My Reaction To What Has Befallen The Arrows

[bradygirl_12]

Okay, so DC first lops off Roy's arm? Now THEY KILL HIS DAUGHTER? They make Ollie a killer? They destroy Star City and millions of people?

Can someone honestly tell me why DC has become so bloodthirsty in recent years? Is that what sells comics? Pretty sad commentary on our society, 'fraid to say.

It just makes me more convinced than ever that ignoring canon is the best thing for my fanfic. Bah! on DC and their fridging ways.

Comments

[jen-rock.livejournal.com]

I haven't read Cry for Justice(and don't intend to) but the outrage over Lian's death has been all over the DC boards. I feel it's incredibly wrong to kill a child just to create angst and I liked the idea of a superhero as a single dad. But some of the cynics on there are sneering at any outrage by saying that it's just a comic and people die all the time.

I don't usually care too much when characters are killed off in comics, even when it's characters I like, but I dislike deaths that I feel are gratuitous and are just there for shock value. There was a scene in one of the X-Men comics where a hate group crucified a group of minor mutant characters on wooden "X's" and I hated it because it just felt so wrong and pointless.

That's how I feel about Lian's death but I also know it's not enough to get me to stop reading comics. There have been times when I was ready to give up on certain titles but there's always enough I like about them to keep me going. I'm hoping after Blackest Night, DC will be a little less dark as they claim they're going to hold off on deaths for a while. We'll see how long that lasts.

[bradygirl_12]

I haven't read Cry for Justice(and don't intend to) but the outrage over Lian's death has been all over the DC boards. I feel it's incredibly wrong to kill a child just to create angst and I liked the idea of a superhero as a single dad. But some of the cynics on there are sneering at any outrage by saying that it's just a comic and people die all the time.

I rarely check the DC boards anymore. They seem to be inhabited quite a bit by trolls, or people going for their own shock value.

I don't usually care too much when characters are killed off in comics, even when it's characters I like, but I dislike deaths that I feel are gratuitous and are just there for shock value. There was a scene in one of the X-Men comics where a hate group crucified a group of minor mutant characters on wooden "X's" and I hated it because it just felt so wrong and pointless.

You're right, it sounds gratuitous.

That's how I feel about Lian's death but I also know it's not enough to get me to stop reading comics. There have been times when I was ready to give up on certain titles but there's always enough I like about them to keep me going. I'm hoping after Blackest Night, DC will be a little less dark as they claim they're going to hold off on deaths for a while. We'll see how long that lasts.

Can I say don't hold your breath? ;)