Several characters have been able to get out of the lasso. Is the lasso losing it’s importance? I mean from gods to regular people no one is suppose to get out of the lasso
Several characters have been able to get out of the lasso. Is the lasso losing it’s importance? I mean from gods to regular people no one is suppose to get out of the lasso
It's not as strong as it used to be starting around the time Grail escaped.
The lasso is just one of those things that's as powerful until it suddenly isn't on a writer's whim, like a GL ring or Thor's hammer.
All the really good side magical properties have been gone since pre-crisis, but now the post-crisis abilities are gone too (dispelling illusions, fires of Hestia, protection from mind control and those one off tricks that happen only once) suddenly there are a lot of loopholes involved. Even the truth itself is in question.
There's definitely constant nerfing.
Almost sounds like they want to do away with the Lasso and by making it "mortal" rope. Then they can write in the sword and shield every issue.
The lasso requires creativity which is in short supply most of the time. Same reason Batman's detective skills are quite limited %99 of the time.
Rules are for lesser men, Charlie - Grand Pa Joe ~ Willy Wonka & Chocolate Factory
The lasso hasn't become useless. Now the writers who are utilizing it lately, that may be another story........
Currently(or soon to be) Reading: Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jay Garrick: The Flash, Justice Society of America, Power Girl, Superman, Shazam, Titans, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Wonder Woman, & World's Finest: Teen Titans.
Unfortunately, I think escaping the lasso is similar to killing a god destroying Diana's bracers, or beating up Superman. It's a shortcut writers use to show the audience this character is an unstoppable badass and that we've just entered a new level of peril. Unfortunately, sometimes they go to the well so often that it loses all importance and emphasis.
Well, I've seen panels where the target of her lasso simply avoids it. Not much use if she can't land it.