RE: Thought Bubble Thursdays #6 - Fates Worse Than Death
I think the point here is that some heroes are iconic.
You can traslade that icon and adjust it to new generations. Or you can twist it, change its colors, bring it to new scenarios and stuff, as long as you respect the icon's basic characteristics.
Ask batman and joker. Yeah, whatever version you like.
They should not die. They cannot die. You can't kill this icon, even if you wanted to.
Let's say you actually kill batman. Yeah, you kill him and that's it. You got another character to take his place. A cooler character, sexier, with 20% more awesomess.
Will the world actually accept that? Will it forget batman?
Other heroes are not iconic. They are just characters that could die and be replace for something better, sexier or cooler. You would miss them, maybe, but not all that much.
I totally get your point, man. Actually, Batman's a good example. Back in the 2000s, they actually did "kill" Bruce Wayne off for a time. There was even a whole Battle for the Cowl event which pitted a lot of characters trying to take up the mantle of Batman. I was totally fine with that, and a lot of characters brought a lot to the table. Eventually, the first Robin, Dick Grayson won and was Batman for quite some time. Since the other Robins already made their bid to become Batman, they wouldn't go back to being sidekicks. So, Damian Wayne, Bruce's son, became the new Boy Wonder. It really presented a new dynamic, and it gave the world a fresh Batman, who was unsure if he was suited for the role.
It's not just Batman, too. Bucky became Captain America for a while (which I was cool with), Jane Foster became Thor (which I'm still not cool with), the many Green Lanterns, Wally West became the Flash (which I grew up with), and many others. The point is, the same character doesn't need to live forever to become effective. Sometimes death, when meaningful, could have a better effect on a character's legacy than continuing on for decades.
I totally get your point though, thanks for sharing it! I appreciate it a lot :D
Yeah... not cool about the Thor girl.
Not specially happy about this teenage girl being Iron Man either. You know, not because she is a girl, but... heck, "Iron man", people?
That's the same case as "Devilman Lady". Does that make ANY SENSE AT ALL?
Oh, well... if i am buying she being this government sponsored erotic demon that will bring the apocalypse and stuff, i guess she being a "devilman" is kinda ok...
Thor is his name and they played it off as being a title. Jeez. They really missed the mark on that one.
Because of the backlash, they didn't push forward with making her "Iron Man". Instead, they named her Ironheart who took over the Iron Man title in the comics while Tony Stark was in a coma. He's coming back soon, so I don't know how they would handle that. Probably a mentor-student relationship.