"i'm here in an angry capacity"

[usuallyhats]

I was all ready to be enthusiastic about the first issue of Li'l Gotham, because it was adorable and featured a) Damian trick or treating and b) a black haired girl wearing what is clearly Steph's Batgirl outfit: even if she wasn't supposed to be Steph (and I can totally buy that Steph would think that it would be HILARIOUS to dress as a Batgirl cosplayer for Halloween), it implies that Steph exists in that world, which is a cause for celebration if you're me. But then I read that the black haired girl was originally blonde - and she was, you can still see the original art in the Buzzfeed preview - and that some people were saying she was blonde when they bought the comic and only became black haired later on, and now I just want to break things. What a petty thing for DC to do.

NB the very first comment on the post where they announced this series was "In before Dan Didio notices Steph's in there and orders the entire series cancelled." HOLLOW LAUGHTER. (I am also impressed at DC's unerring ability to annoy me just as I'm thinking about buying the first Demon Knights collected edition. This is about the third time they've done it. Clearly I will never actually end up getting it.)

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[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

If anyone was going to take his job, Steph would be the one for it. And oh my goodness, yes, poor Damian would be surrounded by terrible jokes on both sides and would have no defense! I guess he would have no choice but to make friends with Barbara, since she is so good at polite sulking/extreme sarcasm. :P

Haha, yes, that would be perfect! Which, I did finally read Cass' second trade last night when I was meant to be studying for my computer science midterm (heh....) and I am starting to like it more because Cass is indeed great. And the bit when she gets her own cave! It was pretty much just like in Beauty and the Beast when Belle gets her own library. ALL THE FEELS.

[usuallyhats]

Ahaha, I'd never thought about how Damian and Barbara would get on, but now I am imagining them sitting there with matching grumpyfaces as Dick and Steph exchange increasingly awful puns, and it is making me so happy. ♥

Yay! Really glad it's growing on you. (Good luck with the midterm!) OH CASS. "ALL THE FEELS" is pretty much how I feel every time she shows up. (There's a similar moment coming up in "Kicking Assassins", which I also love a lot.)

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh that is the most adorable thing to imagine! I feel like I have to store that in my brain for the next time I need to cheer myself up. :D

(Bruce would be so, so disappointed if he ever found out that that was how they had all been running Gotham in his absence. Which just goes to show that Bruce needs a vacation that does not involve getting dead through all of time and space. :P )

Thank you for the good luck wishes! And yay for more Cass feels. Although I think I would still have to read a lot more before I get to that one?

[usuallyhats]

The real reason why Bruce went off to set up Batman Incorporated: he was mortified by his sidekicks' antics and had to go and hide somewhere. ;D

A fair bit, yeah... I read it all out of order so I forget quite how much there is before Kicking Assassins! I'm still working my way through it myself.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Hahaha he totally would do something like that just out of crankiness though. :P

Have you read Batman & Robin: Dark Knight vs. White Knight? I thought there were only three trades with Dick and Damian, but I found it at the library the other day and Dick is indeed subjecting Damian to his bad sense of humor, which is amusing. Damian says he is the "worryingly jolly Batman." Also amusing is Damian attempting to make quips that are equally horrible, but more in a "ten-year-old with a sadistic sense of humor" sort of way. :P

[usuallyhats]

I haven't read it, no, but you've made me really want to! My library has a copy on order, but it looks like it's the paperback and therefore not out til February. Boo!

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

It's not by Grant Morrison, so it's a little different than the others. I thought at first it was a little uneven and having some slightly weird lady issues, but it got a lot better as it went on. (It may have resolved the issues, but they were mostly in the first arc which had a confusing plot so I couldn't tell for sure.) It had lots of funny bits, and sort of "family bonding" or character observation moments. :)

That's sad that your library is waiting until February. :/

[usuallyhats]

It looks like it's got lots of different authors, so I'm not surprised it's a bit uneven! Luckily I'll put up with a lot for jokes and Batfamily stuff... :D

I'm torn between paperback = cheaper = more money for other stuff! and "but I want it NOW". ;D

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

I didn't think it was too much to put up with for Batfamily-ing. :D

[usuallyhats]

Hurray! :D