If only Damian and Jon were to run into their parents here. I’d love to see their faces.
I think it came up as a reason NOT to like this issue - they can't like King's take on this scene because of King's take on other characters like Holly. So, it was topical to discuss that.
I will thoroughly enjoy this issue. There are a lot of ways a "double-date" with these characters could have been TERRIBLY written, but this looks like it will be fun and beautifully drawn. We just got out of an issue where Batman and Superman talk about each other in such a way that shows how similar they are while at the same time shows how different they THINK they are... and now they're going to dress up as each other! "S is for hope", "The bat is for a bat".... they may actually end up talking about some of the too each other now. (easy to disregard as simple fanservice, but I think there are layers of character study for those who want to see it).
I think when you say "shameless" it implies that the someone is doing something they SHOULD feel shame for by most norms, but just doesn't care that it's taboo or that other will judge them. That makes using it with "fanservice" as implying the norm is he should be ashamed for writing it. That's how I always took it when someone says "shameless" whatever.
Damian wouldn’t dress as anything other than Batman, and Jon doesn’t really know of any other superhero’s besides his pops.
LOL "It stretched". "It better"
“Now faith, hope, and love remain, and the greatest of these is love.”--1 Corinthians 13:13
“You had a dream; I have a plan”--Cyclops
“There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.”--The Doctor
True - though not like any of those people who are at the fair know the people they are dressed up as - they're just superheros to them. But when you put it that way, you are right about Damian, he would only consider Batman wouldn't he. I could see Jon being fans of comics or superheros that he doesn't know (like the other kids at the fair). Someone who would look out of place next to Batman maybe. Fun to think about anyway.
LoL, they might both go as Batman. Or Damian goes as Batman and he talks Jon to go as his Robin.
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I feel like, even taking all that into account, using that to justify the way King has developed Holly is still a very big stretch and turns her into a completely different character then she was under Brubaker.
That's exactly why I think she would've made more sense to use in that situation.