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So there I am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o'clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night. So, Jeff Beck pops his head 'round the door, and mentions there's a little sweets shop on the edge of town. So - we go. And - it's closed. So there's me, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby, breaking into that little sweets shop, eh. Well, instead of a guard dog, they've got this bloody great big Bengal tiger. I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, but the shopowner and his son... that's a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes. Nasty business, really. But, sure enough, I got the M&Ms, and Ozzy went on stage and did a great show.
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That's what I was gonna ask!
Speaking of which. I'm baTMAN.
Fixed.
Red Doc Midnite.
I just want Tim to have a name that isn't the same as a fucking burger joint.
Unless they do my idea where he has his own version of the Sinister Six, just minus one, so it become Red Robin vs Five Guys.
It makes sense when you consider his rival Damien Wayne is the product of the ol' non-consensual In-N-Out...
Batman's recruiting program is second to none... but just like the college sports circuit few get more than 4 years.
Dan Didio graduates Robins/Nightwings with a crowbar. You can't Red-Robin shirt Tim Drake forever...
Dan Didio graduates Robins/Nightwings with a crowbar. You can't Red-Robin shirt Tim Drake forever...
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That's probably exactly how I'd play it. It's great drama in the typical Spider-Man vein. Hell, that's why you have Miles Morales: So that if Peter decides the risk is too high, he has someone to directly mentor in his place until Mayday comes of age.
... shit, I think I'm pitching myself an RPG concept.
Now we're back on @Byrd Man's college football dynasty again...
*Works on high school Wally West Character Sheet*
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This is why I have a love/hate relationship with comic books as a storytelling medium. By their serialized nature, comics are so resistant to change. It's why Peter Parker feels like he's spinning his wheels; the character has done everything he can do. All that's left now is to settle down, have a kid, be Spider-Dad for a few years, and then pass the reins to Mayday Parker. That's how you progress Peter Parker, not by making him Tony Stark Lite. But Marvel will never ever, ever do that. At least not outside a self-contained book.
DC's even more egregious in some ways. Legacy characters are written into their DNA, with many of the sidekicks originating from the earliest years of the shared DC Universe. And yet we're doomed to never see these characters inherit the mantles they're destined for. The best we can hope for is a transition to a successful adult alter ego a la Nightwing, but even then the mentor character is still hanging around, fighting crime like a helicopter parent who can't let go.
I understand the business side of it, but it's frustrating to stifle narrative potential for financial reasons. Particularly given that if you look at the reception for Grayson Batman and Bucky Cap, you see that there is a market for people like me who want to see these universes evolve and change -- so long as the passing of the mantle feels earned and isn't itself a purely financial (*cough* "diversity" *cough*) decision.
You could do a number of things... responsibilities change with age. I'd probably write it that due to the bite's effect on him he's unable to have kids, because the responsibility of parenthood kind of conflicts with going out and protecting the city when you realize the high likelihood of leaving orphaned kids from the high likelihood of capes dying. Or I suppose you could roll with it and play it as Pete seeing it as no different than being a police officer (which could also have its own arcs of "am I holding back to make sure I go home at night, and if so can I still be effective?") regardless of the death rates of each. There's still interesting takes as he ages.
Favorite runs, eh? We'll, let's see.
Spider-Man: Throw a dart at a '70s Spider-Man comic. If it was written by Gerry Conway, Len Wein, or Marv Wolfman, then you're golden. Alternately, grab the first few trades of Ultimate Spider-Man.
Superman: I love Birthright. Like, a lot.
Batman: I'm tempted to say The Long Halloween, but that's the most basic bitch answer. Seeing as I am a basic bitch, though, I'll stand by it.
Thor: God of Thunder is the run that got me back into reading modern comics. (At least for a little while.)
@Eddie Brock likes his Spider-Men with their Six Arm Sagas and their Aunt Mays marrying Eight Limbed Villains confirmed...
Smek! Indeed...
New post coming....eventually. I've been in kind of a funk when it comes to superhero stuff in general. I'm starting to realize that this RP group is pretty much the only thing left of the superhero genre I still enjoy. Everything else I've either lost interest in or actively hate in its current form, so I dunno, just gotta find the spark to be the change I wanna see and all that.
Ah. I recognize that. Bendis is writing for your favourite character's book.
I prescribe warm cocoa, a blanket and the knowledge that nothing lasts forever.
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