#doom partol

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Have the Legion of Superheroes and Doom Patrol ever teamed up? If not, are there any amongst them who you think would get along and/or have interesting/fun interactions?

They actually have! I wish it happened more often but still it's interesting when both teams co operate. Here is a list with the times they have teamed up.

Milk Wars (2018)

JLA: Year One issues #5-6, #11-12 (1998)

Doom Partol issue #29 (1990)

Batman/Superman:World's finest issues #1-5 (2022)

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DC x DP Prompt *17*

Their friendship started a few month ago, after Jason 'found' a phone in the Alley. He started to watch some videos online on some game named Doomed and was in some forums.

He couldn't play the game himself, because he didn't have a computer, but it was a nice escape anyway. And more often than not he engaged with Ghost_Boy and they became friends.

It took a long time before they told each other their real names, but it seemed to not really change anything.

He was the first one Danny told about his death that wasn't there. Danny was the first person he called after his mom died.

And even though they haven't seen each other ever in real life, Danny was his best friend.

So he told Danny about being adopted, about Batman and Robin and he listened about the things the ghost did in his little town.

He didn't tell Bruce about Danny. It seemed to personal.

Until he got a call from Danny, just an hour after patrol.

"Hey, do you think Bruce would adopt me too? I also have black hair a-and blue eyes...", Danny joked while clearly choking back tears.

It took some time to find out that everyone important to Danny died. A big explosion and that was it.

And what else was he supposed to do, then to wake up Bruce in the middle of the night after partol?

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Edwin took a deep breath to keep calm as he goes to look where Charles was saying god ti felt so weird to see and speak someone else's Charles which somehow was still the Charles he knew so well, his mannerisms were not so different and he was still a sweetheart, which made him feel a bit awful for snapping at him earlier.

" Right " he clicks his tongue lightly shaking his head as he is looking through these books " well first off we're not so little mind you, how old you think we are?...second, he is quite um..charming...and ..." he spoke softly as he tries to describe his Charles which made him almost trip over something " shit...", then he saw that what he tripped with was a book, which he picked up from the ground and examining the front and back it seemed like it was just what he needed, coincidence?, the book was tilled the vast connections to our universe "well, look at this..." he went straight to sit on their desk chair to take a good look at the book.

From the moment the scowling teenager in front of him opens his mouth, Charles has no doubt this is someone's Edwin, if not his—looking a little less young fogey and a little more Sloane Ranger, maybe, but the familiar timbre of his voice makes Charles perk up like a terrier.

"Come give me a hand then, mate. Bound to be some kind of old-timey Freaky Friday handbook in here!" Charles says with an easy grin, looking much more relaxed than he feels. "Take the pile next to the desk, I'll look through this mess of a shelf."

After a moment, he calls over his shoulder, trying to sound lighthearted and keep the other boy talking. "I just hope little me isn't playing hardball with Eds back in your timeline. I can be a right tosser when I'm out of sorts sometimes. What's your Charles like, then?"

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The Top 25 Things the Arrowverse gave us:

25.  Elseworlds

This Crossover-Event will always remain extra special, because it saw Oliver and Barry swap identities, an evil would-be Superman, the introducting of both Gotham City and Kate Kane to the Arrowverse and Kara finding sisterhood with another version of her sister Alex by just knowing her. Oh and Gary was there too, totally random in the Elseworld Version of Earth-1 but still totally Gary, while Cisco was kind of evil and Oliver’s enemies were all cops.

 24.  Crisis on Infinite Earths

„Crisis of Infinite Earths“ was the biggest Crossover-Event of Television, because not only did it crossover all Arrowverse-Shows including the not-yet-green-lit „Superman & Lois“ and the first footage from „Stargirl“, it did crossover all of DC Television and Film. We had „Lucifer“, „Smallville“, „Birds of Prey“, „Titans“, „Doom Partol“, the 60s Batman-Show, the 90s Flash-Show„Superman Returns“, the Burton-Verse and Ezra Miller in there, as well as Kevin Conroy and a lot of previously unfilmed Comic Stories on the top of that.

 23.  The Annual Crossover Events

Starting with the launch of „The Flash“ the Arrowverse started doing crossover episodes and most of them did occure just before the Mid-Season Break and featured episodes in more than one of the shows. Soon more and more shows got invovled in these crossovers, and they got bigger. The Annual „Autumn“ Crossover Event was something to look forward too as long as it existed.

