"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
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"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
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"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
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It's Batwoman Day!
11 years ago today, Kate Kane debuted in the pages of 52 #7.
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Picked up the first issue of Rebirth Batwoman from the bin while at my LCS.
Honestly, second verse, same as the first. It's well written and drawn, though not as well drawn as her early Nu52 stuff, but like her Nu52 book, it just isn't for me. Honestly, I think Kate just works better for me as a supporting character, or at least as part of an ensemble. I really enjoy her over in 'Tec, but there really isn't anything about her on her own that I can personally to latch onto.
Glad a lot of you can still get something out of it though.
in honor of Batwoman Day, I made some Spotify playlists.
First, there's the Batwoman Rebirth Playlist, which uses the songs that the issues in this first arc were titled after:
https://open.spotify.com/user/talkin...9pnLuOn1zLCW3P
And Kate's Playlist, which is made up of songs I think Kate would listen to on patrol, while working out, etc. I extrapolated from her canonical musical tastes.
https://open.spotify.com/user/talkin...5wO0ViOeUqnBon
Mega fan of: Helena Bertinelli (pre-52), Batwoman, Birds of Prey, Guardians of the Galaxy, Secret Six
Fan of: Batman, Cassandra Cain, Wonder Woman, Silk, Stephanie Brown, Captain America, Hellcat, Renee Montoya, Gotham Central, King Shark
Quasi-Fan of: Aquaman, Midnighter, Superman, Catwoman, Nightwing, Green Arrow, Squadron Supreme, Red Hood
Other likes: Low, Hush, Arkham Asylum: ASHoSE, Watchmen, A-Force, Bombshells, Grayson, Unfollow
Team Cap (both Rogers and Danvers)
Mega fan of: Helena Bertinelli (pre-52), Batwoman, Birds of Prey, Guardians of the Galaxy, Secret Six
Fan of: Batman, Cassandra Cain, Wonder Woman, Silk, Stephanie Brown, Captain America, Hellcat, Renee Montoya, Gotham Central, King Shark
Quasi-Fan of: Aquaman, Midnighter, Superman, Catwoman, Nightwing, Green Arrow, Squadron Supreme, Red Hood
Other likes: Low, Hush, Arkham Asylum: ASHoSE, Watchmen, A-Force, Bombshells, Grayson, Unfollow
Team Cap (both Rogers and Danvers)
Yeah, I figured today of all times would be a good time to try it out. Oh well.
It's not that I really disliked anything, so much as what I failed to like. A plot like this, just based in the first issue, which is servicable but nothing special, is fine of the characters shine. As I said though, Kate fails for me as a solo hero. My favorite heroes are all ones I can relate to, and aside from having a dad whose not who she thought they were, I don't have anything at all in common with Kate. That doesn't mean I don't think Kate is a great character though. Any time she's talking with the 'Tec team or Renee, its great stuff because of how well she bounces off them. Amazing character, like her more than a lot of the Batfamily...Her story just isn't for me.
Mega fan of: Helena Bertinelli (pre-52), Batwoman, Birds of Prey, Guardians of the Galaxy, Secret Six
Fan of: Batman, Cassandra Cain, Wonder Woman, Silk, Stephanie Brown, Captain America, Hellcat, Renee Montoya, Gotham Central, King Shark
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"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
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This is old news but hasn't been mentioned here, I don't think.
Anyway, Batwoman will finally be getting a big-budget live action appearance!
...in a porn parody of Justice League. Yeah, I know. It's a little odd.
Anyway, the costume was revealed today, worn by Charlotte Stokely, who will be playing Kate:
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The film is being made by a company that apparently has a track record of high-quality films (relatively speaking), and other superhero parodies from them have apparently been pretty faithful to the source material. That seems to be true here; it's been confirmed that Batwoman will only have lesbian scenes in this, and just look at that costume.
I have mixed feeling on this, but all in all, if they're going to do this I appreciate that they're putting a lot of effort into it and being true to the character by the sound of things. There will also apparently be a solo Batwoman film in 2018 from this same company.
Mega fan of: Helena Bertinelli (pre-52), Batwoman, Birds of Prey, Guardians of the Galaxy, Secret Six
Fan of: Batman, Cassandra Cain, Wonder Woman, Silk, Stephanie Brown, Captain America, Hellcat, Renee Montoya, Gotham Central, King Shark
Quasi-Fan of: Aquaman, Midnighter, Superman, Catwoman, Nightwing, Green Arrow, Squadron Supreme, Red Hood
Other likes: Low, Hush, Arkham Asylum: ASHoSE, Watchmen, A-Force, Bombshells, Grayson, Unfollow
Team Cap (both Rogers and Danvers)
Mega fan of: Helena Bertinelli (pre-52), Batwoman, Birds of Prey, Guardians of the Galaxy, Secret Six
Fan of: Batman, Cassandra Cain, Wonder Woman, Silk, Stephanie Brown, Captain America, Hellcat, Renee Montoya, Gotham Central, King Shark
Quasi-Fan of: Aquaman, Midnighter, Superman, Catwoman, Nightwing, Green Arrow, Squadron Supreme, Red Hood
Other likes: Low, Hush, Arkham Asylum: ASHoSE, Watchmen, A-Force, Bombshells, Grayson, Unfollow
Team Cap (both Rogers and Danvers)