lol, forgot about this. wouldn't have seen it without the call out.
@ComicMan24 said:
What do you think of the Wildstorm characters' treatment so far in the DCnU? And any other you would like to see there but still haven't made an appearance?
I'll be generous and call it lackluster. I think Voodoo was the best use and treatment of a wildstorm character. She got a book with beautiful art and at least a marginally unique story, and the character (and later, characters) were interesting enough that I wanted to know how their lives played out. It was doing its own thing (Kyle Rayner guest starred an issue but otherwise it was on its own) but also telling a story that affected or at least was part of the rest of the DCU (the whole Daemonite invasion thing). That book was cancelled. Grifter I felt was not that good, but I felt there was potential in it (though when the art changed that only lowered my opinion of it). Stormwatch is a train wreck whose best work was done under people who aren't the regular writers. I won't go into that because I have multiple blog entries on how terrible it is and I don't feel the need to rehash all that. Other characters are scattered around and I've tried to look at them all and none have seemed particularly interesting, which is a shame. It just all seems like wasted potential to me. There are a ton of characters and so many ways to use them, but it seems that nothing really worth mentioning has been attempted with most of them.
The characters I'd like to see? It's hard to say because given how the characters I have seen have been treated, I almost don't want to see any more. But if I could see some characters done well, I'd want Majestic for sure (though he's probably the most likely to be messed up given DC already has Superman, whose image they need to protect), Backlash, Jackson King, and Tao. I'd say Planetary but I almost see that team as more Warren Ellis than Wildstorm. What I'd love more than anything would be if the actual Authority appeared. I'm talking about a story where Jenny comes back from wherever she vanished to when she took away the baby universe, gathers up Dr. Swift, Midnighter, Apollo, and Jack, gets on the carrier and tells the team that on her way back she found a new Earth that she wants to check out, and leads them to the DCnU. I don't know what would happen, because they couldn't exist too long in the current DC universe too long without one side or the other being drastically changed, but it would make me feel better to know that my Wildstorm Universe exists somewhere.
@xxxddd said:
What would you do if you couldn't walk?
lol, my first thought was "Bowflex". Honestly I'd be pretty upset because I'm incredibly physically active whenever I can be. I do everything short of crazy parkour stunts (because I'm afraid of flipping unless there's water beneath me lol). I like to be out and about and exploring and I couldn't do that the same way in a wheel chair. I'd probably still try to be active though. I would definitely turn my wheel chair into a mobile internet hotspot and always have my laptop on me, which, would be kind of cool. There are more concerns I would have, but that's where my thinking starts.
@Xanni15 said:
@Buckshot:
What is the one biggest change you think could reinvigorate Stormwatch?
Who taught you how to drive a stick?
Have you been intrigued by the battles on the forum or just bored?
I made a post that probably answers your first question pretty well. Here it goes. Basically though the thought is that the ongoing title be scrapped and the team only show up in guest spots and occasional minis where they drop in on threats in other comics or are dealing with their own thing in a mini. The idea of them being secret and working behind the scenes would be shown in them just appearing but people not really knowing where they came from and then disappearing again. And writers could use them as needed as it fits their story, a sort of functional deus ex machina of the DCU (obviously I would want it to be far more interesting than that). Their fleeting appearances across the DCU would add to their mystery and the idea that they actually are a secret protective force, and because they wouldn't need to be anywhere unless a writer had a cool idea for them, they would (hopefully) always be written at their best. The struggle then would be keeping their characters consistent (and developing, though the need for that is debatable), but they could maybe have an editor or writer that is always tied to them to make sure that happens no matter where they show up, and maybe that person could be crafting a story for them that gets told in a mini and maybe (or maybe not) gives a reason for their various guest appearances until that point. I really think it's a great idea and wish DC would steal it from me and then find a way for it to actually work since I'm sure there are things I just have no idea about that would make such a thing difficult. If anyone knows anyone in DC, give them my idea, Stormwatch is currently a ball of garbage and pretty much anything would be better.
My mom a little bit and a friend at school who has her own manual and thought teaching me would be good for her in case she ever needed someone to drive her car.
Mostly bored.
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