#DC taketh away

[mysterycitrus]

the epic highs (mia, roy and ollie hug, dick cameo, yj groupshot, butch cassie, cissie, mia again) and the epic lows (rhato mention) of being a green arrow fan

[everyones-least-favorite-bard]

does anyone have a source on the zdarsky bi bruce confirmation because i dont have it in me to go through his entire substack comment section to check

[countessbatman]

I don’t understand how DC writers can write The Joker as in love with Batman, but DC can still maintain that he is a “heterosexual” and pair him up with yet another woman who looks like Harley Quinn lite, does he really need another woman to abuse??

[fantastic-nonsense]

I wish I could go back to half an hour ago when I didn't know Devin Grayson was going to be writing Jon's story in DC's Pride Special

[eezy-breezey]

What the fuck.

Robin 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 - “Fitting In” (2020)

written by Amy Wolfram art by Damion Scott & Brad Anderson

[stairset]

I think it's time we as a society face the facts and realize that Green Lantern the Animated Series was better than Young Justice and should've been brought back instead

[stolligaseptember]

dc rebirth: while not having the entire arrow family, it has ollie, dinah, roy, and emi all working together and thriving

also dc: has emi abandon the family to join the teen titans instead, and is doing god knows what these days

also dc: kills roy

also dc: has dinah force ollie to go on the run so that he won’t be killed

also dc: has ollie’s entire life burn into ashes for what turns out to be absolutely no reason at all, and then cancels his book

me:

[eziosofia]

.........................T*m King leaving the Batman book in 2019...........to do a B/atman/C/atwoman book in 2020..............

[milfzatannaz]

the lord giveth (character with one of DC's best solo series ever written that tackles queerness, Thatcher's england, the working class and mental health) the lord taketh away (said character is shipped with batman)

[thequiver]

DC Comics giveth:

And they taketh away:

[davidmann95]

New Superman show! Thoughts?

Anonymous said: Thoughts on the new Superman animated series?

cheerfullynihilistic said: Thoughts on the new HBO Max DC animated shows?

Anonymous said: A NEW SUPERMAN CARTOON!!!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!! Also another Batman cartoon. That looks cool too

jcogginsa said: NEW SUPERMAN CARTOON!

Anonymous said: So what do you want from the new animated show? It seems to be about a “Year 2” Superman which suits me perfectly, I just want fun adventures with the trio. We’ve still got S&L and the animated movies for a more “mature” take on Superman if this is too childish.

deathchrist2000 said: So they’re making a new Superman cartoon about him falling for Lois. Thoughts?

As it happens I had to wake up much earlier than usual today, so I saw the Batman announcement pretty much as soon as it happened. I had the car ride to the comic book store to think about it, mulled over the notion that while I like Batman too much to be resentful about this it was of course notable that there was no accompanying Superman announcement, leading me to conclude that hey, they should make a Superman cartoon too, a blistering spark of unprecedented inspiration to be sure. Then since I was early I checked my phone while waiting for the store to open, and I believe I audibly yelped.

In the order they were announced: psyched for Caped Crusader! I guess this is what the ‘BTAS is coming back!’ rumors a few months ago were about, and if this basically is “BTAS but serialized, getting to go heavier, and with modern production values”, I’m more than onboard with these names attached. Assuming Abrams’ role is mostly ceremonial, and hoping since he wasn’t in the original Hollywood Reporter headline with the other two Timm’s is mostly aesthetic (the degree to which his input beyond that could be a good thing depends on how much his uncomfortable horniness can be reigned in. Not even saying anything less than exceedingly horny, just don’t have Bruce and Barbara hook up again), this looks to be mainly Reeves’ baby which really shows how far WB is investing in him as the shepherd of their biggest IP. Must be a dream gig for him, getting to do his versions of the big hyper-modern unique reinvention and the classic iconic take at the same time: between that, Timm getting to go in the darker direction he always wanted, and Abrams getting to put his name on a thing everybody already likes again the way we know that guy loves, everybody’s getting what they want with this one. I can’t imagine this not turning out well.

Additionally, controversial take: despite the Timm design hoping this isn’t another Conroy return, we all love him but he’s phoned it in for a bit now and this should scream new as much as possible.

So first off: love that title. What a joyful, clever, lovely spin on an old standard.

Second: love this setup, aesthetic, and apparent tone! Instantly love this Clark and especially this Lois and their dynamic from the one image alone, I’m not familiar with Jake Wyatt’s work but taking a quick glance I’m very glad to see he’s part of this, and getting folks from the Voltron and She-Ra reboots sends a clear message as if the art wasn’t enough of what kind of thing this is going to try to be. Which is pretty much a perfect tack for a modern Superman cartoon: tell the 20-somethings who watched Adventure Time and Steven Universe and the like “hey, this is like those, but focused on your new age group”, and the kids watching Infinity Train and Owl House “hey this is like those but Superman”. If nothing else doing a show rooted around superheroism as a metaphor for the 20s experience rather than being a teenager is a relatively unique tack (as far as mass-media goes PS4 Spider-Man is the only other one that leaps out at me), and anchoring it and the adventures around the slice-of-life escapades and growth of Lois, Clark, and Jimmy as a trio of friends ala Morrison’s Action rather than the traditional duo with a sidekick is inspired. Gut instinct, but I have a feeling this is gonna be a revelatory Lois interpretation in particular. And if All-Star was Jack Quaid’s reading for inspiration as Clark, well, that’s sure not a bad sign either.

(The above’s from reddit, I guess some concept art from early enough that the title wasn’t finalized; the person who leaked this said the girl on the right is a member of the Newsboy Legion, now the Newskid Legion.)

