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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.
sumi - Apr 06, 2006 9:11:17 am PDT #9301 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 06, 2006 10:19:55 am PDT #9302 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
Me, I'm just wondering how Superboy Prime, who'd been shown to have the same essential upbringing and heroic outlook as the Earth-1 Superman prior to this series, turned into a psychotic, murderous, whiny five-year-old despite the influence of Earth-2's Superman and Lois over the past 21 years .
Steph L. - Apr 06, 2006 10:25:02 am PDT #9303 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Matt, I suspect that Alex messed with Superboy-Prime's head (not literally; in a Yoko Factor headgames way) while Earth-2 Supes was preoccupied with Lois being ill and dying. In fact, that's the reason that Alex gave for the ease with which he and SPB were able to slip away from their fortress thingie, so I just extrapolated that he also used Supes' preoccupation as an opportunity to fuck with SPB's mental state.
Kalshane - Apr 06, 2006 10:28:56 am PDT #9304 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
My interpretation was the same as Steph's. Plus, I think his fight with the Titans in #4(?) completely unhinged him.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 06, 2006 10:32:55 am PDT #9305 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
But there were signs of the weird regressive behavior before that fight, and of his jealous resentment/hostility toward Kon as well. I just guess I don't see someone raised by the Kents as cracking in the particular way he's been shown to .
Hmm, perhaps the fact that HIS Kents got whited out with Earth-Prime in the Crisis and he never got the chance to deal with that could be a factor.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Apr 06, 2006 10:33:28 am PDT #9306 of 10000
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Yup, I'm with Kalshane on the unhinging in #4.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Apr 06, 2006 10:34:36 am PDT #9307 of 10000
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Matt, I also think that tedium and jealousy play a part.
Kalshane - Apr 06, 2006 10:40:26 am PDT #9308 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Matt, well, he did lose everything he knew and cared for and he felt as if all of it, including himself, was replaced by a cheap copy. So, I can see the resentment. Plus, Steph's suggested mind-poisoning by Alexander on top of it and I can see how he was more or less pushed to the breaking point. Then the fight with the Titans happened, he killed someone (albeit accidently) and suddenly he was "worse" than his ursurper and he completely lost it.
(I'm confused as to what should and shouldn't be white-fonted, since we're discussing stuff from 2 issues ago.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 06, 2006 10:42:55 am PDT #9309 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
I've probably been over-cautious in my whitefonting since I don't have previous issues here with me. I guess there haven't been any new signs of wackiness on Superboy Prime's part that hadn't already been shown in #4.
victor infante - Apr 06, 2006 10:45:53 am PDT #9310 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I think people confused about Superboy Prime need to read the Infinite Crisis Secret Files, which -- aside from the utter stupidity of tshowing how SP's tantrums caused him to get mad and hit time, thus changing DC continuity (Dear God, that was lame) does a pretty good job of outlining how SP came to lose it -- from watching his parents and girlfriend die in the Crisis to utter isolation in their haven, to growing, bitter resentment watching things unfold on Earth. He was messed up. And also, his parents WEREN'T Ma and Pa Kent, they just had the same last name.