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"What happened?" She could hardly even recognize him, beneath the bruises in the infirmary, his pale cheeks waxen, and drawn, more like a ghost than the well featured man she remembered.
"Batman." he whispered, his voice shaky. "I showed the commissioner some pictures of his daughter that weren't for polite company." He tried to laugh, coughing up blood instead. "Sorry" "It's not your fault, Mr. Joker." "Please, Doctor Quinzel, the Joker's a criminal, and I'm trying not to be" He grasped her hand weakly. "With your help." And he'd smiled at her. "Oh. Alright," She smiled back, "Mister … Jay."
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So I'm finally all caught up on my Runaways purchases, mostly. I now own it all, having just picked up TPBs 6 and 7. And Arrrrgh! The Xavin!Nico/Karolina moment makes me want to hit things, it really does, because I mean I /know better/ than to think that Nico could do the right thing that, but I totally wanted her to, and it would resolve /so much/. Nico/Karolina is rapidly becoming my OTP for this title, and it's hard to explain, because I mean, I like Victor, I really do. But it's just so /obvious/ that Nico and Karolina are like, perfect for each other. And Xavin ... well, I mean, I feel kinda bad for the guy, I do, but it's become increasingly clear that he's /not/ a girl, no matter how he dresses up, and so the whole time that Molly's like "You're totally my sister", and Karolina is like "She's trying to learn to be human" I /understand/ that, but I can't help but feel that the gang, along with the readers are totally being set up for a fall. And it's gonna break Karolina's heart. (especially if he's a dirtbag when he dumps her, which he's totally going to be, but not on purpose). Also, if at all possible, I love Molly even more. I'm like, exactly the pawn of Marvel Marketing they want, having been browing and seen #25 and going 'hrm, I think I'll pick up this Whedon comic I never heard of', and then buying Saga, and then like, obsessively hunting down the TPBs and like, ripping them out of the hands of children to buy them all. I absolutely adore this series, even if sometimes it makes me want to throw books across the room, because unlike many comics, you actually /care/ about the characters. And it's so much more internally consistent than many comic books, and it's got all kinds of geek humor. And I totally need Runaways Icons, and I have this little Molly!Muse in my head now that wants me to write Molly/Percy fic, with Wolverine as rewired by Cassandra Nova, because she thinks he's totally cute, and nowhere near as big of a meanie. (And his secondary mutation is so totally the hair). And I want to write Happy!N/K, but every situation I can think of for them right now is sad, and depressing. And I absolutely /cannot/ wait until next Wednesday. Mmmm, Chocolate. Anyway, silly fannish ranting aside, I am happy to have nearly completed my Runaways collection (still need to complete Runaways/YA crossover) and I also picked up the new Rachel Morgan book in hardcover, so I am a happy, happy person, at the moment. Tags: ranting, runaways
Current Mood:  anxious
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So I just saw a good/bad horror movie. The kind that starts out with a lesbian makeout scene bad. The kind that moves on to a 120 ft giant, acid spitting python with a razored tail bad. The kind that ends with everyone happy (except the dead ones), in a bar they built together bad. The kind of movie that can manage to star Robert Englund AND Jenny McCarthy. Along with a host of other minor characters from sources as diverse as Starship Troopers (the movie), Babylon 5 (the TV show), and Star Trek, the Next Generation. (Wil Wheaton is a major character.) And I wonder. I mean, to some extent, yes, the suspension of disbelief is vital to a modern cinemaphile, since there are, almost by definition, fewer well known actors than movies out there. But this seems to be a specifically fan conundrum, that of knowing instantly a half a dozen characters from as many fandoms. My mind kept wondering if this was not, perhaps, some well meaning but utterly inept crossover crack fic/deathfic on FF.net. Has anyone else seen a movie (usually made for TV, cheap horror or Sci-Fi) where the character is so typecast, due to your particular fandom interests, or else so hopelessly out of their acting depth, that it immediately made you think 'ZOMG, that's so OOC!'? Oh, and the movie? Was Horrible. Which was wonderful. The casting just sort of threw me for a loop. Current Mood:  confused
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