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[QUOTE=charliehustle415;4666661]If that's the case then there shouldn't be continuity, that would solve everything.
We can have classic heroes with the classic status quo and amazing writers. They could write whatever they want and end it on their own terms and once they do another writer can write their version with the same classic status quo.[/QUOTE]
Well that is kind of what we have. Writers can indeed write what they want within a quite broad latitude, and in general the very next writer will tend to do their own thing with variable and often cursory nods to previous continuity. I don’t see why that’s a problem. It has been the same for decades.
It is notable however how few examples the OP uses before reaching for the Spider-Man marriage. The last thing we need is another thread about that.
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There it's real change and then there is the illusion of change, Marvel and DC specialize in the latter. Honestly, I don't know what they are expecting. As for why Manga is winning? Maybe because being a hotshot star in that world is a reward unto itself, as opposed to the lowest rung on the ladder/backdoor-into-the-entertainment-industry-by-putting-out-a-comic-that-looks-like-storyboards-for-a-boring-show-that-will-never-get-made-and-if-it-does-it-is canned-in-one-season-or-lost-in-development-hades.
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[QUOTE=Anthony W;4671379]There it's real change and then there is the illusion of change, Marvel and DC specialize in the latter. Honestly, I don't know what they are expecting. As for why Manga is winning? Maybe because being a hotshot star in that world is a reward unto itself, as opposed to the lowest rung on the ladder/backdoor-into-the-entertainment-industry-by-putting-out-a-comic-that-looks-like-storyboards-for-a-boring-show-that-will-never-get-made-and-if-it-does-it-is canned-in-one-season-or-lost-in-development-hades.[/QUOTE]
Writers aren't the only ones that love the illusion of change; fans love it to.
[QUOTE=PCN24454;4667091]Every fandom has their own comfort zone. Look at Dragon Ball.
It’s more or less been settled that most fans prefer Z over all other iterations of DB. That’s why Super is a direct continuation of the period after Buu was defeated but before Uub actually shows up.
Most fans don’t even care that Super greatly contradicts canon because it takes place in their favorite time period.
It’s also why Future Trunks still exists despite there being a Present Day Trunks.
I could go on and on, but the point is, it’s not exclusive to western based comics.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=charliehustle415;4666661]If that's the case then there shouldn't be continuity, that would solve everything.
We can have classic heroes with the classic status quo and amazing writers. They could write whatever they want and end it on their own terms and once they do another writer can write their version with the same classic status quo.[/QUOTE]
I suppose they could relegate OMD to an Alternate Universe, much like J.J.Abrams’ Spider-Man. Same with Initiative, Bucky or Sam as Cap, and Jane as Thor. But then you have to wonder how long these stories can last if the status quo heroes are still there in the 616? The MC2 Spider girl only lasted a certain time and then she lost her book. And then you have to wonder how do you do the transition from married Spider-Man to BND and run them side by side? Do you do BND for a few issues, then quickly release more married Peter and MJ stories, and say, “That was a strange dream?”, then let the dream BND stuff still come out?
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[QUOTE=JKtheMac;4671108]Well that is kind of what we have. Writers can indeed write what they want within a quite broad latitude, and in general the very next writer will tend to do their own thing with variable and often cursory nods to previous continuity. I don’t see why that’s a problem. It has been the same for decades.
It is notable however how few examples the OP uses before reaching for the Spider-Man marriage. The last thing we need is another thread about that.[/QUOTE]
This mentality is what's killing books to a certain degree. How many times are you going to shuffle around the same Wolverine, or Captain America fighting the same villains. Even if you consider what's been done with Batman at DC where they mixing in interdimensional villains and characters. Yeah it can work, but now he's taking over other themes and genres that many other characters occupy. All just to keep Bruce Wayne/Batman relevant???? Dammit just let writers and creators make new, or use other characters in the catalogue.
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[QUOTE=dkrook;4673638]This mentality is what's killing books to a certain degree. How many times are you going to shuffle around the same Wolverine, or Captain America fighting the same villains. Even if you consider what's been done with Batman at DC where they mixing in interdimensional villains and characters. Yeah it can work, but now he's taking over other themes and genres that many other characters occupy. All just to keep Bruce Wayne/Batman relevant???? Dammit just let writers and creators make new, or use other characters in the catalogue.[/QUOTE]
Fandoms are tsundere. It’s a bad habit.
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[QUOTE=JKtheMac;4671108]Well that is kind of what we have. Writers can indeed write what they want within a quite broad latitude, and in general the very next writer will tend to do their own thing with variable and often cursory nods to previous continuity. I don’t see why that’s a problem. It has been the same for decades.
It is notable however how few examples the OP uses before reaching for the Spider-Man marriage. The last thing we need is another thread about that.[/QUOTE]
Up until they have to be part of continuity because of some event or editorial mandate.
Think about how JMS left Thor because of this or when J. H. Williams III left Batwoman because heroes can't be married or when Morrison couldn't use Stephanie brown or when Marvel brought back Magneto and so on and so forth.