 22.  The Olivarry Friendship

When it got announced that Stephen Amell would return to „The Flash“ for its final season the Internet almost broke. This shows how much the friendship between Oliver and Barry did impact the viewers and how special it was for everyone, who got to watch it grow and change over all these years. And why we will never forget it.

 21.  Ray Palmer

Brandon Routh may have played Superman, but the superhero who really had an impact on the cultural landscape was his Arrowverse Role, Ray Palmer aka the Atom. Introduced in „Arrow“, becoming a main character in „Legends of Tomorrow“, Ray showed up in almost every Arrowverse-Show, and the likeable nerd was very much missed when he was written out of the Arrowverse. Since then he has returned, but sadly the end of Arrowverse does also mean that we won’t ever see him again.

 20.  Steelatom

The Arrowverse presented us many forms of male friendships, but out of all of them the friendship between Ray Palmer and Nate Heywood undoubtable was one of the most special ones. Two soft male nerds becoming BFFs and in many ways much more each others significant other than their respective better halfs is still not something we are used to see.

 19.  Black Lightning (The Show)

Yes, „Luke Cage“ came first, but without „Black Lightning“ the MCU Show would have been the first and only not-animated Superhero Show with a black lead involving the Black Community. „Black Lightning“ did for DC what „Luke Cage“ did for Marvel, and it even got to go out own its own terms. So „Black Lightning“ will always be that Black Superhero Show with a Lebsian Female Lead, that came, did what it set out to do, and finished the narrative despite everything.

 18.  The Power of Goodness

Certain so called fans tend to see DC as this dark and broody and egdy Anti-Marvel Brand. The Arrowverse however did very much not fall in this trap. Yes, early episodes of „Arrow“ might have fooled you into thinking they were going there, but as soon as Barry Allen speed into the show, the Arrowverse showed us that, no, no matter how dark life becomes these shows and that whole franchise actually is a story about how in the end there is more good than evil out there, and how goodness can inspire other people into becoming good themselves. In all the shows our heroes did inspire others to do better to become more and to never give up. Instead of an edgy story about gloom and doom the Arrowverse was a story about how one’s inate goodness can overcome anything and can inspire everyone around to listen to the goodness inside themselves.

 17.  Soft Males

Sure, we got Alpha Males like Oliver Queen or Mick Rory, but the Arrowverse also held a significant number of Soft Males, that were even more fun and frankly more inspirering to watch. In the end people like Barry Allen, Ray Palmer, Winn Schott, Cisco Ramon, Nate Heywood, Behrad Tarazi, Querl Dox or Luke Fox do appeal to people much more than the typicial male macho, we get to see everywhere else. And when people like John Constantine, Oliver Queen or Mick Rory find it in them to also step out of their own shadow and discover their softer side, it is even more beautifiul.

 16.  Female Friendships

Many ensemble shows treat us with outstanding male friendships but not all of these shows are „Friends“. Most shows have to fight for their female characters to have a relationship with each other. So it is an accomplishment to actually see a postive female relationship outside of familial bonds and sexual interest flourish. Most of the Arrowverse managed to produced more than a couple of strong female friendships over their run. Bookclub matters, and so does the fact that, no Kara does not want to pounce her female friends, that Ryan is not ready to give up on Mary, this shows us that women actually care about each other. Something that especially male writers often forget about.

 15.  An Ace Superhero

The biggest moment of seventh season of „Legends of Tomorrow“ was the moment in „The Fixed Point“, when Spooner came out to Zari as asexual. After admitting that she did not think about anyone „that way“, Zari explained to her that she is probabyl ace and that there is nothing wrong with that, and that there are many people like her and many of them still have happy relationships. This moment is even bigger because it was a latinx woman coming out, and it did give us the first asexual superhero on screen ever and one of very view openly ace main characters on a Television Show.

 14.  A Trans Superhero

Season 4 of „Supergirl“ did introduce Nia Nal, who would go on to become the superhero Dreamer, the ancestor of Nura Nal from the Legion of Superheroes. Played be Nicole Maines Nia Nal is the first transgender superhero on our screens, serving us an inspiration for many by coming out about her true self in the show and fighting hate and even her own family for who she really is.

