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Tweak says, "Shoe me your toolbelt of love."

jelly_ace (jelly_ace) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-23 01:34:00

Current mood:	nerdy
Entry tags:	char: batman/bruce wayne, char: bekka, char: orion, creator: alan burnett, creator: dustin nguyen, title: superman/batman

Batman Does Tartaros
I was revisiting the Torment arc in Superman/Batman and discovered this little gem of a page in issue no. 41.

While Bats and Bekka go off in a mission to save Supes from Darkseid, Bats seems to have a particularly strong attraction to Bekka and asks her why. Apparently Bekka has the power that draws men who are tormented by love to her while being attracted to them herself. But it can be cured!

Facepalm!Bats in the second to the last panel in the bottom is so funny. Consummation. My God.

Yes, Bats, you're so sexy that even a trip to goddamn Tartaros can get you laid. And yes, it's the best situation that the writers have thought up for you while being in the aforementioned goddamn Tartaros. Oh, writers.

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	kusonaga 2009-08-22 06:21 pm UTC (link)
	Icon! (take three) Just the link then: http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3253/batmanfacepalm.jpg (Reply to this) (Thread)

	zenithjolt 2009-08-22 06:50 pm UTC (link)
	Yes! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jelly_ace 2009-08-23 01:58 am UTC (link)
	Can you also make a gif that includes the text? Pretty please? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kusonaga 2009-08-23 10:08 am UTC (link)
	I'll give it a whirl, yeah. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jelly_ace 2009-08-23 11:48 am UTC (link)
	Yeyeyeyeyey! Thanks so much. :) That'll make my day! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	merseybeatler 2009-08-22 06:50 pm UTC (link)
	I think this was posted on the first day I joined the old scans_daily. I remember thinking what a peculiarly useless superpower it was. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-08-22 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	A ~sexy~ useless superpower! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-08-22 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe it could be used in a clinical way as a therapist of some sort? Although the clients who needed it most would be exactly the ones who wouldn't want to use it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-08-22 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	Huh? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-08-22 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	I had some vague idea her power could make people open up who had been traumatized into emotional repression. Or over-achievers who have closed their feelings off. Not sure how it could be used constructively. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

parsimonia
2009-08-22 07:20 pm UTC (link)

Ahh, I see. That could be interesting, although eventually it would get rather inappropriate seeing as it apparently inevitably ends in sex!

I know there's some other hero floating around the DCU that has the power to make people trust them, by way of getting the warm and fuzzies around her, feeling comfortable enough to open up. A therapist with that superpower would be kinda neat.

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	xammax 2009-08-22 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	Her name is Faith, shes awesome. She was in the Morrison/Waid JLA... we will never see her again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darkknightjrk 2009-08-22 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	I thought she was in Kelly's run? Or is that a different Faith? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xammax 2009-08-23 12:52 am UTC (link)
	No your right. Sorry its just those were glorious years when for almost 70 issues JLA was awesome. (Reply to this) (Parent)

dr_hermes
2009-08-22 08:16 pm UTC (link)

I suppose a lot of super-heroes could use their powers for medical purposes, everything from accurate diagnoses to pain alleviation to rehabilitation. It might arguably be a better use than fighting crime, but it might not make for compelling comics that people would pay money to read.

Still... SUPER CLINIC. Heroes spend one day a week using their abilities in an ER setting. It would need more research than the average writer would enjoy, though.

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pi216
2009-08-22 09:08 pm UTC (link)

I've been working on something like that. Know any artists?

I've got: main characters, secondary characters, primary origins, general scenario origins, facilities, institutions, world backhistory, primary character storylines, interwoven inter-main-character storylines, four different multi-episode antagonists, some single-episode antagonists, and a good enough handle on science across a lot of different disciplines to make most of it seem pretty plausible (with a minimum of 'because the creators SAY SO' fiat and over-expository hot air).

Also some specific ideas for character designs, scene layouts, visual sequences, book/issue/whatever layout, ability effects, and (maybe) a title.

What I don't have is the ability to draw or color.

Shit, I just need to make this a post, don't I? I have no idea how someone gets started as a writer.

