Artya

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It's a plane? It's a bird? NO! It's a Multiverse!!!

So here I'm, on my bed. Basking on the spirit of the lazyness and holidays as if they were the same thing. Trying to forget that Stepford smile from the Big Blue Guy on Action #8. So I go and read things related to the same issue. It's how my mind works; not very "logic". Compressed. Morrison. Not-Snyder. Weird. Changing suit. Rag Morales fault. Bananas. Little Man. And then... BAM!! The Rant about our favorite non-euclidean universal cartography theory: The Multiverse.

It's mixed with the usual. NOT NEW-READER FRIENDLY!; NO MORE IDEAS!; IT FAILED BEFORE. In my mind it plays like an ad. I'm trying to force you to see it that way. Now, I suppose that I should reveal you my allegiance in this war: I'm a Pro-versal. The guys that believe that having an infinite/finite number of parallel universes is great, fun and desirable (if done correctly). On the other side, those pesky Anti-versals plot their plots. I always picture them like the Siths from Legacy era on the EU comics. One Future, One Sith. They are not a bad bunch. And sometimes make even good enemies. But I disgress.

I'm on my bed. And I think. Hey, something it's happening here. The prolegomens to another Crisis? The start of a succesful franchise of parallel comics? The reason why earth will cease to be on 2012 (as God will become exhausted of a petty company ripping off his hard work in shameful ways)? Maybe. But the thing that's really happening it's the neverending battle and we, pro-versals, are winning by the look of it. Dc, of course, has failed us on so many victories. So I'm cautious. Happy, but cautious. So it seems to be a good time to start a blog and post my irrelevant opinion to a world full of them. Kant and co would be throwing themselves out of the window if they were still among us. I disgress...

The Multiverse is. So, how it should be? Here is a mix of thoughs, ideas, advices and lotsa typos. For my english goes the rebel's way and decides to fail me not for the last time. Travel with me, if you want to waste such time...

1) The Multiverse is not new-reader friendly: I believe this to be a myth. And kind of an "insult". You see. Comic books are famous for one thing. No, not gratuitous fanservice. Though that would be a good guess. No, not violence. I'm talking about "Wacky ideas". Everything in comic books (sans a few exceptions) it's a wacky idea. Incomprehensible by our world standards. And yet, I don't believe that people have trouble understanding the mysterious works of a radioactive spider. Or a guy named Joe Chill plus a bat. There is even a "great" comic about what Bruce Wayne could have been if another things were there on that fateful moment. Nothing it's new-reader friendly. Reading is an active process. And a subjective one. You may not like it. But I don't believe you need a Ph.D to read a comic book. Even with all the wacky science/plots, etc. If someone tell you this, consider it as a way of saying: "New readers are stupid, because they have not invested the time I have, thus they cannot understand it. And I can. And you are not me". A logical phallacy, if I have seen one.

2) Blame it on the concept: There was this French guy on a bar. No, it's not a joke. Bloke went by the name of Jean-Paul. Some guy, forgotten by history (and this particular story) approaches him and starts ranting about existencialism, youth and a lot of damnable things (related to existencialism). Sartre looks at him and utter the following words: Yeah, Blame it on the concept. A poor execution it's not the responsability of a concept. It's like saying that Static it's an horrible character because of his last R.I.Prun. People can dislike a concept. I remember someone who despised profoundly Swamp Thing, Deadman and all that involved the concept of a "disembodied" soul. It's a right. Just, It doesn't make the concept stupid or flawled per se.

3) Franchise (or the trouble of crowded earth): I believe the New 52 should have done something. Something visionary, though not entirely new. Let me explain it this way. There is an Earth, Earth XD. Now, in this particular world every unimaginable conspiracy is happening, every alien is invading and every hero is battling. Goverment, who can't solve hunger, unemployment and health issues, can fund like 52 different black programs. Isn't some kind of problem there? A multiverse gives you an edge. Earth XO. Due to the interference from a certain guy, The Masked Pepino (who died of Chronic Hiccups on Earth XD), Program Black Gillette never came to be. They are the few, the proud, they are... The Slackers. And so, the slackers don't need to be there, where the Black Gillette are. If done right, a multiverse allows to free space, without killing the ideas. Of course, some ideas beg to be killed...

And I would continue. But this is getting pretty long and people tend to dislike wall-post. What do you think about the thirteen coming of the 'verse? Share and destroy alike. Thanks for reading guys...

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