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heartless guttersnipe (parsimonia) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-25 20:07:00

Entry tags:

char: batgirl/oracle/barbara gordon, char: black canary/dinah lance, char: green arrow/oliver queen, char: manhunter/kate spencer, char: speedy/mia dearden, creator: claude st. aubin, creator: nicola scott, creator: tony bedard, title: birds of prey

Arrows in BoP
I was flipping through the Birds of Prey: Platinum Flats trade, and happened upon my favourite panel with Ollie ever:

And thought I'd scan a couple more bits from that book.

First of all, spaghetti context:

Manhunter is spying on Canary for Babs. Because we all know that batstalking-by-proxy means "I miss you and I'm worried about you."

Later...

That foot to the face is Dinah saying hello to Kate.

Some issues later, the Birds are dealing with the Silicon Syndicate, and Canary and the Arrows show up to help:

Look at them, having fun working for Babs together!

I can't help thinking that Tony Bedard should take over Green Arrow/Black Canary. (Either that, or when Dinah and Ollie got married, he and Mia should've just joined the Birds along with Dinah.)

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	thebigapricot 2009-08-26 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Because we all know that batstalking-by-proxy means "I miss you and I'm worried about you." Why send flowers or a card when you can send a vigilante cape? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-08-26 01:12 am UTC (link)
	"This Valentine's Day, hire a superhero!" (Reply to this) (Parent)

	parsimonia 2009-08-26 01:13 am UTC (link)
	Or perhaps, a "Super-Stalk-O-Gram!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	l_arlesienne 2009-08-26 01:46 am UTC (link)
	Stopping by to lol excessively at your icon XD (Reply to this) (Parent)

bluefall
2009-08-26 01:21 am UTC (link)

I just love how clear it is that Babs is trying to get caught here. She's got satellites. She's got Gypsy. She's got Helena. She's got Dick Grayson. She could stalk Dinah, directly or by proxy, for a decade and Dinah would never notice. But what does she do instead? She sends Kate, the sloppy noob who is, of her entire standard team at the time, the absolute least experienced at stealth and subterfuge (even Zinda has done more undercover). In other words, the one most guaranteed to get noticed, beat down, and dragged back to drop on Barbara's doorstep.

I said it at the old S_D, I'll say it again: it's the superhero equivalent of flicking paper footballs at a girl's forehead. "Hey! Pay attention to me!" So juvenile! Oh Babs. ♥

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	thebigapricot 2009-08-26 01:32 am UTC (link)
	I like how Babs gets all huffy when Kate calls her out for moving to be closer to Dinah. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-08-26 01:37 am UTC (link)
	REALLY I DON'T CARE AT ALL WHAT DINAH DOES IT'S ABOUT MIA I SWEAR. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thebigapricot 2009-08-26 01:40 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know Oracle, I think you may be a little "Ellen" on her. Just saying." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bluefall
2009-08-26 02:04 am UTC (link)

Kate Spencer, ladies and gents: the only human being in the DCU with a functioning gaydar.

Best part is how, not only does she call Babs out while she's on stalker duty, but after Dinah clubs her senseless, drags her back to the Tower, breaks in and literally drops her at Barbara's feet, her response is not "holy shit this woman Babs wanted me to keep an eye on is violent and powerful and right in the middle of our home base, gotta contain her," it's "I'll just let you two catch up. Toodles!" HEE.

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	parsimonia 2009-08-26 02:26 am UTC (link)
	LOL, that was a good moment. Also with Kate sort of like "hey I am so cool, I just fought with Black Canary!" (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thebigapricot 2009-08-26 02:29 am UTC (link)
	It's so true! I love Kate. So glad to have her in Gotham. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	unknownscribler 2009-08-26 01:20 pm UTC (link)
	Well, consider her family... (Reply to this) (Parent)

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