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Zeus 12/09/17 4:53:14 AM #483:	ParanoidObsessive posted... On the topic of the Judas Contract, though, it's worth noting that that story worked best in the comics because Terra WAS a complete shit, and WASN'T somehow redeemed by the end of the storyline. Although it pretty often begged the question why Terra was kept around, other than Beast Boy crushing on her pretty hard. The thing that made Gambit exciting by contrast was the is "he or isn't he" which I don't really recall being present with Terra although, in fairness, it's been a considerable amount of time since I read that story arc. ParanoidObsessive posted... Yes, they played it much straighter in the Teen Titans cartoon, but then again, they weren't going to have Deathstroke fucking a teenage girl in the cartoon, either (especially when they couldn't even call him DEATHstroke in the cartoon for standards & practices reasons) At least in the cartoon you could understand why the team kept her around. Although some characters had occasional doubts, she got along much better with everybody. Plus the ultimate wrapup had a pleasant bittersweet quality. Not the faux hero's sacrifice, mind you, but instead the fact that she faked her death to live a normal life and Beast Boy decides to put aside his personal happiness to let Terra keep hers. Not that her death didn't provide Beast Boy with a lot of material in the comics, including that brief and underwhelming reappearance during Blackest Night ParanoidObsessive posted... Derivative isn't necessarily a bad thing in comic stories, as long as you manage to tell the story WELL. The original Secret Wars was literally just a longer, slightly embellished copy of the Contest of Champions from the year before, yet most people barely remember the Contest, and people who do are still likely to give higher praise to Secret Wars. Meanwhile, Secret Wars II was basically an attempt to do a similar crossover with a radically different story, and most people shit on it (I enjoyed it myself, though even I admit that it was the harbinger of the modern "everything is event-driven crossover bullshit" style of publishing that has slowly eaten into the medium like a giant tumor). While comics are a highly derivative medium, playing major things so close has a tendency to cheapen things because you're constantly drawing mental comparisons. Or, at least, I wind up drawing mental comparisons. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:891872820] in All Geek's... [t:75748636]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>On the topic of the Judas Contract, though, it's worth noting that that story worked best in the comics because Terra WAS a complete shit, and WASN'T somehow redeemed by the end of the storyline. </quote> Although it pretty often begged the question why Terra was kept around, other than Beast Boy crushing on her pretty hard. The thing that made Gambit exciting by contrast was the is "he or isn't he" which I don't really recall being present with Terra although, in fairness, it's been a considerable amount of time since I read that story arc. <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Yes, they played it much straighter in the Teen Titans cartoon, but then again, they weren't going to have Deathstroke fucking a teenage girl in the cartoon, either (especially when they couldn't even call him DEATHstroke in the cartoon for standards & practices reasons)</quote> At least in the cartoon you could understand why the team kept her around. Although some characters had occasional doubts, she got along much better with everybody. Plus the ultimate wrapup had a pleasant bittersweet quality. Not the faux hero's sacrifice, mind you, but instead the fact that she faked her death to live a normal life and Beast Boy decides to put aside his personal happiness to let Terra keep hers. Not that her death didn't provide Beast Boy with a lot of material in the comics, including that brief and underwhelming reappearance during Blackest Night <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Derivative isn't necessarily a bad thing in comic stories, as long as you manage to tell the story WELL. The original Secret Wars was literally just a longer, slightly embellished copy of the Contest of Champions from the year before, yet most people barely remember the Contest, and people who do are still likely to give higher praise to Secret Wars. Meanwhile, Secret Wars II was basically an attempt to do a similar crossover with a radically different story, and most people shit on it (I enjoyed it myself, though even I admit that it was the harbinger of the modern "everything is event-driven crossover bullshit" style of publishing that has slowly eaten into the medium like a giant tumor).</quote> While comics are a highly derivative medium, playing major things so close has a tendency to cheapen things because you're constantly drawing mental comparisons. Or, at least, I wind up drawing mental comparisons. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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