I adored the conversation between Shiva and Slade. It highlighted their similiarities well, and showed - in stark, black and white contrast to certain members of the League, damn you, Meltzer - the code of honor that both live.
Also? The image of Lian trained by Slade, Shiva, and Serum!Dick makes my brain melt. A lot.
Also? I don't know which one of you wrote Shiva - but I enjoyed this rendering very much. Lines like She inclined her head briefly, considering. "So she is worth a small portion of my honor at this point." felt very true to me - and made me want to see more of this Shiva, for she rocks.
Also? The tiny detail about the collar and Roy/Dick was fabulous, as was the almost casual way Dick/Roy discussed the flaws in Rose's form.
Dinah's breakdown was painful to watch, and reaffirmed the utter hate I have for Identity Crisis. Considering that Meltzer gave her bare minimum dialogue in that story, it was very easy to imagine that events had unfolded in the manner that she described to Roy- that she had been so very against it, but had been too overwhelmed/caught up in the moment to stop it.
The blonde shook her head. "We had no right. Not a one of us. We turned into our worst enemies, took away all the justice from it by doing that." She flinched again from her memories.
Yeah, Dinah, flinch. Flinch because that's what I do anytime I read the panels involved. Flinch because in that moment in time, the ghost of Uncle Ben needed to find a way to cross dimensions, become corporeal and beat all of seven of you until you apologized for raping not only Dr. Light and Batman, but every one of the childhoods that had ever loved the Justice League or any of the members involved.
*hates Meltzer and the Justice League, all over again and mutters about great power and responsibility.*
"That backstabbing, lying, deceitful little bitch... And they've both kept coming on to him for how long?!"
*chuckle.* I'm really not supposed to laugh at that, am I? And, oh, Dick, honey, I love your Evil! self, and you're completely right about what they've done - but what you're doing? With Slade? And what you're going to do, in the future? And what you've done? Is going to hurt Bruce far, far more than what the League did.
Also? The way that Dick justified and separated *his* rape (because let's call a spade a spade) from what Light did was interesting. They were, of course, different events and Light was far more brutal, but the minute Dick started to get self righteous, the event hung out in my head. . .and I'm glad it's in the back of his.
There was no doubt in his mind that what had been done had led to the evolution of the son of a bitch he had stolen Dick away from. . . No matter what the League had done, he shouldn't have... That shouldn't have been enough to sever the bond between Batman and Robin.
Both true. Especially the last - because, no, DC, you don't get to blame a decade or so of bad characterization caused by Miller Worship on THE JUSTICE LEAGUE And that absolutely hurts.
"No... oh god, Dick... this is gonna kill him..." I do, of course, love a Roy whose so very focused on the man that he loves above all else.
I adored the reversal of roles between Dinah and Roy - it was painful, but it spoke volumes about the strength of the bond between them.
"He would hurt you right now..."
I thought Ass!Dick was gone and learned his lesson? *kicks Evil!Dick for not learning that very important thing.*
"I still stand with Dick, yes,"
All I'm allowed to do right now is laugh happily at that line.
Also? I really love the Rose in this universe. I know I've mentioned it already, but I really, really adore her. She's a lot of fun, and I love that she was the one chosen to comfort Dinah.
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I adored the conversation between Shiva and Slade. It highlighted their similiarities well, and showed - in stark, black and white contrast to certain members of the League, damn you, Meltzer - the code of honor that both live.
Also? The image of Lian trained by Slade, Shiva, and Serum!Dick makes my brain melt. A lot.
Also? I don't know which one of you wrote Shiva - but I enjoyed this rendering very much. Lines like She inclined her head briefly, considering. "So she is worth a small portion of my honor at this point." felt very true to me - and made me want to see more of this Shiva, for she rocks.
Also? The tiny detail about the collar and Roy/Dick was fabulous, as was the almost casual way Dick/Roy discussed the flaws in Rose's form.
Dinah's breakdown was painful to watch, and reaffirmed the utter hate I have for Identity Crisis. Considering that Meltzer gave her bare minimum dialogue in that story, it was very easy to imagine that events had unfolded in the manner that she described to Roy- that she had been so very against it, but had been too overwhelmed/caught up in the moment to stop it.
The blonde shook her head. "We had no right. Not a one of us. We turned into our worst enemies, took away all the justice from it by doing that." She flinched again from her memories.
Yeah, Dinah, flinch. Flinch because that's what I do anytime I read the panels involved. Flinch because in that moment in time, the ghost of Uncle Ben needed to find a way to cross dimensions, become corporeal and beat all of seven of you until you apologized for raping not only Dr. Light and Batman, but every one of the childhoods that had ever loved the Justice League or any of the members involved.
*hates Meltzer and the Justice League, all over again and mutters about great power and responsibility.*
"That backstabbing, lying, deceitful little bitch... And they've both kept coming on to him for how long?!"
*chuckle.* I'm really not supposed to laugh at that, am I? And, oh, Dick, honey, I love your Evil! self, and you're completely right about what they've done - but what you're doing? With Slade? And what you're going to do, in the future? And what you've done? Is going to hurt Bruce far, far more than what the League did.
Also? The way that Dick justified and separated *his* rape (because let's call a spade a spade) from what Light did was interesting. They were, of course, different events and Light was far more brutal, but the minute Dick started to get self righteous, the event hung out in my head. . .and I'm glad it's in the back of his.
There was no doubt in his mind that what had been done had led to the evolution of the son of a bitch he had stolen Dick away from. . . No matter what the League had done, he shouldn't have... That shouldn't have been enough to sever the bond between Batman and Robin.
Both true.
Especially the last - because, no, DC, you don't get to blame a decade or so of bad characterization caused by Miller Worship on THE JUSTICE LEAGUEAnd that absolutely hurts."No... oh god, Dick... this is gonna kill him..."
I do, of course, love a Roy whose so very focused on the man that he loves above all else.
I adored the reversal of roles between Dinah and Roy - it was painful, but it spoke volumes about the strength of the bond between them.
"He would hurt you right now..."
I thought Ass!Dick was gone and learned his lesson? *kicks Evil!Dick for not learning that very important thing.*
"I still stand with Dick, yes,"
All I'm allowed to do right now is laugh happily at that line.
Also? I really love the Rose in this universe. I know I've mentioned it already, but I really, really adore her. She's a lot of fun, and I love that she was the one chosen to comfort Dinah.