 13.  Sara Lance

In the beginning there was Sara Lance. Long before characters like Nia Nal or Spooner Cruz or even Alex Danvers or David Singh would grace the Arrowverse Laurel Lance‘s little sister kissed boys and girls on screen, fought and overcame trauma, and never gave up on finding herself. Sara Lance proofed to us that you can come back from everything and that strong bi-sexual females can be lead characters on action shows.

 12.  Avalance

Because of the rotating cast „Legends of Tomorrow“ did not really have a central romance for its long run. Changing up characters and romances, there was however one that stuck with us and the Arrowverse for most of its run, and that is the relationship between Sara Lance and Ava Sharpe, which did include getting married and having a baby. Even more important while same-sex-relationships were only secondary ships on „Supergirl“ and „Black Lightning“ Avalance, since it involved the lead character of the show, was the central ship of the show.

 11.  Westallen

People tend to overlook that taking after the New 52 Idea of making the Wests Black during casting was a gamble for „The Flash“. But it also was one that payed of. The only Arrowverse Show that actually had their central couple for all of its run, took an iconic couple from the comics and made it real and did stick to it. Westallen is also a mixed race couple in Prime Time Television and sadly that is still not something viewed as normal today.

 10. Diversity

The CW did make „Dare to Defy“ their motto, but in the end they did give in, gave up their identity even before they were sold, because no one would buy them, if they would actually live up to their motto. Which is why half of the Arrowverse Shows was cancelled when they were. However while it was alive and prospering the Arrowverde did dare to defy. The Arrowverse had women, POCs, LGBTQ+ Persons, Non-Americans, Aliens and Non-Confermists as their protagonists and antagonists from the get-go. So of course I could not stay around.

 9.      Same Sex Weddings

Having celebrated their first Same Sex Wedding Of Screen during Season 1 of „The Flash“, the Arrowverse did feature no less than 3 [!] Same-Sex Weddings between Females in the year 2021, with Anissa and Grace getting married on „Black Lightning“, Sara and Ava finally tying the knot at the end of Season 6 on „Legends of Tomorrow“, and Alex marrying her girlfriend Kelly Olsen in the Finale of „Supergirl“.

 8.      Strong Female Characters

Yes, it all started with a man, but even the late great Anne Rice noted that she was intrigued that Oliver was surronded by women rather than men after the Pilot. Since then „Arrow“ always tried to aim for a strong female presence as well as female characters in general. The same is true for the other Arrowverse Shows, most notably of course for „Supergirl“ and „Batwoman“, but with Season 2 „Legends of Tomorrow“ switched Rip Hunter with Sara Lance as their main protagonist and Captain, and more than one critic has noted that „Black Lightning“ actually is much more about Jefferson’s daughters Anissa and Jennifer than about Black Lightning himself. And „The Flash“ tried really hard to keep both Candice Patton and Danielle Panabaker around until the very end, adding more female characters to their main cast over the years. And let’s not forget that the never picked up Backdoor-Pilot „Green Arrow and the Canaries“ would have centered around the daughter of Green Arrow and no less than two Black Canaries.

 7.      Season 8 of „Arrow“

Sometimes fans get something back. The short final season of „Arrow“ was very much a season tailored for the fans, a homage to the show’s history, that also aimed straight at the future of both the show and the franchise. Not as strong as Season 2 and not as shocking as Season 5, Season 8 of „Arrow“ still was something very special, which only the Arrowverse at that point of its existence would ever give to the viewers.

 6.      Season 1 of „The Flash“

While everyone might have their own personal favorite Arrowverse Season, Season 1 of „The Flash“ ist arguable the best out of all of them, most people would agree. The first real Superhero Show since „Heroes“, „The Flash“ paved the way for the rest of the more comicbooky Arrowverse, DC- and MCU-Shows, and probably even stuff like „The Umbrella Academy“. The show made people, who are not really interested in superheroes, interested in watching the show by putting the characters and their feelings and relationship first, but backing it up with an engaging story that relies on superpowers and time travel to work.

 5.      Legends of Tomorrow

The Arrowverse had a whole bunch of very different shows appealing to different audiences, but the one ouf of all of them that stood out was „Legends of Tomorrow“. After a luck-warm first season the writers threw out everything that didn’t work and went full in, embracing the fact that this was supposed to be a time travel show with superheroes and villains about a bunch of screw ups. They did not shy awawy from the crazy any longer but ran towards it instead. They made an outsider show for outsiders, that was beautiful and unique und very much not your average television show.

