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Tweak says, "What the hell just happened?"

sandoz_iscariot (sandoz_iscariot) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-23 20:32:00

Entry tags:

char: chase stein, char: molly hayes, char: nico minoru, char: victor mancha, creator: kathryn immonen, creator: sara pichelli, group: runaways, publisher: marvel comics, title: runaways

Runaways #12
The aftermath...

Last issue a plane crashed into the runaways' Malibu home, killing Old Lace.
The owners of the plane investigate the scene. But someone among them is already familiar with the house and its inhabitants.

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	scottyquick 2009-07-24 01:14 am UTC (link)
	Strain's kind of disappointing me now. Rauch's coloring worked a lot better with Pichelli's fantastic art. Frex, this. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	darklorelei 2009-07-24 01:39 am UTC (link)
	At least you can tell the characters apart now. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dorksidefiker 2009-07-24 01:21 am UTC (link)
	I can't say I'm impressed. I'd even go as far to say that I liked the Whedon run better. I liked the BKV run best of all, of course, but this... Ah well. Shan't give up yet. Lets give this team time to settle in. (Reply to this)

	crinosg 2009-07-24 01:27 am UTC (link)
	Alright Chase, either you killed someone or you didn't kill someone. Make up your fucking mind man. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tacobob 2009-07-24 02:06 am UTC (link)
	This is why I keep notes on that sort of thing. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-07-24 02:05 am UTC (link)
	I can't wait to see what horrible incident the next writer adds to Chase's past to justify his troubled personality. Drop kicked a puppy? Blew up a school? Raped an entire orphanage? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	luxshine 2009-07-24 03:24 am UTC (link)
	I can't understand why they do that. Wasn't 'being hit by his father' more than enough? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-07-24 03:26 am UTC (link)
	To be fair, BKV himself was the one who started the "oh and maybe Chase killed a guy" hints (which I think this is supposed to be a retcon of, rather than adding to his body count). (Reply to this) (Parent)

bluefall
2009-07-24 02:20 am UTC (link)

Everyone in this issue, with the possible exception of Nico, needed to get kicked in the face.

I get that they're scared and jumpy, and I'm sure I'd be snippy as hell too if I were buried under a house, and all told given their ages and the situation they're probably holding up remarkably well, from an objective viewpoint. But unfortunately, I don't find it particularly entertaining to read a story where everyone's being a nonstop ass the whole way through, no matter how justified.

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	neuhallidae 2009-07-24 02:52 am UTC (link)
	Even Molly managed to annoy the hell out of me in this one. That takes some doing. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gargoylekitty 2009-07-24 03:10 am UTC (link)
	Pretty much. (Reply to this) (Parent)

ex_octopusso248
2009-07-24 05:58 am UTC (link)

Oh no look out guys Chase actually has his personality back and isn't a linebacker or Xander. Run before the character development gets you!

Sorry, this is the first time Runaways has felt like itself since BKV and the general negativity is starting to annoy me. Yes, this issue is hard to deal with, but it elicits an actual emotional response, even if it is revulsion and irritation.
"Gert was the one who kept us together" Is a line of Karolina's from book 6 and I think Old Lace's death is very symbolic of the team falling apart. OL was the last of the glue that Gert provided, without that they fall to pieces. Tl;dr= Angst will ensue gais.

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	scottyquick 2009-07-24 02:07 pm UTC (link)
	even if it is revulsion and irritation. That's not a good thing. (Reply to this) (Parent)

(Anonymous)
2009-08-20 11:07 pm UTC (link)

Oh no look out guys Chase actually has his personality back and isn't a linebacker or Xander. Run before the character development gets you!</>

Nice to know I'm not the only one happy that Immonen remembers that Chase has done a lot of growing up since his lacrosse jock days. I've never really read Runaways for the lighthappyfun (though that's awesome too); for me, it's always been about watching kids grow up way too fast and not fast enough all at the same time.

tl;dr: *pops the popcorn of ANGST* *munches*

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	skalja 2009-07-24 01:04 pm UTC (link)
	Noooo, not my favorite character! (Yes, really, the dinosaur.) (Reply to this)

	rayerai 2009-07-26 03:52 am UTC (link)
	Hahaha, the purple. And... I'm okay with it. Tone-setting. I like dark and crazy Chase. I'm interested to see where this goes. Of course, I have no access to the full comics, so I have no opinion on anything else. Chase has a low threshold. He's reactive. I like seeing that back. (Reply to this)