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greenygalNo, I don't want to talk about Teen Titans. Except to weep over my poor Kory. (Sometimes I like characters like this, admittedly, but not when they're purporting to be Starfire. And not when they're this damn dumb.)
No, I wanna talk about
Oh man. Oh *man*. *wheezing with laughter* Oh, and to think I almost didn't buy this one. I thought we were done with Superboy, but no, we're so not...!
I've been in love with Superboy/Batgirl ever since the lunatic known as Joe Kelly introduced the idea; I even wrote a story, and have occasionally thought about more. So I've been a fascinated fangirl these last three months. The banter in #40 made me smile (all right, for these two, banter is Superboy making wisecracks and Batgirl glaring at him, but still) and the kiss melted me right into the ground. #41...#41 not so much. Not because of the ending; I'm just as fond of these two when they're platonic (and one day I want to see them really sit down and talk, even if Kon does almost all of it), and it makes sense that Cass is still trying to feel her way around this subject, plus this allows room for him to still be trying to win Wonder Girl back. (Somehow I doubt there's ever going to be a Teen Titans/Batgirl crossover, so I'll settle for them not contradicting each other.) No, what sank #41 for me was the persistent and inescapable sense that it was a dream sequence. Probably Kon's, what with, as he says, a girl in a skintight black leather bodysuit sneaking into his bedroom. But everything just went so fast, and with such a sense of unreality (particularly the sudden intrusion of the monsters) that I just wasn't able to shake that feeling. Mind you, as a dream sequence I quite enjoyed it, and there were some great lines, but...
And I was going to leave it there, I was, but no. My ears grew points at "Do you like boys?" (yes, there are also slashy possibilities in that question, and yes, that too enhanced my amusement) and after that I was giggling pretty much nonstop. Babs spitting out coffee at Batgirl's revelation--and doing an excellent impersonation of worried mom/big sister. Twenty bucks says she's going to give Cass the safe sex lecture shortly, even if Cass does tell her that she and Kon aren't really dating. And, oh, Bruce. Unreasonable, overprotective daddy Bruce. "I'm saying that if I catch him sniffing around her again, I'll--" Can't you just picture him with a shotgun?
He's a moron, of course, and I'm not pretending otherwise. First, for thinking that Clark was going to agree with him that Kon is a dangerous influence who should be kept away from Batgirl. Second, for thinking that Kon would actually *listen* to Clark even if he did warn him, especially if the warning is "Batman said you should stay away from her." Third, because the line he's taking with Barbara is that it's okay for Cass to never do anything but be Batgirl because that's what she wants. (And I agree with Bruce that it *is* what she wants, although I can totally understand Babs' frustration with that, and her reasoning that maybe if she exposes Cass to new things that will change.) This presupposes that Cass knows what's best for her and should be allowed to get on with it. Funny how that only works when what she wants is in line with what Bruce wants, huh?
Also, he's just generally a jerk for that last bit. Since we don't actually see any signs that Batgirl's screwing up (yes, the bad guy got away, but if that was a failure then it was Bruce's just as much as hers), it pretty much comes across as "going to see Superboy means you're a bad Batgirl." And leave it to Bruce to suggest that she can quit in a way that drips scorn, although I don't actually think she would have said yes no matter how he phrased it; the girl's got Issues. Poor Cass; Bruce wants her to be the ultimate Batgirl, Babs wants her to be a normal girl, and neither of them, quite honestly, are paying a whole lot of attention to what *she* wants.
Obviously she needs to go off and talk to Superboy about it... :)
No, I wanna talk about
Oh man. Oh *man*. *wheezing with laughter* Oh, and to think I almost didn't buy this one. I thought we were done with Superboy, but no, we're so not...!
I've been in love with Superboy/Batgirl ever since the lunatic known as Joe Kelly introduced the idea; I even wrote a story, and have occasionally thought about more. So I've been a fascinated fangirl these last three months. The banter in #40 made me smile (all right, for these two, banter is Superboy making wisecracks and Batgirl glaring at him, but still) and the kiss melted me right into the ground. #41...#41 not so much. Not because of the ending; I'm just as fond of these two when they're platonic (and one day I want to see them really sit down and talk, even if Kon does almost all of it), and it makes sense that Cass is still trying to feel her way around this subject, plus this allows room for him to still be trying to win Wonder Girl back. (Somehow I doubt there's ever going to be a Teen Titans/Batgirl crossover, so I'll settle for them not contradicting each other.) No, what sank #41 for me was the persistent and inescapable sense that it was a dream sequence. Probably Kon's, what with, as he says, a girl in a skintight black leather bodysuit sneaking into his bedroom. But everything just went so fast, and with such a sense of unreality (particularly the sudden intrusion of the monsters) that I just wasn't able to shake that feeling. Mind you, as a dream sequence I quite enjoyed it, and there were some great lines, but...
And I was going to leave it there, I was, but no. My ears grew points at "Do you like boys?" (yes, there are also slashy possibilities in that question, and yes, that too enhanced my amusement) and after that I was giggling pretty much nonstop. Babs spitting out coffee at Batgirl's revelation--and doing an excellent impersonation of worried mom/big sister. Twenty bucks says she's going to give Cass the safe sex lecture shortly, even if Cass does tell her that she and Kon aren't really dating. And, oh, Bruce. Unreasonable, overprotective daddy Bruce. "I'm saying that if I catch him sniffing around her again, I'll--" Can't you just picture him with a shotgun?
He's a moron, of course, and I'm not pretending otherwise. First, for thinking that Clark was going to agree with him that Kon is a dangerous influence who should be kept away from Batgirl. Second, for thinking that Kon would actually *listen* to Clark even if he did warn him, especially if the warning is "Batman said you should stay away from her." Third, because the line he's taking with Barbara is that it's okay for Cass to never do anything but be Batgirl because that's what she wants. (And I agree with Bruce that it *is* what she wants, although I can totally understand Babs' frustration with that, and her reasoning that maybe if she exposes Cass to new things that will change.) This presupposes that Cass knows what's best for her and should be allowed to get on with it. Funny how that only works when what she wants is in line with what Bruce wants, huh?
Also, he's just generally a jerk for that last bit. Since we don't actually see any signs that Batgirl's screwing up (yes, the bad guy got away, but if that was a failure then it was Bruce's just as much as hers), it pretty much comes across as "going to see Superboy means you're a bad Batgirl." And leave it to Bruce to suggest that she can quit in a way that drips scorn, although I don't actually think she would have said yes no matter how he phrased it; the girl's got Issues. Poor Cass; Bruce wants her to be the ultimate Batgirl, Babs wants her to be a normal girl, and neither of them, quite honestly, are paying a whole lot of attention to what *she* wants.
Obviously she needs to go off and talk to Superboy about it... :)
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Date: 2003-07-24 04:34 pm (UTC)And you know I didn't get any dream sequence vibes from the last issue. But it could just be that I'm used to Joe Kelly and Peter David writing Kon over the top.