*screams*

[greenygal]

I was enjoying TT #7. Really I was. Slightly over the top in places, and I remain unconvinced that that's Bart, but aside from that. I mean, a Gar and Kory I can actually recognize, what more could a girl ask for?

And then I hit the last two pages.

Never mind the general out-of-characterness of it, for the moment. Just please, somebody, anybody, tell me that Geoff Johns is not implying what it looks like he's implying. I'm begging. Lie if you have to. Until then, I'm going to be over here, whimpering under the bed...

Comments

[ratcreature]

I didn't mean that I wouldn't find the incest disturbing, just that I'm not per se "squicked" by it in the sense of not being able to enjoy reading stories with dark themes like that. Of course OOC behavior always sucks.

But you know, you have at least successfully pimped me into reading the Teen Titan series for now, because I want to see how the story will continue. As if I needed another monthly comic book. I'm too easy. ;)

[greenygal.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean that I wouldn't find the incest disturbing, just that I'm not per se "squicked" by it in the sense of not being able to enjoy reading stories with dark themes like that. Of course OOC behavior always sucks.

I'm capable of enjoying stories with dark themes (trying to read the W/P Titans would create real problems otherwise :). But parent/child incest...well, not only do I find it possibly disproportionately disturbing (not that I think adults sleeping with their teenage children is not very disturbing objectively, but in comparison to my reactions to rape and murder and so on), but I cope with it best if the adult character is someone I have no sympathy for whatsoever, and genuinely believe would do that. Slade fails on both counts, so...it automatically becomes more disturbing.

(Remind me, have you read anything with him besides the Judas Contract? If not, I can see where one would have a not unreasonable reaction of "Well, he's a bad guy, what did you expect?")

[ratcreature]

W/P Titans? I'm not sure I know the acronym. Is it for Wolfman/Pérez as writer/artist team?

And I haven't read anything where Slade is a major character besides the Judas Contract. Only a couple of his guest appearances in recent Batman and Nightwing comics.