"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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[silveronthetree]

What is WRONG with them? That is utterly ridiculous. *Sigh* I've mostly just given up on them now and I'm just enjoying the old stuff.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Steph would think it would be hilarious to dress up as herself for Halloween. Or as a purple version of Barbara. :P

Oh, DC Comics, though...lately he is saying more sane things like they didn't ever plan to bring back *all* the characters at once and if they do bring back Steph and the others it needs to be with more impact (apparently when she came back from being "dead" that was a badly handled plotline? whatever). But I still wish the whole thing would just go away. The only parts of the New 52 I'm tentatively interested in right now are Batman and Robin and Batwoman, both of which existed in a somewhat similar form pre-reboot. Well, and I don't know if Batman: Odyssey is pre- or post- reboot, but that doesn't count, because I only want to read that for crack value. :P