While no story is hated by everyone, War Games(and everything that makes it up) is almost definitely the most hated of BatFamily crossovers. There are many reasons why this storyline is so reviled, and I'm curious what everyone here thinks the single worst aspect is.
If you vote "Other" on the poll, please say which part of the storyline you thought was the worst.
View Poll Results: Most Hated Aspect of War Games?
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The Throwaway Death of Orpheus
8 12.12% -
The Torture and Death of Stephanie Brown
10 15.15% -
The Sexualization of the Torture of Stephanie Brown
11 16.67% -
The Character Assasination of Leslie Thompkins
10 15.15% -
The Bait-and-Switch (Steph being planned to die from the start)
6 9.09% -
The Aftermath (The splitting of the Batfam, the victim blaming, etc.)
4 6.06% -
Most Characters Acting OOC for the Sake of the Plot
4 6.06% -
The General Sexism on Display (This includes Bruce's in-story)
1 1.52% -
The Clear Malice this Story was Written with.
7 10.61% -
Other
5 7.58%
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Thread: Worst Part of 'War Games'?
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07-22-2017, 05:32 PM #1BANNED
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Worst Part of 'War Games'?
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07-22-2017, 05:37 PM #2I am a diamond, Ms. Pryde
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Uh, was there a poll?
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07-22-2017, 05:45 PM #3BANNED
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Took some time to put it together. Just added it.
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07-22-2017, 06:05 PM #4I am a diamond, Ms. Pryde
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Oh, man, those are some hard options. I don't know what I hate most most, but instinctively it's that Steph was planned to be killed from the start, but despite nearly all of the writers (Simone, Horrocks, Grayson, even Willingham) saying, "No, let's not kill her," they kept on with their moronic plan. Plus, the whole story was structured like it could be Steph's redemption, a turning point, but instead they just murdered her without any point except cheap sadness. Originally Posted by SiegePerilous02
I think Bruce's OOC jerkness to Steph is indeed a huge problem - it's just so unnecessary, and so against the Batman I think is one of the greatest characters ever made."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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07-22-2017, 05:37 PM #5Ultimate Member
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For me personally, it was the way Bruce was written. The Batman I know and love would not treat Steph the way he did.
Secondly, I don't even really care about Steph, but her fridging pisses me off on general principle.
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I agree. The whole middle section just made you hate Bruce and seemed too much like filler. Originally Posted by SiegePerilous02
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I didn't like all the stuff with Steph, but I hated what they did to Leslie. At the time, I enjoyed that Catwoman series, where Leslie was a big part of her supporting cast. War Games put an end to that.
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07-22-2017, 11:40 PM #8BANNED
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Didn't like any part of it.
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07-23-2017, 03:41 PM #9D*mned Prince of Gotham
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The whole damned thing. There's not one thing that I can think of that has merit about this piece of garbage story.
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07-31-2017, 08:30 AM #10Uncanny Member
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I haven't read "War Games", nor do I ever really plan to. Originally Posted by Phoenyxx1481
However, I did read the issues from Catwoman that were part of it in a Catwoman tpb collection, and those chapters weren't bad.
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07-31-2017, 12:11 PM #11I am a diamond, Ms. Pryde
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The accusation that it's racist usually centers around the death of Orpheus, I believe. Originally Posted by Timber Wolf-By-Night
The Catwoman chapters did tend to be better. Unsurprising, since Brubaker was one of the stronger writers in the staff at the time. Originally Posted by MajorHoy
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