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serenity_winner (serenity_winner) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-16 13:56:00

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char: poison ivy/pamela isley, char: swamp thing/alec holland, publisher: dc comics, theme: dcau, title: batman adventures

The Truth About Poison Ivy
A bit of Harley/Ivy discussion brought this issue of The Batman Adventures to my attention; it addresses the design change Ivy underwent in Batman TAS, and while it's a really interesting explanation, it's also horribly depressing (to me). In addition, it features Alec Holland, the man who would become Swamp Thing.

A bit of set-up: in the previous chapter Batgirl sprayed Ivy with weedkiller, leaving her weak and injured.

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	icon_uk 2009-07-16 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	I differentiate between skintones that could be said to be "exotic" (though as a gay male nerd, the only place I ever noticed that sort of exotic was the Legion of Superheroes) and "approaching necrophiliac". The Poison Ivy revamp just made her look "deceased" to me, rather than "exotic". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_tc_69 2009-07-16 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Dude, Star Trek. The green dancing girls. How could you not know about them? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

icon_uk
2009-07-16 10:33 pm UTC (link)

Of course I know about Orion slave girls, my comment about the fact I'm a gay guy should highlight that we never saw any Orion dancing BOYS in Trek.

Besides, Orion's are emerald green, a colour not even close to human so yes that is exotic, no problem there, and Brainiac-5 wears in well.

Poison Ivy as shown in the Batman Animated revamp was not nearly such a vivid shade. She was pale-greenish white which to me just looks like a "normal" corpse (or how I imagine one). The fact she shifted to a slightly stronger green in the DCAU comics doesn't change the fact I didn't find either shade attractive.

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	kitty_tc_69 2009-07-16 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	That's interesting, as corpsepaint used in both the goth/blackmetal scene and in cinematic-style zombie makeup utilize blues and purples far more commonly to indicate death. Sometimes you'll see a green-grey in truly decomposed cases, but in the fresher ones it's almost always blues and purples to suggest the look of oxygen-deprived skin. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-07-17 02:26 am UTC (link)
	The blue-white look is clean dead. Vamps are finicky. Green-white implies moldy, mossy and is more for zombie types. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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