Scans: Trinity #11

[jij]

This week was kind of meh for me personally--the plot's rolling along fine, but the characterization hit me on a few raw spots, so I'm mostly just going to summarize this week.

The action is taking place on Earth-3, which is a mirror world in which good cannot ever truly triumph and the baser side of human nature inevitably wins out. The JLA has

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[genclay]

The CSA confuse me, but I like the sound of Lois' laso. That could be fun. :)

[jij]

Lois's lasso is pretty awesome! She uses it to tie up Diana once and Diana's all like "Well, I've been restraining the urge to smash your face in, but I'm not going to any longer!" *THONK* But I can certainly imagine sexy, sexy uses for it as well...

[jij]

Getting a background in the whole DCU is...a very time-consuming task. When I first started getting back into comics (in 2003 I hadn't really read any since 1978 or so) I spent hours sitting with comic books and Wikipedia open, researching character after character. It's a very high "entry fee" for the fandom. But Trinity is providing a pretty good primer on how the universe works so far, I think!

[jij]

I've read some on wikepdia, but I find it's difficult to remember the events described in there if you haven't seen or actually read them.

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean there. I've read summaries of some books but they're such a visual medium that you just feel like you're always missing something. I'm hoping to take a bunch of books with me on my vacation this year and get caught up a bit more...

[laurapetri]

Trinity continues to kick ass rock!

[jij]

It's really promising! I like the JLA better than the one in the JLA title, and Superman better than the Superman in his own title, lol. Batman it's hard to say because his current titles are so very odd...

[starsandsea]

I didn't like this weeks issue. :( It was okay, but compared to the last few... I miss my BatClan goodness! *pouts*

I'm finding it very odd that Diana is showing no sign of change. At all. When Bruce and Clark are reacting so extremely. *sighs* But I do like the idea of the trinity existing in every universe. That's cool. Shazamazon!!!! Awesome. :p

[jij]

I'm not usually a huge fan of the larger Clan, but I really found myself missing Dick and Tim and Barbara. This title's been a really good primer on how much they can rock working as a team.

I think they're trying to show Diana changing (like, in being so blunt when getting bandaged), but her character is so inconsistently written over the last 20 years that it's hard to know how to write her out of character, I think. And if you're going to have Superman move to the violent extreme and Batman move to the contemplative extreme, there isn't much left for Diana...

[vespa331]

I adore the BatClan, I'm actually into the Bats for the supporting characters more than Batman himself. My favorite issues are where they play together, like the one where Dick and Tim are hanging out with Barbara, then Ted comes over and Tim wants to fanboy him so (because of a secret identity conflict) Dick has to hide and Tim pulls a prank on him...glee! Or Alfred lecturing the boys on their manners, or Cass and Steph sparring, or Babs and her Graysoncam...oh, so adorable. Endless love. And yeah, when you get the whole Clan together, I think they could rule the world.

I guess if Diana's currently the example of the perfect woman, she could become a stereotype of horrid women? A petty, vain shrew perhaps. But...man, that's SO out of character that I balk even thinking about it.

[snake_easing]

I love them talking about Ultraman when they know he can hear them.

Shazamazon! And the Twilighter, Midnighter's younger brother! I like this cross-world equivalency, though of course they're evil in some places and good in others.

[jij]

I love them talking about Ultraman when they know he can hear them.

Lois and Tommy playing mind games with poor crude Clark tickles me no end. And yeah, the resonances across the universes theme makes me oddly happy. Twilighter, the slightly less grim killing machine! :)