#i forgot how dope af pandora is tho omg
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so i'm writing a DCU fan fiction, and (as I often do) I got so stuck in my own head about writing the DCU characters "accurately" that I ran myself straight into a creative brick wall. To combat this, I started reading the comics of the characters I'm using and oh my god...
I've made a lot of jokes that DC "writes fan fiction of their fan fiction"—like, it shouldn't be called The Detective Comics Universe. It should be called the Detective Comics Alternative Universes. But I had forgotten how truly inconsistent and difficult to track some of these stories and arcs are. Don't get me wrong—I absolutely love DC. I'm a die-hard DC fan, always have been and always will be.
BUT OH MY GOD
I SWEAR
I'm convinced the writers have like, a singular piece of scratch paper and they're essentially playing a game of narrative telephone between comic issues. It's absolute whiplash sometimes. I got through a major arc and am still not entirely sure what I just read.
And I feel much better about writing these characters.
#thanks DC#your lore is a hot mess#love ya#fan fiction#dcu#writing#for real tho wtf did i read#i was reading through the blight / crime syndicate arc#early new 52 stuff#and jfc what#there would be a team on an issue who make like John Constantine this hardcore will-sacrifice-you-for-the-greater-good cares-about-no-one#and then the next issue in a different series (wHICH IS HARD TO TRACK BTW) has him this pathetic pining idiot of a man#these are not the same men#but they're not only in the same universe#they're in the same storyline#i can't#i forgot how dope af pandora is tho omg#like#hello ma'am#and I think nightmare nurse might be a new favorite of mine#im currently mad at billy batson#mad in like#fondly why-are-you-like-this way#billy wtf#what a mess lmao#loved every moment
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