Working on a particularly epic piece of Doctor Fate fan fiction. Haven’t seen too many Fate fanfics, and I’ve never seen a good one. Figured it was a win-win since my creative writing portfolio is a piece short anyway. I’ll throw a link up when I’m done.
hahaha. 90% intact. hahhaaahaha.
- name no longer “tim drake”
- was never robin
- parents suddenly enthusiastic and involved and proud
- olympic-hopeful gymnast
- witness protection program (and yet lives with bruce wayne??????)
- never figured out batman’s identity
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LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW ALL OF THIS COMPLETELY GUTS TIM’S CHARACTER AS WE KNEW IT SHALL WE
- HIS PARENTS
The severe emotional neglect dominating Tim’s childhood very much informed who he was and how he related to people. That’s why Dick, why that simple moment of sincere, easy affection and the horrific loss that followed, had such a profound effect on him, and why Batman and Robin became so important to him.
- ROBIN
Robin’s legacy meant everything to Tim. He knew that Robin was a symbol – of life, and hope, and joy – and one that couldn’t be allowed to die with Jason. He put everything he had into doing that name justice, into being worthy of it, of both Dick and Jay. It was both an inspiring, driving force and an incredibly heavy burden.
- BATMAN
Tim figuring out Bruce and Dick’s identities at such a young age established a lot about him – how keenly perceptive, shrewd, and, frankly, obsessive, he already was. He kept that secret for years, with no prompting or encouragement.
- OLYMPICS?
Tim was always more of a detective than a fighter. It didn’t come easily to him; he wasn’t trained from childhood the way Dick was, he didn’t have to defend himself the way Jason did. But he worked his ass off. He compensated. It makes him imperfect and admirable all at once.
I just don’t understand why you’d just throw all of this out.
The great thing about comic books as a medium is the fact that when you come into any one character (ninety percent of the time), said character has a rich and meaningful background thanks to all of the previous writer/artist teams that have come before. Which gives you a lot to work with (challenges based on things the character has struggled with in the past, perhaps rocky relationships that previous writers have only touched on, ect). I don’t understand why DC has forfeit such a fantastic universe rich in history for a fresh slate. In my opinion, it’s an extremely lazy move and just shows that a lot of the people DC has working for them don’t have the creativity or integrity to be working in this medium. /rant
According to RHatO sales:
Sept 2011 – 50,501
Oct 2011 – 53,444
Nov 2011 – 45,126
Dec 2011 – 39,850
Jan 2012 – 38,304
April 2012 – 34,177
May 2012 – 48,798 (Night of the Owls crossover)
June 2012 – 37,044
Aug 2012 – 34,439Aquaman sold 72,272 copies when it first debut last Sept. Aug 2012’s sales has it at 61,210 copies.
Teen Titans sold 73,675 when it debut last Sept. In Aug 2012, it sold around 42,817 copies.
Superboy sold 50,047 in its debut. In July 2012, its last issue before switching writers sold 29,677.
#comics #comic books #the rate of decline in comic sales is interesting #i’d like to see the grade of decline across the board and not just for lobdell’s books #but like it has to sting when aquaman is doing better than your big book #just because of how people talk about the character
Red hood lost 31.81% of its initial buyers
Teen Titans lost 41.88%
Superboy lost 40.7%
Aquaman only lost 15.31%
I agree with Z’s tags I would like to see the rate of decline for the rest of the books and the rate of decline of sales is really interesting. I want to see the numbers for Batman and Detective comics. I want to know how raising to price of those books affected sales.
yeah this is interesting because just looking at the numbers you can see rhato and other lobdell books aint doin so great but it’s important to compare that to other dc books because i mean, dc on a whole aint doin so great, so how much of it is lobdell and how much of it is the broken sale model
LOLLLL
1: The fact that Lobdell books aren’t top sellers makes me super happy.
2: The fact that DC isn’t doing well as a whole makes me happy. I think they’re going to have to hit rock bottom before they start actually listening to what their fans want.
3: I’m super happy that Aquaman is finally being taken care of properly and is being decently received (he’s such a great character, I’ve been trying to tell people this for years).
you’re too cute. I want to marry you all.
2pac (Ft. The Outlawz) – Letter To The President
When I’m feeling uninspired or just generally not feeling ‘it’, I have this list of things that I consult for inspiration and enthusiasm. It’s a fairly small list, nevertheless, Tupac’s music is near the top. There’s this unwavering sense of truth and a scream for justice behind every one of his verses. For me, his music has always been a beacon of hope. It shows that perseverance always reigns supreme.
Reblogging this because they’re all so lyrically on-point.
Woke up and forgot that my car died a mile away from my house and that I walked home. Imagine the look on my face and when I went to go get breakfast.
