Oh, okay --that makes sense. (What about the other times that she was resurrected? Did we know about that?)
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sumi - Feb 19, 2006 7:13:50 pm PST #9207 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
§ ita § - Feb 19, 2006 7:17:17 pm PST #9208 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sumi, I was reacting to the way she called herself merely Cain at the end of the issue--I'm assuming that's what she's going by instead of Batgirl. As for the other resurrections, I'd assumed (loving that ass) Mummy Dearest was referring to the three times of giving her life as a) birth b) giving her back her ability to fight and c) the actual Lazarus pit resurrection.
Steph L. - Feb 19, 2006 7:20:58 pm PST #9209 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
You mean when Shiva said "I gave you life 3 times"? The first was, obviously, giving birth; the second was in the storyline where this empathic metahuman somehow rearranged things in Cass' brain so that verbal communication was less difficult for her (this is in the second TPB, IIRC), but the problem was that that messed up her ability to fight in that I-can-read-your-every-move way, so Shiva came to her and basically said, I can teach you to fight the way you used to, but if I do, you must agree to meet me in 1 year (I think it was a year -- or was it less?) and we fight to the death. Shiva actually did kill Cass, but used some weird mojo (or phlebotnum) to bring her back to life. And then the third time was this time, thanks to the Pit.
t edit Or, what ita said. With fewer words.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 20, 2006 5:01:11 am PST #9210 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Astounshing #13 out this week according to the Diamond Comics list.
sumi - Feb 20, 2006 5:30:51 am PST #9211 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Excellent.
Jon B. - Feb 20, 2006 7:40:06 am PST #9212 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Is Joss still writing that?
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2006 7:42:41 am PST #9213 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yup.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 20, 2006 7:44:54 am PST #9214 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hey Jon, happy birthday! Sorry I couldn't make the gathering, but I've been under the weather all weekend (and at work now - yuck).
t /natter
On topic: I think he's on board for another 12 issue run, at least.
esse - Feb 20, 2006 12:58:40 pm PST #9215 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
No way! I totally thought he gave it up after twelve. Damn.
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2006 1:09:44 pm PST #9216 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You should check out the podcast linked to above. It's quite interesting.