You're right..
Absolutely! I'm sure Van Lente will have learned a lesson in this, in how people can interpret ambigious events in his writing, (and his comments..) in the worst possible light.
Sorry Cleome45 i should have really have put something in that last post saying that last night, but I wrote this reply when I was going to bed, and I think I was so tired and grouchy that I didn't express some of the points I was trying to make very well.
But what I was getting at, was more the way some folks seemed determined to try and find fault with all the recent issues, and try to read the worst into every example they could find.
The thing is, you know that old saying 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' well the converse/opposite is true also. As all art, (yeah even comic books,) is subjective. And if people try their damndest to find fault with it, to infer moral failings and sinister motives in the writing, then of course they will find it. Because that's what they're bringning to bear when they approach the issue. They're projecting that into it, and when what they see doesn't fit whatever they're looking for exactly, they seem to disregard that in favour of trying to find a way to fit it into their targeted criticisms. (All the-'"Let's assume the absolute worst case scenario here, and Oh, let's hunt around and find a definition/example of rape that fits this so we accuse Marvel of this..etc etc..)
I just think people need to try and put themselves on the other side of this. The people writing these stories are doing so because they are fans. They're certainly not in it for any longterm financial career goals. (Since this is one of the few jobs where older writers/artist are pretty much dependent on charity to survive..)And there's certainly not much in the way of job security in it. So they're obviously doing it to create enjoyment, when they could probably be making a darn better wage, with better prospects elsewhere. And yet, every issue rather than people appreciating the effort and work they put into providing us with said entertainment, it seems like they have some folks hovering around like a pack of vultures ready to pick apart what they're doing and try and find something to get really upset over. And I just don't understand why people are like that. Because it must get pretty demoralizing to be on the other side of this, and have everything you do savaged, and people jumping the gun to accuse you of all sorts of things in the writing, without even waiting to see how it all pans out out.
Because like somebody else mentioned, there are only so many pages in a comic book. And I think if people had been just a little bit more patient, and not so quick to jump in there with the accusations, then all this whole mess could have been avoided. Without people getting so upset, when instead they could have been spending their time just having fun here, posting things that they do enjoy, that actually has brought a smile to their face..
However if people want to go looking for things that upset them, then inevitably they will find it. But I just don't understand why they would want to? (Shrugs.)