 4.      Coming back from Trauma

„Arrow“ very much had the message that in the end, no matter what happened to you, you can not only learn to live with it, you can come back from it. Oliver Queen’s whole journey is about becoming a new person, that is not ruled by his past anymore. And he isn’t the only one. When „The Flash“ started we learn about the murder of Barry’s mother and how he was able to come back from that, and how he had to learn to stop looking back and start looking forward. Supergirl’s whole planet was destroyed, almost everyone she ever knew died. And still she managed to go on after that und flourish. In some shape and form most Arrowverse Characters are shaped by trauma – and their shows tell us that this does not have to rule them.

 3. The One where they are stuck on TV

The best Arrowverse Episode out of all of them probably was „The One Where We‘re trapped on TV“ from „Legends of Tomorrow“s fifth season. Not only that, it was also the best Television Episode of the year 2020. Honoring TV that came before as well as the main character of the show, the episode also did include a valuable lesson. In the end that little TV Episode did more than most shows are capeable doing in years.

 2.      A Voice

If we are talking about the question what the Arrowverse gave us, we should not forget to menton the most important thing it gave us: A Voice. Yes, the producers listened to the fans, but that’s not what I mean. The Arrowverse gave us a voice – the not privileged not white not straight not cis-males who were not brought up by a loving parental figure - it gave a voice to everyone else, to the damaged, the overlooked, the ridicouled, the bullied, the loners, the persons on the fringes. It gave a voice to those, who think no one ever listens to them, by having the heroes listen. For those magicial years of television all of us were heard. By going for Green Arrow, the Flash, Supergirl, Batwoman, Black Lighning and John Constantine the stories told by something with the DC Lable on it were finally about us.

 1.      Hope for a better Tomorrow

When Oliver Queen came back to Starling City, he was a broken man, but when „Arrow“ ended he had been healed, something he never would have thought possible. Kara Danvers might have lost her planet, but she found a new home on earth, a new family and her calling. Barry Allen might have lost his mother and his father, but he found a future, where he has a new family, that flourishes and grows. Gotham may be a crap hole, but the Batwomen stepped in, when no one else did and made it a better place. While the Pierce Familiy fought to do the same for Freeland. Everyone who ever stepped foot on the Waverider came out stronger and more whole when they left the ship again, even those who did not leave alive, ironicially enough. In the end the most important thing the Arrowverse gave to us, is hope – hope that this will also pass, hope for a better tomorrow. Hope for a tomorrow, periode.

The franchise saved lives – with every show, ever episode at a time, probabaly many more lives than most people realize. And then it all came crashing down after a decade, when it became clear it had all been a lie.

So maybe they shouldn’t have bothered to give us ten years of lies in the first place. Or anyhting else on this list for that matter, because giving someone something only to take it away again without warning or reason is cruel, but giving someone hope and then taking that away, well that is just criminal. So in the end the Arrowverse was just that: A Crime against Humanity, because they told us life could be a certain way, only to end with the clear notion, that it actually in reality can’t.

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24.  Crisis on Infinite Earths

„Crisis of Infinite Earths“ was the biggest Crossover-Event of Television, because not only did it cross over all Arrowverse-Shows including the not-yet-green-lit „Superman & Lois“ and the first footage from „Stargirl“, it did cross over all of DC Television and Film. We had „Lucifer“, „Smallville“,  the Birds of Prey-Show, „Titans“, „Doom Partol“, the 60s Batman-Show, the 90s Flash-Show, „Superman Returns“, the Burton-Verse and Ezra Miller in there, as well as Kevin Conroy and a lot of previously unfilmed Comic Stories on the top of that. James Gunn might think he can top this, but we, who have been there, know that he actually can’t.

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Das Ende des Arrowverses - Bye, bye “The Flash”

Diese Woche war es soweit, nach neun Staffel ging “The Flash” zu Ende, und da sich “Superman & Lois” mit dem Ende der zweiten Staffel auf eine andere Erde geretconned hat, damit auch das Arrowverse.

