Commentary on the current state of BoP
Is Gail Simone attempting to also comment on the state of the book through the voice of Babs? Reading Babs' monologue, it reflects upon a feeling that I got from the writing of Judomaster and Gypsy: Neither is around long enough for the reader to see a strong personality, coming across as very generic background characters, easily replaced; this issue has been noticed in reviews of the book as well. "This...this new thing, the new Birds of Prey, I don't even know if it's going to work." That line, from Babs, sounds much like an author in turmoil; it is also, I believe, the first time someone has seriously referred to the team as the Birds of Prey.
And to be honest, I don't really know if the removal of Dinah from BoP was a partial/pure editorial mandate, or simply a natural progression that happened to coincide with her appearance in the new JLA run. Reading Metzer writing Dinah is jarring as compared to the Dinah that was seen leaving BoP, focused on raising Sin. From what I've read Dinah comes across as pre-Shiva training, which really doesn't jive with me.
Heck, if one wanted to stretch a bit, the appearance of Misfit could be indicative of something. I don't know it's ever been officially stated if she was to act as a reader avatar, but if one can continue to assume such, what does it say? Is Gail still going to attempt to invoke/involve her readers directly in the book?
I'm not really sure of the answers here, but the idea makes me wonder.
And to be honest, I don't really know if the removal of Dinah from BoP was a partial/pure editorial mandate, or simply a natural progression that happened to coincide with her appearance in the new JLA run. Reading Metzer writing Dinah is jarring as compared to the Dinah that was seen leaving BoP, focused on raising Sin. From what I've read Dinah comes across as pre-Shiva training, which really doesn't jive with me.
Heck, if one wanted to stretch a bit, the appearance of Misfit could be indicative of something. I don't know it's ever been officially stated if she was to act as a reader avatar, but if one can continue to assume such, what does it say? Is Gail still going to attempt to invoke/involve her readers directly in the book?
I'm not really sure of the answers here, but the idea makes me wonder.