Well, I think it was a while before Tim was being touted as being "better" than Jason as Robin and Kyle had a distinct learning curve when he first got the ring, especially since he didn't have anyone to teach or mentor him with the Corps. all gone/dead.
That is bizarre because in the cases of 90s iterations I followed (Connor, Kyle, Tim) they all came with quite a bit of character development and ability/skill progressively and expressly called out in their stories. Conner was more adept at martial arts arts but his back story addressed that as well as other differences between him and Ollie. Which ones just appeared and were ubercompetent for no reason?
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Would it automatically be Deus Ex Machina if he gets out of the "you must kill someone" scenario though? It definitely can and has, but not in all instances.
I think in terms of serialized narratives for these characters, they all should have just ended a long time ago. It seems like a TV series that has gone on way too long and should have been cancelled already because it's just a shambling corpse of its former self.
I agree with that, but when it's every time, it's strains credulity.
But their successors would get saddled with the same cliches instead.I think in terms of serialized narratives for these characters, they all should have just ended a long time ago. It seems like a TV series that has gone on way too long and should have been cancelled already because it's just a shambling corpse of its former self.
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Teenage / twenty-something fully grown kid shows up in the heroes life that he's never known about. Ugh. Let's skip the actually hard parts of having a kid or being a parent, and just tell a tale of (terrible absentee) father-son bonding drama with an instant teenager, and never mention how irresponsible it makes the hero look for not knowing how a Bat-condom works.
Quiver those arrows, Ollie! Maybe Roy wouldn't be a teen dad if you'd set a better example!
Bat-God. The idea that Batman is prepared for literally anything no matter how outlandish and has a plan to take out anyone. I get it. You've got him on a team with gods. But at some point, you're delving into shark repellent territory. And while we're at it, making the Joker the greatest villain ever. He's a guy in clown makeup. He can't be that powerful.
Making Lois Superman's "tether" to humanity. The guy grew up here. It's not like he has no connections to Earth whatsoever.
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