sometimes i talk a lot
Dec. 1st, 2010 08:01 pm+ I won't get to watch Fringe till the 4th afternoon/evening, because I have to go out of town to attend a wedding. WOE IS ME. If you're wondering why my comics spam on Tumblr has increased even more in the last few days, this is why. I'm drowning my sorrow by fangirling my other favourite superheroes. Nonetheless, I have some thoughts I must note down before the episode actually airs: ( some spoilers for 3.08, Entrada, based on the sneak peek that was making the rounds )
+ Gail Simone linked to two great posts on Huntress' early days in BoP, and added her own thoughts, which included this absolute gem:
To me, the fascinating thing about the three main birds is that they share a common perspective, but they don't REALIZE they all feel the same way. That is to say, each bird thinks that she is the protector of the other two. Helena feels she's watching out for Babs and Dinah, likewise, Dinah thinks she's got Helena and Babs "Under her wing," and Babs feels the same way, we've hinted at that several times. So they've each got that little bit of Big Sister feeling for the other two, and if you asked them their true feelings, they would all basically say the same thing.
Not to mention Zinda, who, while deferring to Barbara as the leader, also tends to look at them in a sort of 'aww, children' way, and pretty much 'adopted' Dinah and Helena -- I quote Dinah in BoP #1 - when Babs was moping in Gotham. This, this is why I enjoy this book so much -- it's about the team and how much they love each other, even if they're idiots about it sometimes.
Today I was also being rather spammy about Huntress and her giant woobtasticness (she's practically the Cara of the Batverse; post-Richard&Kahlan Cara, that is, whereas Lady Shiva is the Cara who never teamed up with Richard or Kahlan, but ran into Kahlan when their sensei died and developed a strange... affection for her, in her own fashion. it makes a lot of sense in my head, okay?), and![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
favouriteyear said:
I’m a big fan of Babs/Dinah…BUT…I’m just as big a fan of the friendship between Dinah and Helena. They remind me a lot of Steph and Cass (beyond just the obvious)
Dinah is one who’s really been in Helena’s corner. I can’t remember the issue, but she and Helena hang out on Gotham’s rooftops and discuss Gargoyles, and she makes Helena laugh with her Batman impressions…and later when Bruce accepts Helena’s work with the mobs in Gotham and calls it outstanding, she’s totally rooting for him to acknowledge how awesome Helena is.
They’re one of my favourite friendships in the DCU.
To which I replied (conversations are so awkward in Tumblr, I heart LJ):
Oh, mine too. Barbara’s way of reaching out to Helena, at that point, was to send her on those missions, knowing they’ll act as a kind of therapy (and it’s really insane, how much time she spends thinking up this stuff, finding parallels and the exact matches for the situation) — and when Helena figured it out, it backfired. Dinah, meanwhile, reached out to her by just being her wonderful self — talking to her, cracking jokes and secretly telling off Batman. They all watch out for each other, but the ways they do it is very different, and characteristic of them. Dinah is the heart of the team — her way of reaching out to people she cares about it is a lot more immediate and accessible, whereas Babs plots and organises and fixes things.
tl;dr I really love them, why isn't the next one out yet.
PS: ( cracky romance novel AU FTW )
+ Gail Simone linked to two great posts on Huntress' early days in BoP, and added her own thoughts, which included this absolute gem:
To me, the fascinating thing about the three main birds is that they share a common perspective, but they don't REALIZE they all feel the same way. That is to say, each bird thinks that she is the protector of the other two. Helena feels she's watching out for Babs and Dinah, likewise, Dinah thinks she's got Helena and Babs "Under her wing," and Babs feels the same way, we've hinted at that several times. So they've each got that little bit of Big Sister feeling for the other two, and if you asked them their true feelings, they would all basically say the same thing.
Not to mention Zinda, who, while deferring to Barbara as the leader, also tends to look at them in a sort of 'aww, children' way, and pretty much 'adopted' Dinah and Helena -- I quote Dinah in BoP #1 - when Babs was moping in Gotham. This, this is why I enjoy this book so much -- it's about the team and how much they love each other, even if they're idiots about it sometimes.
Today I was also being rather spammy about Huntress and her giant woobtasticness (she's practically the Cara of the Batverse; post-Richard&Kahlan Cara, that is, whereas Lady Shiva is the Cara who never teamed up with Richard or Kahlan, but ran into Kahlan when their sensei died and developed a strange... affection for her, in her own fashion. it makes a lot of sense in my head, okay?), and
favouriteyear said:I’m a big fan of Babs/Dinah…BUT…I’m just as big a fan of the friendship between Dinah and Helena. They remind me a lot of Steph and Cass (beyond just the obvious)
Dinah is one who’s really been in Helena’s corner. I can’t remember the issue, but she and Helena hang out on Gotham’s rooftops and discuss Gargoyles, and she makes Helena laugh with her Batman impressions…and later when Bruce accepts Helena’s work with the mobs in Gotham and calls it outstanding, she’s totally rooting for him to acknowledge how awesome Helena is.
They’re one of my favourite friendships in the DCU.
To which I replied (conversations are so awkward in Tumblr, I heart LJ):
Oh, mine too. Barbara’s way of reaching out to Helena, at that point, was to send her on those missions, knowing they’ll act as a kind of therapy (and it’s really insane, how much time she spends thinking up this stuff, finding parallels and the exact matches for the situation) — and when Helena figured it out, it backfired. Dinah, meanwhile, reached out to her by just being her wonderful self — talking to her, cracking jokes and secretly telling off Batman. They all watch out for each other, but the ways they do it is very different, and characteristic of them. Dinah is the heart of the team — her way of reaching out to people she cares about it is a lot more immediate and accessible, whereas Babs plots and organises and fixes things.
tl;dr I really love them, why isn't the next one out yet.
PS: ( cracky romance novel AU FTW )
