porn of the handclasp -- I think it was an impromptu Kryptonian handfasting ceremony.


esse - Dec 29, 2004 4:48:39 pm PST #7099 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

The Starfire thing--gag me with a spoon.

Kon is a tool, and there's no way he'd fit into a Tim shirt. He's like twice Tim's size.


§ ita § - Dec 30, 2004 4:47:21 am PST #7100 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have great old school love for Kory and Nightwing. I'm not mad at that.

How did you feel about this week's Batgirl, Steph? I felt the cessation of Tim/Cass was a bit abrupt, but I really like the last panel. That's my girl.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2004 5:15:30 am PST #7101 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

Here's where my willing disbelief can no longer be suspended

I've seen that happen though. My hockey playing pal once went out clubbing with me wearing a T-shirt his girlfriend had bought for her little brother, whom he outweighed and out-muscled by about 50 pounds. It worked for him. And for lots of people who saw him at the club .


Steph L. - Dec 30, 2004 5:42:36 am PST #7102 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

How did you feel about this week's Batgirl, Steph?

Heh. Today was going to be my day to make my big squeeing post about Batgirl. I didn't expect the Tim/Cass to happen just *yet* -- I can't picture those two falling into the grief-related H/C nookie -- but I do think it'll happen. Or, okay, maybe I just really want it to. But they're both in Bludhaven for the time being, so they're going to cross paths, no doubt.

I'm going to keep reading Batgirl, but I am so over the Robin title. Which sucks, because Timmay is my main man. But Willingham (say it with me) delenda est.

Other thoughts:

Day-um, angry rage-filled Tim! Granted, it's totally understandable, and yet -- he's Cipher Boy. I love that it took a staged fight for him to let loose with even a little of it.

And, DAMN, he SHOT Batgirl!!! He fucking SHOT her! I'm sure that Tim knows better than anyone what a Bat-suit can handle, but still. He didn't even hesitate, and Cass -- good god. She knew what he was going to do, through the whole fight, and then took it up a notch. (Because didn't Tim say that he didn't know Cass could STOP HER FREAKING HEART, or am I misremembering?)

And -- two for flinching! I remember the issue of Batgirl where she and Steph had that "My dad sucks," "My dad sucks WORSE" conversation. I really liked that bit of continuity.

I also liked the symmetry of Cass stitching up Tim at the beginning of this wee crossover, and then Tim stitching up Cass at the end.


Steph L. - Dec 30, 2004 6:23:03 am PST #7103 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Also, today's Dork Tower seems appropriate for this thread....


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2004 6:29:54 am PST #7104 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

Talk about appropriate...


Steph L. - Dec 30, 2004 6:37:49 am PST #7105 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Talk about appropriate...

Heh. Story of my life. It's dangerous working next door to a Half-Price Books. Particularly since they started carrying comics.