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Tweak says, "trout a la creme"

mysteryfan (mysteryfan) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-07 14:11:00

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char: alfred pennyworth, char: batman/dick grayson, char: robin/damian wayne, creator: grant morrison, creator: jonathan glapion, creator: philip tan, publisher: dc comics, title: batman and robin

Spoilers! Batman and Robin #5

Enjoyed parts of the issue, but I'm wondering why it's apparently important for Dick to be suddenly proclaiming himself 'not so smart with business', these last two issues, even though he's able to be a great detective and grew up with Bruce from the age of 8 or 10. Also, is this Jason Todd 1 or Jason Todd 2?

Edited to add: Just FYI, I was commenting on the dye job choice. Pre-Crisis Jason Todd did not have red hair. He had blond hair.

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	zordboy 2009-10-08 12:54 am UTC (link)
	"Let me be clear: you're saying "this is bad writing, but if I squint, I can enjoy it anyway..." Actually, it sounds like he's saying, "this is bad writing if you have an-encyclopedia-like knowledge of stories that were written 20 years before you were born. If not, it's fine." Which I'm okay with, frankly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-10-08 01:11 am UTC (link)
	Except that you don't need an encyclopedic knowledge to know things like Jason's hair color. (Reply to this) (Parent)

bluefall
2009-10-08 01:11 am UTC (link)

That's a fascinating definition of "bad writing."

Last I heard, bad writing was a property, not a conditional. If something is bad writing, it's bad writing. It doesn't magically become not bad writing if the reader happens to have the fortune of the necessary ignorance to not notice. That's like saying potato chips are health food because they don't make starving children obese.

And the basic, fundamental facts of major stories written mere months prior or consistent characterizations that have spanned decades and remained solid in every appearance of a character hardly qualify as "encyclopedia-like knowledge of stories written 20 years before you were born."

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	sistermagpie 2009-10-08 01:22 am UTC (link)
	I wouldn't say encyclopedic, actually. A character having black hair yesterday, for instance, doesn't require encyclopedic knowledge. In fact, that moment is more like a reward for close readers. If you have the knowledge you get why this random thing comes from. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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