"So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."
Before reading this thread, I didn't think anything of the Helena being gay angle. AFTER reading this thread and the level of salt on display here, I guess it still is a HUGE deal.
I'm not salty rather I found it odd someone commented that something so commonplace in fiction these days (concerning a character who wasn't even present) was a "highlight" of the issue. This would be like me saying Spidey putting on his costume or Superman flying was a highlight of an issue, talk about a low bar.
"So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."
Yah, this version of Joker being "reformed but not really" sits better with me than the Snyder version where he truly did seem magically reformed without Batman. But I don't get how he is supposed to have grandchildren, that was really odd. Of course we did not see the actual photos, so who knows what they were.
Last edited by Scott Taylor; 12-07-2020 at 03:52 PM.
Every day is a gift, not a given right.
Nah, I meant silly in regards to the overreaction (mainly on Social Media) to this casual comment. I don't care who a character has sex with (or their religion, or their politics, or their favorite color and food, exact) especially an off-panel one. I can understand someone thinking "cool", or "nice", but a "highlight" not so much. The Phantasm is a highlight. Joker's act/reformation is a highlight.
Last edited by Celgress; 12-07-2020 at 01:40 PM.
"So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."
I can now better understand why Those In Charge of DC Comics decided to decline this being Batman #86 given the long flashforward. I doubt they want things locked into a certain future as it limits how new writers can approach the characters, their freedom to do so a hard & fast rule in comic books ("put the toys back in the box as you found them when you are finished for the next person")
"So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."