Yeah, Shatterstar was way better before Peter David turned him into a real character who was interesting and had a personality.
Are you freaking kidding me? Listen, I understand how if you create a character, then someone else totally changes it, then I can see how that would offend you. But when was the last time that Liefeld even touched this character. When you create a character then yes, you do get to design who they are, so therefore another writer after you should have respect for what you created and not just ignore it, but Peter David doesn't do that. Nobody has more love for continuity than Peter David, he truly cares about that. And that's why when Peter David writes a character, if he wants to change them then he puts in the legwork. He actually comes up with reasons, stories, and arcs that show a character grow. And do you know why he is allowed to do that? Because after you have created the character and leave them... they continue to exist. They are out there in the comic universe, they continue to live on, and if you want that character to not grow or change over the rest of their life, then that just makes them the most bland and dull characters imaginable.
And yeah, Liefeld, feel free to go back and "undo this." Because that might finally be the thing that gets companies to stop giving you work.
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