Noch vor wenigen Jahren sah es so aus als wäre das Arrowverse dabei weiter zu wachsen und würde uns noch lange belgeiten, doch dank der Pandemie, dem Verkauf des Senders The CW, und dem Merger von Warner und Discovery, ist es nun aprupt zu Ende. Etwas mehr als ein Jahr hat es gebraucht um eine blühende Franchise, bestehend aus 4-5 Serien (davon abhängig ob man “Stargirl” als Arrowverse-Serie gezählt hat oder nicht) unter die Erde zu bringen. Der letzte Rest der Franchise, “Superman & Lois”, hat versucht sich zu retten, indem er sich kaum dass die Probleme hinter den Kulissen losgingen vom Rest der kreativen Welt in der er existiert distanziert hat, und steht nun ebenfalls schon vor dem Aus. Warum sonst sollte The CW gefühlt alle drei Tage betonen, dass die Show kreativ, wunderbar und toll ist, sie aber keinen Gewinn macht? Und die daher fabulierte Rettung der Serie durch Max wird ebenfalls nicht passieren, auch wenn die Fans sich das erhoffen. Womit wir also festlegen können, dass mit dem Finalen von “Superman & Lois” und “Gotham Knights” in einigen Wochen wohl auch die letzten DC-Serien, die es noch gibt, zu den Akten gelegt werden. James Gunn neues Universum hat kein Interesse daran Konkurrenten darin bestehen zu lassen, die nicht von ihm selbst abgesegnet wurden, und obwohl er persönlich noch gerne weitere Staffeln von “Doom Patrol” und “Superman & Lois” gesehen haben mag, Warner-Discovery wollte so oder so alles weg haben, was irgendwie an das “davor” erinnert, also im Grunde hatten wir nie eine Chance.

Das Unfaire dabei ist aber, dass man nicht nur “Titans” und “Doom Partol” eingestampft hat, sondern eben auch den gesammten CW-Content und das Großteils ohne Vorwarnung. Angeblich wird die dritte Staffel von “Superman & Lois” mit einem Cliffhangar enden, also ja, es sieht sehr danach aus als ob die letzte nicht-neue DC-Superhelden-Show ebenfalls kein ordentliches Ende erhalten wird.

“The Flash” aber hat ein geplantes Ende erhalten; vorgewarnt gingen die Macher in die 9. Staffel, wohl wissend, dass sie dieses Mal - anders als in Staffel 7 und 8 - wirklich die letzte Staffel drehen würden und auch wohl wissend, dass sie die letzte Staffel des Arrowverses drehen würden.

Was es um so verwunderlicher macht, dass das Arrowverse insgesamt keinen Abschied bekommen hat und “The Flash” für sich genommen die schlechtste Staffel seiner Geschichte herausgeworfen hat und auch noch mehr als nur ein wenig enttäuschend geendet ist. Witzigerweise sind umstrittene Ende ja meistens solche Enden wie “Game of Thrones” oder “Lost”, die Geschichten brutal und schonungslos beenden, Fragen anders beantworten als man will oder einfach inhaltlich Dinge tun, die die Leute aufregen. Wie die Finalen von “Dexter” und “The 100″ oder sogar “Supernatural” eben. Das sind Serienfinalen, deren Macher normalerweise Morddrohungen erhalten, das Eric Wallacer aber für das Finale von “The Flash” Morddrohungen erhalten hat, obwohl keiner gestorben ist und stattdessen sogar verloren geglaubte Figuren gerettet oder zurück ins Leben gebracht wurden und am Ende alle glücklich waren, ist dann auf den ersten Blick doch ein wenig verwunderlich.

Auf den zweiten aber nicht. Denn wie gesagt, was Eric Wallace, viele Fans von “The Flash”, die sich nie um die anderen Serien gekümmert haben, und viele Besserwisser vergessen, ist, dass es eben nicht nur das Finale von “The Flash” war. Ja, ich habe öfter gesagt, dass wir nicht ein “Enterprise”-Szenario wollten und sich das Ende vom “Flash” um “The Flash” drehen sollte und nicht um Gaststars aus anderen Ecken der Franchise, aber es gab 12 Folgen zuvor und man hätte durchaus ein Crossover-Finale machen können, in dem Barry im Mittelpunkt steht und so beides - die Serie und das Arrowverse - verabschieden können, aber Eric Wallaces Entscheidung niemanden von außerhalb der Show im Finale auch nur zu erwähnen ist nur ein Sargnagel mehr in dessen Karriere als Showrunner. Hinzu kommt, dass die letzten drei Staffeln für Fans der Serie selbst unglaublich frustrierend waren, und besonders die finale Staffel eben zum Großteil auch wirklich schlecht war. Und dann wurde alles Potential, was da war um das Serienfinale doch gut zu machen, auch noch verschenkt.

