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Date: 2010-02-03 01:51 am (UTC)Oh, I'd argue that there still is conflict between the two sides. Even though they both agree to get back at Dad, I think it's clear that they conflict as to how to do that. When the coin comes up scarred, Two-Face is very much about to kill Lester before Batman stops him. Thus, the conflict is the bad side wanting to kill him, and the good side wanting to keep him alive to punish him that way. Even when Harvey's sides agree, there's still always going to be disagreement underneath.
I'm curious, why do you prefer the whole scarred body thing? Personally, I think it's way overkill and verging on camp. And really, to nitpick, he's Two-Face, not Two-Body.
I don't think the face-scarring-by-acid necessarily has to be linked with vanity. I personally easily see it lending itself to themes of personas and masks that people wear in their lives, stressing a "Devil Inside" motif, as Matt Wagner put it. The whole rest of his body looks complete, like any average man... but from the neck up, you see the schism. It's a representation of the monster inside his mind, just underneath the surface. When the focus is just on the face, I find that more compelling, y'know?