Comments on: Good Point LinkBlogging http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:32:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jim Perreault http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/comment-page-1/#comment-62358 Jim Perreault Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:17:04 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/#comment-62358 I finally got around to reading the annual. Dear God was it distastefull. Not just the mercy / cheating sex scene, but I disliked the whole premise. I was under the impression that the relationship between Babs and Dick was a pretty recent thing. Having it so that they were always an item strikes me as a major retcon, and one that makes Dick pretty sleazy. Am I mistaken? I finally got around to reading the annual. Dear God was it distastefull. Not just the mercy / cheating sex scene, but I disliked the whole premise.

I was under the impression that the relationship between Babs and Dick was a pretty recent thing. Having it so that they were always an item strikes me as a major retcon, and one that makes Dick pretty sleazy.

Am I mistaken?

]]> By: Mr. Fantastic Is » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/comment-page-1/#comment-62257 Mr. Fantastic Is » Comics Worth Reading Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:57:36 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/#comment-62257 [...] those who were worried that Citizen Steel was showing too much, you might want to beware of the upcoming Fantastic Four movie: apparently Mr. Fantastic really [...]

[...] those who were worried that Citizen Steel was showing too much, you might want to beware of the upcoming Fantastic Four movie: apparently Mr. Fantastic really [...]

]]> By: caleb http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/comment-page-1/#comment-62159 caleb Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:12:46 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/#comment-62159 Johanna, Definitely agree that it wasn't terribly heroic on Dick's part. But then, the bar on "heroism" is contantly being lowered at both of the big two these days. I guess at least his unheroic act was scummy on a personal level, and didn't involve, like, mind-altering or interdimensional Gitmos or anything. Johanna,

Definitely agree that it wasn’t terribly heroic on Dick’s part. But then, the bar on “heroism” is contantly being lowered at both of the big two these days. I guess at least his unheroic act was scummy on a personal level, and didn’t involve, like, mind-altering or interdimensional Gitmos or anything.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/comment-page-1/#comment-61263 Johanna Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:10:26 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/#comment-61263 Caleb, that may be true, but Dick's a superhero. One of the first-tier inspirational ones, even. Regardless of whether he'd wanted it for years, his duty and the right thing to do was NOT give in. It's called willpower. Kind of screws with the story about how much he and Starfire were in love, too. I don't recall why they didn't get married either. So many superhero stories are like that -- the premise is much more memorable than how they got out of it back to the status quo. Caleb, that may be true, but Dick’s a superhero. One of the first-tier inspirational ones, even. Regardless of whether he’d wanted it for years, his duty and the right thing to do was NOT give in. It’s called willpower.

Kind of screws with the story about how much he and Starfire were in love, too.

I don’t recall why they didn’t get married either. So many superhero stories are like that — the premise is much more memorable than how they got out of it back to the status quo.

]]> By: david brothers http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/comment-page-1/#comment-61124 david brothers Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:31:16 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/#comment-61124 I just realized that Dick Grayson cheated on Starfire with Babs, which makes the whole works even more sleazy. I think that Raven showed up and magicked the priest's head off or something, making it so that they never actually got married, but I'm so unfamiliar with Titans lore pre-Johns that it's criminal and I'm probably wrong.. I just realized that Dick Grayson cheated on Starfire with Babs, which makes the whole works even more sleazy.

I think that Raven showed up and magicked the priest’s head off or something, making it so that they never actually got married, but I’m so unfamiliar with Titans lore pre-Johns that it’s criminal and I’m probably wrong..

]]> By: caleb http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/comment-page-1/#comment-61119 caleb Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:43:03 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/04/21/good-point-linkblogging/#comment-61119 Wait, did I misread it? I thought that the "mercy f**k" scene was the first time Dick slept with Barbara (following their first kiss, which she initiated). So I assumed that they both found themselves suddenly experiencing something they'd both wanted for a long time and, in Dick's case, it was the wrong time for it, but he was gonna go ahead and realize his years long ambition anyway. But yeah, he probably could have held off a bit on the invite, huh? I don't remember what happened with that at all. Did Raven like show up posessed by Trigon when the preist asked if anyone had any objections, or something...? Wait, did I misread it?

I thought that the “mercy f**k” scene was the first time Dick slept with Barbara (following their first kiss, which she initiated). So I assumed that they both found themselves suddenly experiencing something they’d both wanted for a long time and, in Dick’s case, it was the wrong time for it, but he was gonna go ahead and realize his years long ambition anyway.

But yeah, he probably could have held off a bit on the invite, huh?

I don’t remember what happened with that at all. Did Raven like show up posessed by Trigon when the preist asked if anyone had any objections, or something…?

]]>