(Also glad to see he's in his real clothes but if he's starting the show figuring the identity out, and there's some Morrison influence, they could do worse than to have him start in the t-shirt and jeans.)

20 years since the last proper Superman on TV, and now we’re getting two shows at once! One of them Superman for KIDS, if you can imagine such a thing. Between My Adventures With Superman as an early days, poppy all-ages series, Superman & Lois as a drama acting as the de facto sequel to pretty much every prior mass-media Superman take, and the upcoming movie apparently being a fairly standalone prestige reinvention, it really feels like all the bases are being covered. Hot damn, he’s well and truly back. Worth the inevitable agonizing hellpit discourse surrounding the franchise now that it’ll be a young adult animated series open to that scale of criticism, and as noted in my Twitter mentions, while not lining up in the strictest chronological sense, in terms of paving the way for this Superman in the collective cultural headspace McKenna Jean Harris probably deserves some royalties, or at least to get to work on the show.

Anonymous said: DC giveth and DC taketh away. We get a new Superman cartoon!... and an Injustice movie. Oh well it was inevitable right? Disappointed they’re doing Injustice before Kingdom Come though, and the petty side of me hopes we get a Metal adaption with the evil Batmen down the road.

Anonymous said: Injustice is finally getting adapted. That sucks but it looks like they’re adapting the first game’s story?

lol, two out of three ain’t bad

Really don’t care, this whipped up some Twitter mentions but basically no one especially gives a shit about these DTV joints at this point anyway (even if Man of Tomorrow turned out really solid) and the contrast today is a particularly humiliating one. So sure, do this too while you’re at it, a friend noted their new burgeoning shared universe sets it up to adapt the original ‘good Earth V evil Earth’ plot pretty well but it hardly matters.

[ravenkinnie]

dc giveth (dilf ras) and taketh away (well written talia)

[ectonurites]

Sometimes when I read fanfics I get so confused on which Conner there talking about. The YJ cartoon t-shirt and sweatpants Conner or Kon-el leather jack boi

LMAO well it’s tricky because like. 

This ^^^ is, in fact, all comics kon and the same person, who does use the name Conner Kent for himself (which he started using when he started living with Ma and Pa Kent) and sometimes wears just the t-shirt (once he joined the Teen Titans that was his main outfit). There were a lot of retcons and ooc behavior thrown in there along the way, but he’s still the same person at his core.

but this guy ^^^ is definitely a very different and distinct character (that I personally like a lot less BUT THATS JUST MEE)

It can get understandably confusing, but just because a version of Superboy in a fic or somethin ur reading uses the name ‘Conner’ and wears a T shirt, it could still very much so be his comic version, just based more on the 2003-2011 Teen Titans era rather than his original 90′s era (which is where the leather jacket is from). If he’s angry all the time and close to miss martian it’s probably based on the cartoon, but if he’s close with tim cassie and bart and a lot more chill its probably comics.

Also he did get the leather jacket back for 2019 young justice but dc giveth and dc taketh away because we’re back to t-shirt town in 2021 suicide squad 

[augustheart]

dc giveth (new august content in february) and dc taketh away (wonder twins and dial h for hero final issues) 

[nomadicdiva]

Asylum was a epic episode of DC television

I really liked this episode. It's not an easy task to depict the type of emotional and psychological damage that the asylum staff inflicted on our group in one episode, but I'm glad it wasn't drawn out over multiple ones. All of the titans had something they needed to break through, and this (albeit horrifying) shared trauma pushed them to it, as well as strengthened their bond as a team. 

Dick needed that final push to finally say goodbye to the option of returning to Robin. Having the suit (which I assume the asylum peeps took from the van) with him and still donning it whenever he felt like being hyper-violent was still a safety net for Dick; a way back to what was familiar. But after living through beating himself up (figuratively and emotionally) he's finally ready to accept that he made the choices to become and stay Robin as long as he did, and that he has the power to decide what he wants to do going forward - hence the symbolic burning of his costume once and for all.

I felt sorriest for Gar. His reaction to the torture was a bit surprising; to me it showed that he's experienced pain before but also how incredible strong he is. The way he killed that man was completely feral, the type of animal reaction that occurs when pain has been suffered and one's trying to protect themselves. He didn't think about it, and once it hit him he was absolutely devastated. I hope the show doesn't gloss over his PTSD over this, but as sad as it is, he did need to learn to use his claws and teeth for more than just props. I think it may trigger his ability to shift into other things now though so he can avoid this memory associated with the tiger.

My poor dear Kory. She didn't deserve any of this, especially considering she could have charbroiled all of them in those tunnels and walked out unscathed. While she didn't exactly break through any new powers here, she did have her first run-in with feeling truly vulnerable. I think that if anything this made her see that she needs the team as much as Rachel needs her. But we really need to see more about her. I know her amnesia keeps us from knowing all about her past but there’s still plenty to explore with her as she is now.

Rachel is really the only one that didn't have a major breakthrough outside of finding out she can heal-eth and taketh away. I agree that the guards seemed ridiculously slow in trying to recapture her.

Special mention to the Dickkory moments from them casually interrogating together, to Dick gently reminding Kory that they’re not all immune to fire, his gentle tone when asking if she was okay to Kory backing him up on the decision to end the evil that was the Asylum once and for all. I stan a power couple, 

Also a shoutout from my ovaries to the feral scream followed by the unholy but sexy af beatdown Dick gave those guards in the tunnel. Whew, that ish was hot.

I look forward to next week, it'll be interesting to FINALLY see more about Kory and how she got here.

[narraboths]

DC giveth (BoP with Lupacchino drawing, Renee being involved), DC taketh away (azzarello writing, Babs being pushed out, Harley added for no reason) once more