Red Hood: Lost Days #6 (Spoilers!!!)
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scans_dailyAKA the final issue of this mini-series and the issue where I was like omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg
cuntfucius, levy and whitesycamore will be giddy about this.
Four pages.
Whoa! WHOA! WHOA!! Hotter than I expected. Ahem! He wakes up and she's gone. She leaves him with a note and another very important gift, which I was so, so, so glad to see in this.
Oh hey, look! Jason uses gmail. Mary Borsellino will be pleased to know about the dagger in this.
Here's her entry from evenrobins.net on Jason's dagger. Quoting from the entry:
Red Hood’s weapon of choice is a dagger with a waved blade. This edge design has been popular in numerous cultures throughout history, with a variety of connotations attached to the distinctive shape.
In simple, practical terms, a waved blade allows for a longer overall edge distance than would be present in a straight dagger of the same length. Waved blades in longer weapons, such as Flamberge swords, have the added advantage of causing the other weapon in a duel to vibrate, thereby making one’s opponent uncomfortable. This would not be true to any noticeable degree in a weapon such as Red Hood’s knife, however.
The origin of Red Hood’s knife within the Batman comics themselves is most likely the story “The Lazarus Pit!” from issue #243 in 1972. One of the original Ra’s Al Ghul stories by the O’Neil/Adams/Giordano team, this issue saw Batman forced to duel against a man who owed debts to both Ra’s and Batman. Both opponents weilded waved daggers.
As Judd Winick, the writer responsible for the entire Red Hood arc, utilised the Al Ghul family as a significant plot element, it seems likely that this classic storyline was one of the key inspirations behind Red Hood’s dagger.
Just as with the history of waved daggers in the real world, however, the element of pure aesthetic interest must be taken into account. Placing a waved dagger in a panel is more visually interesting and suggests a greater degree of ritual — whether the reader is aware of the legacy of the Keris blade or not — than a simple knife can.
Whatever the reasons may be, Red Hood’s dagger has developed iconography of its own, and now casts a shadow of specific meaning forward over any future appearances of such weapons in future Batman stories.
I'm so sad to see this mini-series end.
cuntfucius, levy and whitesycamore will be giddy about this. Four pages.
Whoa! WHOA! WHOA!! Hotter than I expected. Ahem! He wakes up and she's gone. She leaves him with a note and another very important gift, which I was so, so, so glad to see in this.
Oh hey, look! Jason uses gmail. Mary Borsellino will be pleased to know about the dagger in this.
Here's her entry from evenrobins.net on Jason's dagger. Quoting from the entry:
Red Hood’s weapon of choice is a dagger with a waved blade. This edge design has been popular in numerous cultures throughout history, with a variety of connotations attached to the distinctive shape.
In simple, practical terms, a waved blade allows for a longer overall edge distance than would be present in a straight dagger of the same length. Waved blades in longer weapons, such as Flamberge swords, have the added advantage of causing the other weapon in a duel to vibrate, thereby making one’s opponent uncomfortable. This would not be true to any noticeable degree in a weapon such as Red Hood’s knife, however.
The origin of Red Hood’s knife within the Batman comics themselves is most likely the story “The Lazarus Pit!” from issue #243 in 1972. One of the original Ra’s Al Ghul stories by the O’Neil/Adams/Giordano team, this issue saw Batman forced to duel against a man who owed debts to both Ra’s and Batman. Both opponents weilded waved daggers.
As Judd Winick, the writer responsible for the entire Red Hood arc, utilised the Al Ghul family as a significant plot element, it seems likely that this classic storyline was one of the key inspirations behind Red Hood’s dagger.
Just as with the history of waved daggers in the real world, however, the element of pure aesthetic interest must be taken into account. Placing a waved dagger in a panel is more visually interesting and suggests a greater degree of ritual — whether the reader is aware of the legacy of the Keris blade or not — than a simple knife can.
Whatever the reasons may be, Red Hood’s dagger has developed iconography of its own, and now casts a shadow of specific meaning forward over any future appearances of such weapons in future Batman stories.
I'm so sad to see this mini-series end.
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Date: 2010-11-04 02:48 pm (UTC)Thing is, people on this post have pointed out she's slept with Bane previously. And that's certainly someone who comes from a wholly different "world" from her.
I'm also pretty disturbed by people who are so upset about her sleeping with the "minion" and/or someone on her payroll and the idea that she should be "aiming higher." It really smacks of policing who a woman sleeps with.
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Date: 2010-11-04 03:26 pm (UTC)I'M SORRY BUT YOU CAN'T KNOW SOMEONE'S PSYCHOLOGY EVEN IRL TO KNOW WHO EXACTLY THEY WOULD SLEEP WITH IN EVERY SITUATION AT EVERY TIME IN THEIR LIFE.
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Date: 2010-11-04 03:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-04 05:58 pm (UTC)But the thing with Bane is that he was approved by her father (which inevitably mean SQUAT to her). And while being from a different world, Bane easily fit into the whole "warrior" status that would've made up for lack of "social" status. And I do believe warrior status had to mean something to the al Ghuls. I mean, did Ras approve of Bruce for his daughter cuz he's a Wayne, or cuz he's friggin Batman? Ya know, the intelligent Detective. The al Ghuls are rather archaic in their attitudes, hence my impression of them being super picky about who they mingle with.
Without that impression, I can see that it does sound like policing. But I'm only pointing out previous characteristics of Talia. She and Ras have appeared elistist in someway, acting kinda like royalty. Why are people surprised by this? Furthermore, as the thing with Bane showed, Talia is very picky about who she's with. Even a man of Bane's warrior status wasn't good enough for her, but I'm to believe some no name guy with a pretty face/body is?
Oookay. As far as this book goes, that's it. Hm, that's interesting, so she likes pretty boys is that it? I wish I had seen more signs of her personal preferences...has she ever flirted with Dick before (honest question) or shown any signs of being partial to a pretty face? I can't think of anything, I can only think of the many times she's extolled Bruce's warrior attributes. So to me, it seemed THAT was what mattered the most to her (bruce having a hot body being a pleasant side note...). No shame in her liking a pretty face, but...damn. I dunno, wish I had seen more signs of it.