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evilmissbecky

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Jun 05, 2013 14:22

Oh my god why do I read comics???

I am so HULKSMASH angry right now over this week's Iron Man that I am literally shaking with fury.

GGGYYYYAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!

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lil_shepherd June 5 2013, 18:41:51 UTC

Whatever it is, it will pass.

This is the thing about comics: nothing is stable or set in stone. Nobody stays dead. Very few people stay married. Villains become heroes and vice versa.

It has to be said, though, that my dislike of IM3 includes the softening of Tony's character beyond recognition.

evilmissbecky June 5 2013, 18:44:04 UTC

They just retconned his ENTIRE EXISTENCE and I am beyond livid right now. Everything that made him unique and special as a character was just hand-waved away as genetic alien manipulation from before birth.

I just...

I can't even right now.

lil_shepherd June 5 2013, 18:46:30 UTC

If a lot of fans feel the same it will be retconned again. Indeed, it might well be retconned sooner than you think.

I speak as one who has read superhero comics for over fifty years...

ericadawn16 June 5 2013, 19:26:01 UTC

Is that one with "baby Iron Man" on the cover?

The cover alone looked so stupid that I didn't bother...

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whizzy June 5 2013, 20:28:51 UTC

Okay, I have to go track this down now.

evilmissbecky June 5 2013, 20:30:32 UTC

Hit me up if you need a link.

whizzy June 5 2013, 21:05:14 UTC

Oh hey, this is like that time they decided Shatterstar wasn't a genitically engineered gladiator from the future in an alternate dimension, and made him a delusional psych patient in a coma. And then went, "Oops. Uh..."

On one hand, I'd love to see the existential crisis that results from my-parents-allowed-Tron-ripoff-robot-to-experiment-on-me-in-the-womb. On the other hand, the idea that Tony is Earth's pre-destined armageddon Santa Claus is laughable, it's so ridiculous.

Don't worry too much about it. Stuff like this can get shoved under the carpet really fast. Also, Tony is never allowed to keep his "power-ups" for long, whether it's Extremis or the bleeding-edge armor or alien genetic mods.

scrtkpr June 6 2013, 00:52:44 UTC

I've been upset about it too, ranting by email to the couple friends I have who are reading this comic and will know what the heck I'm talking about. I have so many problems with this. SO MANY.

evilmissbecky June 6 2013, 00:54:40 UTC

Oh man, so many problems with this. So I had to fix it.

melodywilde June 6 2013, 16:45:53 UTC

Doesn't Marvel retcon every fucking hero they have at some point(s) or another? The thing that sent me away was Shadowcat/Colossus, who were FUCKING MEANT TO BE TOGETHER IT WAS CANON, only oops, nope. I'm not sure why that upset me so much, but it did. And for all I know, they're back together and happily married and raising little kids who can be metal and walk through things.

The problem with comics is this: If you have a wonderful character/successful series, it's going to run a long time. Years. Decades. That's what one wants, but the downside is the WFT do we do now? For years Superman and company went along happily with stories. You could enjoy each one with very little knowledge of the backstory, because it was mainly Guy from Not!Earth Does Good Deeds. Then Marvel came along and started making their heroes more human--they had real lives, and ongoing relationships, and problems unrelated to the super-hero-ness. Gwen Stacy died. Ororo cut her hair and had a mohawk. Magneto was bad...no, good...no, bad...no... ( ... )