Klar, 40 Minuten sind nicht lang und meistens ist die eigentliche Handlung nach der Hälfte der Spielzeit vorbei und dann kommt der Epilog, aber es gibt genug Serienfinale, die diesem Muster gefolgt sind und trotzdem gelungen waren und Fans zufrieden gestellt haben. Tatsächlich ähnelt das Finale von “Supergirl” den von “The Flash” am Papier sehr - auch dort kamen alte Feinde zurück, so dass jedes Mitglied der Superfriends jemand hat, den er bekämpfen kann, und dann kam der emotionale Abschied von den Charakteren mit Endpunkten für ihre individuellen Stories. Der Unterschied ist aber, dass die zurückgekehrten Feinde in “Supergirl” keine namhaften Gaststars waren und abgesehen von Overgirl wirklich nur da waren damit jeder jemand hauen kann, sprich es war okay, dass die in wenigen Minuten abgehandelt wurden. Und der zweite UInterschied ist, dass der zweite Teil der Episode tatsächlich voll von emotionalen Highlights war. Aber was hatte “The Flash” noch zu bieten? Allegra und Chester zu verheiraten wäre der Hochzeit von Alex Danvers nicht einmal nicht nahe gekommen und war außerdem sowieso nie möglich. Joes Heiratsantrag an Cecile kam zwei Staffeln zu spät und war wegen seinem Verhalten in dieser finalen Staffel eigentlich nichts gutes für sie und hat außerdem nichts geändert: Sie haben seit Jahren ein gemeinsames Kind und leben zusammen, das war einfach ein längst überfälliger Moment, der nichts am Status Quo der Charaktere ändert. Und die Geburt von Nora war zwar ein emotionaler Westallen-Moment, da die erwachsene Nora aber seit Staffel 4 in der Serie herumrennt und in dieser Episode mit dabei war und nie in Gefahr war erneut aus der Existenz gelöscht zu werden, war es keine Überraschung, dass sie geboren wurde. Es war einfach die logische Folge für die Schwangerschafts-Storyline aus der Staffel, und da sich Iris’ Wehen über diverse Folgen gezogen haben, eher ein Moment von: “Endlich ist es vorbei! - Wie lange kann jemand in einer Fernsehserie brauchen um ein Kind auf die Welt zu bringen?” anstatt etwas besonders berührendes. Iris’ hatte in der Folge sowieso nicht mehr zu tun als Nora zu gebären, was ebenfalls enttäuschend ist, da sie neben Barry der einzige andere Charakter war, der seit dem Pilotfilm immer als Hauptcharakter mit dabei ist. Die anderen drei Charaktere von damals waren auch unterbedient. Joe war wie gesagt zuvor kaputt geschrieben worden, mit dem eigentlichen Hauptfeind des Vierteilers gab es keine gelungenen Szenen weder im Kampf noch im Gespräch weder mit Barry noch mit Iris, und die überraschende Rückkehr eines für tot erklärten Charakters hat sich verdächtig nach einer Last Minute-Änderung angefühlt, die wohl wegen dem Backlash zu Beginn der Staffel zu Stande kam.

 Insofern hatte die Folge also nichts zu bieten. Der Kampf war enttäuschend und unlogisch und noch dazu schlecht animiert. Der Fake-Tod war nie ernstzunehmen, da zwei Folgen zuvor ein anderer Charakter getötet und sofort wiederbelebt wurde von einem übermächtigen Charakter in Reichweite, und die Überraschung daran war eigentlich nur, dass es des nicht deswegen ein Fake-Tod war, und das Ganze betraf noch dazu einen Charakter, der in dieser Staffel nichts mehr zu tun hatte als seine Love Interest anzuhecheln, weswegen sein Tod den meisten Zusehern auch ziemlich egal gewesen wäre. Und der große Abschiedsmoment, indem neue Helden erschaffen werden ... Nicht einmal der war richtig umgesetzt, da er mehr wie ein Tease für ein nicht-kommende 10. Staffel gewirkt hat, als als ein Aufrechterhalten des Erbes (was durch die frisch geborene Nora sowieso der Fall ist, also war es redundant) und lässt einem außerdem fragen: Wieso führt ihr in den letzten Momenten einer Franchise neue Figuren ein? Dieses ganze “wir erschaffen im letzten Moment neue Helden”-Zeug erinnert erneut an die finale Staffel von “Supergirl”, aber der muss man wenigstens zu Gute halten, dass sie das eben nicht in der letzten Folge getan hat, sondern in der letzten Staffel kurz davor, so dass die neu geschaffenen Helden im Serienfinale zumindest in Action zu sehen sein konnten. Während die aus “The Flash” einfach nur ärgerlich sind.

