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drsevarius (drsevarius) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-16 01:44:00

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char: black canary/dinah lance, char: cupid, char: green arrow/oliver queen, char: lian harper, char: speedy/mia dearden, creator: andrew kreisberg, creator: bill sienkiewicz, creator: mike norton, creator: renato guedes, title: green arrow/black canary

Green Arrow/Black Canary #26

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	runespoor7 2009-10-16 06:05 am UTC (link)
	CAN WE STOP WITH THE RAPES AND THE FEMALE VILLAINS BEING SEXUAL PREDATORS. Also I don't think Mia looks like Mia. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	shadowpsykie 2009-10-16 06:10 am UTC (link)
	while i agree that women can be sexual predators as much as men (and really its a fascinating twist from the Male sexual predator) ummm yeah.... we get it already.... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluefall 2009-10-16 06:12 am UTC (link)
	Didn't Ollie save her from a rape, and that's why she's all obsessed with him? Is this supposed to be some kind of bizarre irony or something? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	drsevarius 2009-10-16 06:14 am UTC (link)
	I'm not sure we know why she's obsessed with him. When did we see him rescue her from getting raped? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-10-16 06:20 am UTC (link)
	No, wait, I lied, he rescued her from getting beaten. It's a flashback at the very tail end of #15, and again at the end of #16 when she's all delirious and slicing herself up with arrows. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aaron_bourque 2009-10-16 08:07 am UTC (link)
	Which is worse? Old, tired retread cliches badly handled? Or new plots badly handled? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thebigapricot 2009-10-16 10:50 am UTC (link)
	Well it kinda looks like Mia if Mia is supposed to be about 45 years old now. Her neck had wrinkles in one panel. The whole thing is just awful. (Reply to this) (Parent)

zordboy
2009-10-16 12:18 pm UTC (link)

In fact, on that...

Can we just *quit* with rapes and sexual violence in comics altogether?

Or at least, can we have a total ban for a few months on, "We can take turns with Supergirl!" or "I've been retconned into being a rapist!" or "I want to fight Power Girl just so I can do her!" and similar?

Can the whole industry just *stop* for a little whole? Yeah, I get it, villains are evil and that bleeds into their sex lives as well. But after a point, it's just tacky.

Note to DC and Marvel -- you passed that point several Crises ago.

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brandiweed.livejournal.com
2009-10-16 01:39 pm UTC (link)

Can we just *quit* with rapes and sexual violence in comics altogether?

But it's so mature. Everyone knows that comics should tackle Deep Adult Issues like killin', rape, rapey killin', and sympathetic characters introduced for the sole purpose of having them raped, killed, and/or eaten, not necessarily in that order.

(Hey, whaddaya know, the Font of Sarcasm works here, too.)

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zordboy
2009-10-16 03:52 pm UTC (link)

I know it's cool to hate on Morrison at the moment, but he said it himself when he wrote himself into Animal Man #26. "It was done to make comics more adult. God help us all if *that's* what 'more adult' means."

(as wacky as the guy is, that is the reason I'll never not like him)

And it's just so tiring. It's done for shock value, but when it's shoved down your throat for so long, all it does is desensitize people. Which is the antithesis of shocking people into giving you their attention (and money).

I'm enjoying Blackest Night (even with all the gore, which I'm not normally keen on, even though yes, I knew this was a zombie story going in), but honestly? I'm at the point where, once that story wraps up, I'm out. Come and get me when the funny books have *stopped* trying to be cool and hip and adult and mature?

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	fredneil.livejournal.com 2009-10-16 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	I like that quote, but everything else I've seen by him here makes me think "That's the same guy who said that thing I liked in Animal Man?" (Reply to this) (Parent)

timgueguen
2009-10-17 05:50 am UTC (link)

Yeah, I get it, villains are evil and that bleeds into their sex lives as well. But after a point, it's just tacky.

Over on Fanficrants every couple of weeks or so we get a rant pointing out that just because someone is a villain it doesn't make him evil about everything, such as sex. Bad guy X might be evil, but that doesn't mean he'll have his way with the hero/heroine at the first convenient opportunity. So its amusing that so-called professionals fall for the dubious idea of making everyone and his brother a rapist just like bad fanfic writers do.

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