The Throwaway Death of Orpheus
The Torture and Death of Stephanie Brown
The Sexualization of the Torture of Stephanie Brown
The Character Assasination of Leslie Thompkins
The Bait-and-Switch (Steph being planned to die from the start)
The Aftermath (The splitting of the Batfam, the victim blaming, etc.)
Most Characters Acting OOC for the Sake of the Plot
The General Sexism on Display (This includes Bruce's in-story)
The Clear Malice this Story was Written with.
Other
Death of Orpheus for me. There was SO much potential in that character and his costume was boss.
I'll add that it was an abysmally executed rip-off of JLA's Tower of Babel, it is technically the end/final arc of Brubaker's Catwoman (he wrote an aftermath/wrap up issue), it produced War Crimes.
It did have one positive, though, as I really liked Onyx.
"Has Sariel summoned you here, Azrael? Have you come to witness the miracle of your brethren arriving on Earth?"
"I WILL MIX THE ASHES OF YOUR BONES WITH SALT AND USE THEM TO ENSURE THE EARTH THE TEMPLARS TILLED NEVER BEARS FRUIT AGAIN!"
"*sigh* I hoped it was for the miracle."
Dan Watters' Azrael was incredible, a constant delight and perhaps too good for this world (but not the Forth). For the love of St. Dumas, DC, give us more!!!
REMINDER: this thread was originally started back in July of 2017.
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With 65 people having voted,* The Sexualization of the Torture of Stephanie Brown = 11 votes
* The Torture and Death of Stephanie Brown = 10 votes
* The Character Assassination of Leslie Thompkins = 9 votes
* The Throwaway Death of Orpheus = 8 votes
* The Clear Malice this Story was Written with = 7 votes
* The Bait-and-Switch (Steph being planned to die from the start) = 6 votes
* "Other" = 5 votes
* The Aftermath (splitting of the Batfam, the victim blaming, etc.) = 4 votes
* Most Characters Acting OOC for the Sake of the Plot = 4 votes
* The General Sexism on Display = 1 vote