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	yaseen101 2009-08-22 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	I share your pain. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	taggerung301 2009-08-23 01:50 am UTC (link)
	I dabble with art in my free time I mostly paint, but I have been seriously considering trying my hand at drawing comic-book-like art if it turns out any good, I'll probably post it here, and if it's to your satisfaction I would love to help you out if you're interested (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pi216 2009-08-23 04:49 am UTC (link)
	Absolutely, I'll be on the lookout. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	yaseen101 2009-08-22 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	Well, it's not like she chose what power she wants. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thokstar 2009-08-22 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	It's not so much a superpower, but that Bekka, as a New God, is an embodiment of a particular type of love, just like Orion is an embodiment of a raging warrior. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	merseybeatler 2009-08-23 04:18 am UTC (link)
	and of fanservice (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ar_feiniel_ 2009-08-22 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	That last panels reads like he's partly trying to convince himself. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-08-22 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	"I... I didn't bring anything." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darkknightjrk 2009-08-22 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	Must I bring up Prep Time? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vignettelante 2009-08-22 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	snerk (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jelly_ace 2009-08-23 02:02 am UTC (link)
	Hahaha. Damn it. I knew I should have restocked my condom pouch before I left Earth. Don't worry, Bruce, you could improvise. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	darkknightjrk 2009-08-22 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	They eventually did, didn't they? I always wondered what would happen if Orion found out. :D (Reply to this) (Thread)

	schala_kid 2009-08-23 01:12 am UTC (link)
	No they didn't, just about when they decided to do it Orion cockblocked Batman when he went to pick up Bekka and she just jumped into his arms and left. Bekka is more attracted to the nearest being who is more emotionally repressed and when Orion came she ditched Bruce, although she did look guilty about it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-08-22 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	When someone tells you the only person more emotionally constipated than you is Orion... (Reply to this)

	perletwo 2009-08-23 12:14 am UTC (link)
	I made this one awhile back: (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-08-23 12:19 am UTC (link)
	Oh, now he uses discretion. (Reply to this)

	punishermax 2009-08-23 12:52 am UTC (link)
	Okay, raise your hand if you want a series of just Bruce Wayne seducing various women each issue. It shall be called "Gotham Nightlife" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jelly_ace 2009-08-23 02:06 am UTC (link)
	Or Hot Gotham Nights. That sounds so porn-y. Haha. And yes, I would read that. But does Bruce do really follow through with his seductions? I read in a fic somewhere that he drugs them to forget that he leaves them, or when things become interesting he just makes up excuses and leaves. Is there a canon basis for this? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	punishermax 2009-08-23 02:10 am UTC (link)
	There is no way Bruce doesn't get TONS of ass. His code says nothing about not getting laid. "In this issue Bruce mangaes to seduce the entire female population of Quebec" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jelly_ace
2009-08-23 02:28 am UTC (link)

It's not about his code, really. But because he doesn't want to answer questions about his scars and all that. And pampered billionaire playboys shouldn't have that many scars.

Imagine how cramped Bruce Wayne's nightly schedule would be:
8:00pm - Dinner
8:30pm - Gala
8:35pm - Go home with most available female
8:40pm - Have sex with mentioned female
8:45pm - Go back to Batcave
9:00pm - Patrol

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	punishermax 2009-08-23 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Or pick em up in the morning at Dunkin Donuts ! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	schala_kid 2009-08-23 01:07 am UTC (link)
	My favorite part was when they were close to get it on, Orion comes and Bekka quickly jumps into his arms and Bruce is all D:. And then Bekka died cause of the killing New Gods thing they had going on (which didn't do ANYTHING except kill our beloved Barda and Scott). But yeah I am glad this version of Bekka is gone. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	punishermax 2009-08-23 01:17 am UTC (link)
	Oh you poor soul, you thought something connected with Countdown would actually matter in the long term. We have a nice support group here, coffee and cookies are on the table and we'll have a group session in five minutes. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jedd_the_jedi 2009-08-23 09:09 am UTC (link)
	I remember talking with Dustin Nguyen about this (over DevArt-he's nice to fans and all). I actually really liked this story, it broke my heart that Bruce couldn't allow himself to feel love. That, and Bekka was hawt. Were I Bats, I'd say "consummation? Excellent! Let's go now, baby!" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jelly_ace 2009-08-23 11:50 am UTC (link)
	I DevWatch Dustin Nguyen on DevArt, and he's always updating. He's so great. And actually I like his art, and this arc, but the bottom panels are just so funny. (Reply to this) (Parent)

mooppoom
2009-08-23 10:21 pm UTC (link)

I love two things about this:

1. How incredibly contrived the storyline is. They *have* to hold each other to keep from being discovered! They *have* to get naked with each other prevent frostbite! And now they *have* to have sex to end their perilous distraction and save Superman. It's a ficcer's wet dream. Literally.

2. Bats still won't do it. He's under this spell, Superman's in danger. Still not sleeping with a female.

Say it with me: Gay. Gay gaydee gay gay gay gaynor. Gay for Superman. Gay.

I read this entire arc while humming "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)".

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	jelly_ace 2009-08-24 12:15 am UTC (link)
	Well, he has his arsenal of Eastern meditation "techniques" for self-control. And Bekka's married to Orion, by the way (his American values just keeps getting in the way, I suppose). And of course, he didn't restock his BatCondom utility compartment. (Reply to this) (Parent)