I think this is awesome, but I do want to point out that there are other times when a character's death is overshadowed either by another character's death, or by something big happening to another character.....
*nods* You're absolutely right. And, well, to a certain extent? That *is* what's happening here, too. While Jack Drake's death is overshadowing Steph's -- and it *is* notable that this is happening with the more minor character -- Steph's death is overshadowing *Gavin's*. (Orpheus') I mean, fuck a *duck*. If you hadn't read "War Drums," "War Games," and Batman #634, you'd have no idea that he was (still) working in Gotham, never mind having any idea that he'd been murdered and had his body desecrated in the process.
(rage... rage... rage...)
In any event, all this means is that DC is doing a bang-up job at fucking up character death storylines. Because, well, why only shaft *one* dead hero when you can shaft *two*?
Is there a reason why they decided to kill Steph off and then pretend she never existed?
Heh. Excellent question.
[Honestly, the lack of commentary wrt Steph's death, the current events as of Batman #638, and the events of DC Countdown are starting to make me wonder if we've stepped into some strange alternate reality DCU where, you know, so-and-so didn't die, and so-and-so never became a superhero and such-and-such was never evil/discovered to be evil, or whatever. But that's just me fanwanking things so I don't sit around going "Bzuh?" I think.]
The part of me which is still naively optimistic about this fandom on a metatextual level is pointing out that Outsiders #21 (#20? I can't remember offhand), with that Bruce-Dick conversation of Meta + Ominous Foreshadowing (the case, the files with Two-Face *and* Killer Croc up on the screen) suggests that your fanwank just *might* not be entirely off-the-wall.
And then the realist in me points to Batman #638, and I just throw up my hands. *sigh*
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Date: 2005-04-06 12:09 am (UTC)*nods* You're absolutely right. And, well, to a certain extent? That *is* what's happening here, too. While Jack Drake's death is overshadowing Steph's -- and it *is* notable that this is happening with the more minor character -- Steph's death is overshadowing *Gavin's*. (Orpheus') I mean, fuck a *duck*. If you hadn't read "War Drums," "War Games," and Batman #634, you'd have no idea that he was (still) working in Gotham, never mind having any idea that he'd been murdered and had his body desecrated in the process.
(rage... rage... rage...)
In any event, all this means is that DC is doing a bang-up job at fucking up character death storylines. Because, well, why only shaft *one* dead hero when you can shaft *two*?
Is there a reason why they decided to kill Steph off and then pretend she never existed?
Heh. Excellent question.
[Honestly, the lack of commentary wrt Steph's death, the current events as of Batman #638, and the events of DC Countdown are starting to make me wonder if we've stepped into some strange alternate reality DCU where, you know, so-and-so didn't die, and so-and-so never became a superhero and such-and-such was never evil/discovered to be evil, or whatever. But that's just me fanwanking things so I don't sit around going "Bzuh?" I think.]
The part of me which is still naively optimistic about this fandom on a metatextual level is pointing out that Outsiders #21 (#20? I can't remember offhand), with that Bruce-Dick conversation of Meta + Ominous Foreshadowing (the case, the files with Two-Face *and* Killer Croc up on the screen) suggests that your fanwank just *might* not be entirely off-the-wall.
And then the realist in me points to Batman #638, and I just throw up my hands. *sigh*