Originally Posted by
The Cool Thatguy
It's worth it every damn time.
Most comic book stories are like knock knock jokes. You know the general outline, you know the pattern. Villain acts, hero gets involved, stops villain, rinse, repeat.
Giving the villain depth, allowing the writer to see the villain as a character and not just a machine, allows one to better suspend disbelief. To pretend that we don't know how the story will end and better absorb us into it. Seeing a person, instead of a 2-D drawing.
Frankly, Grant often gets so absorbed in his metaphor, call backs and obscure references, that half the time he seems to forget that he's supposed to give us a reason to care or give a damn. That's the main flaw with super evil Talia.