Hat Eric Wallace für all das also Todesdrohungen verdient? Nein, natürlich nicht. Aber hätte es weh getan irgendjemanden, der jemals in “Legends of Tomorrow” mitgespielt hat, Mia Smoak und Oliver Queen in die Party-Szene in der letzten Folgen zu stellen und sie wenigstens ein paar Sätze sagen zu lassen, die die größere Franchise abschließen? Nein, und die Tatsache, dass das nicht passiert ist, beweist eben, dass sich Eric Wallace nicht um andere und das, was sie brauchen, schert. Also ist es nur gut und recht, wenn es uns nicht schert, dass er für ein schlechtes Serienfinale Todesdrohungen erhält. Immerhin hat er die einst beste Superhelden-Serie systematisch zu Grunde gerichtet und hätte nach eigener Aussage damit in der 10. Staffel auch noch weitergemacht und war nie Kritik und Fan-Wünschen zugänglich und insgesamt gesehen nicht einmal auf die Sachen bezogen, die er selbst unbedingt tun wollte, ein besonders guter Showrunner. Und das zu sagen ist nicht falsch und sollte nicht unterlassen werden, nur weil ein paar Trolle ihm auf Twitter den Tod wünschen.

 Ja, er hat die Serie und im Endeffekt auch das Arrowverse ruiniert, das ist ein Fakt. Klar, er hat das nicht allein getan, und die Hauptschuld am Ende des Arrowverse trifft Warner. Aber das ändert nichts daran, dass dieser Mann niemals Showrunner hätte werden dürfen und nicht dazu in der Lage war ein gutes Serien- oder Franchise-Ende abzuliefern, und das frustriert nun mal die Leute. Und so lange sie deswegen keine Todesdrohungen ausstoßen, solange haben sie jedes Recht dazu so zu empfinden.

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anyway. the larry.

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this is how i feel every time dorothy is on screen

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Cliff is just a big metal idiot doing his best and I love him.

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I nominated  Gaby Espino, Ana Beatriz Barros or Teresa Ruiz as Beatriz da Costa/Fire and Amrita Acharia, Ida Elise Broch or Josefine Frida Pettersen as Tora Olafsdotter/Ice for Fire and Ice Movie or TV show.

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“Milk Wars” will mash up DC’s Young Animal with characters from the DC Universe, beginning with a JUSTICE LEAGUE/DOOM PATROL SPECIAL from Orlando and Way, followed by SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL/WONDER WOMAN SPECIAL, MOTHER PANIC/BATMAN SPECIAL, CAVE CARSON/SWAMP THING SPECIAL and DOOM PATROL/JUSTICE LEAGUE SPECIAL. The weekly crossover adventure begins January 31.

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OOOOO Yea I hear Doom Patrol is really good. You recommend it?

So I’m on the last episode of season one, but so far it’s been really good! It’s very funny, and it has a great cast. Brendan Fraser is in it and I love him, it’s so great to see him acting and you hear how much fun he’s having in his voice! And Diane Guerrero who plays Isabel in Encanto plays Jane in Doom Patrol! I would recommend it!

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Doom Patrol, Volume 1: Brick by Brick by Gerard Way, Nick Derington and Tamra Bonvillain

Doom Patrol is a title which has recently been brought back by Gerard Way’s Young Animal in print for DC. This volume acts as a jumping on point and a “getting the gang back together” story which was accessible as a new reader but also had plenty of nods to the characters’ histories which made me want to go back and read the older volumes rather than making me feel lost. The art really fit the book, especially the colour, which evoked an older style of colouring with it’s use of bright contrasting colours without feeling retro or dated. 

Casey is an ambulance driver who’s world quickly seems to get quickly turned inside out as she is dropped into the world of the Doom Patrol, DC’s strangest team of heroes. It’s really weird and really fun with great well developed characters. I’m really looking forward to seeing what happens next now the team has reassembled.