I would definitely be interested in hearing what you have to say about Birds of Prey mainly because I really want to like it but have never been able to get into it, which may just be a function of reading the wrong arcs? I think part of it is that - please don't hurt me! - I've never been a huge Huntress fan. I don't hate her or anything, but Oracle's quiet competence and Black Canary's...aggressively joyful stance on things are more my thing. And the arcs I recall reading was firstly some story where it turns out Oracle has been trying to psychologically manipulate/fix everyone in the team (or possibly just Huntress? It was a while ago?) which didn't quite sit right with me somehow - I don't know, possibly just because it was the very first thing I read. And then the other arcs I've read were the ones when Black Canary left for child-related, marriage-related, editorially-mandated reasons and the Secret Six crossover which was actually pretty cool but not enough to really make me want to jump all over BoP, possibly because Spy Smasher was...really damn annoying. Although obviously intended to be.
So like, I think me and BoP have had an unfortunate series of bad first dates? I'd definitely be interested in hearing your take on it.
Regarding the picture in your icon, though, dude, that writer sounds like a total douche. I really don't think there's any way to read his instructions to the artist that aren't blatantly homophobic. I like to think the artist deliberately "misunderstood". I'm not sure if I want to believe that the writer never realised what had happened or almost died of apoplexy.
In Final Wonder Woman News, you've seen they're going back to the pantsless design? Again, I have mixed feelings. I've actually come around to her bathing suit costume, because I now view it as BARBARIAN GARB, like Conan or something, for Grecian Wrestling and such. But I know it puts off some people. But just adding trousers doesn't really do much to, well, brand what kind of character she is. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I wish they would just put her in armour. She always looks amazing in it. Even the skimpy totally valid for a superheroine in today's comics climate variety.
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So like, I think me and BoP have had an unfortunate series of bad first dates? I'd definitely be interested in hearing your take on it.
Regarding the picture in your icon, though, dude, that writer sounds like a total douche. I really don't think there's any way to read his instructions to the artist that aren't blatantly homophobic. I like to think the artist deliberately "misunderstood". I'm not sure if I want to believe that the writer never realised what had happened or almost died of apoplexy.
In Final Wonder Woman News, you've seen they're going back to the pantsless design? Again, I have mixed feelings. I've actually come around to her bathing suit costume, because I now view it as BARBARIAN GARB, like Conan or something, for Grecian Wrestling and such. But I know it puts off some people. But just adding trousers doesn't really do much to, well, brand what kind of character she is. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I wish they would just put her in armour. She always looks amazing in it. Even the skimpy totally valid for a superheroine in today's comics climate variety.