Gotham City Police Stalking: Doing It Wrong

[aeka]

If there's an award out there for most epic stalking fail by a Gotham City cop in pre-Crisis DCU, this copper right here steals the entire trophy room. He also gets bonus points for having a pornstache and being motivated by his schoolboy crush WUV♥.





(Hmmm..."own personal brand of head-shrinking?" Oh hey thar Helena Bertinelli! I didn't recognise you under Helena Wayne's costume. ♥)



Oh Gary, Gary. Didn't you know? Being stalked isn't really a big turn-on for girls!



-Le Sigh- I wish I had enough icon space for my 'Harleen Quinzel does not approve' icon on LJ, so face-palming Harley will have to do. :(

Comments

[freezer]

Will this do instead?

[icon_uk]

Arkham being run by Dr Tarr and Professor Fether? Tarr and Fether? REALLY DC? ;)

[shanejayell]

Eh, it was the 70's, I think. It's forgivable.

[aeka]

1985 since Crisis on Infinite Earths occurred just shortly after this story. :P

Also can't go wrong with Edgar Allan Poe references. :3

[sadoeuphemist]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_System_of_Doctor_Tarr_and_Professor_Fether

It's a Poe reference in a Lovecraft reference, whoa.

[icon_uk]

I stand (well sit) corrected, thanks.

Sorry, names like that tend to annoy/amuse me more than they should. I still rankle/giggle at the Filmation Tarzan cartoon from the 1970's having aliens called Drachma and Lira... Likewise I sigh at/adore Marvel in the 1960's giving us two alien members of a species called the Fromagi, called Edam and Gouda.

[randyripoff]

And yet, you can say 'Darkseid' with a straight face... :D

[icon_uk]

Oh Kirblexia, or "Kyrby Sindrohm" is a special case IMHO!

[randyripoff]

Of course, I could always raise you a 'Mighty N. Dowd'...

[icon_uk]

Which, as she was created by an Apokaliptian device, counts as a deliberate homage to Kirby.

[tammy_moore]

I rather love the disconnect between 'I had no idea what was going on, I swear!' (due to the (in?)voluntary drug use) and the 'We were doing FINE, until you broke up our racket.'

Also, Gary Minelli is creepy on an industrial scale - however, I find the idea he enters every room by trying to kick down the door amusing.

[lilacsigil]

"Nurse does dubious things for drugs" is hardly news, but not a defence, Dr June Moorman!

[tammy_moore]

'Although, frankly, the Gotham medical establishment is so corrupt/incompetent that it is nice to see someone make some sort of effort to come up with an excuse.'

Seriously, in Gotham Dr Gregory House would be considered a timid, by the book sorta doctor.

[joasakura]

he eventually needed to replace all the doors in his home with shower curtains, for convenience's sake XD

[tammy_moore]

It made going to the loo in Gotham PD gents a very nerve wracking experience.

[wizardru]

Referencing Poe, eh? Cute.

Very weird sexual harassment intended as light flirtatious banter? Not so much.

[donnblake]

Well, I mean, he means it as light flirtatious banter, but it doesn't come off that the author or Helena takes it that way. She's upset that someone's been following her, and trying to work out the best way to deal with it (especially since it's a cop), not flirting back or even just brushing it aside.

[eyz]

Now, that is creepy! Yuck! °__O

[bazor]

It gets creepier...
They met in that hospital from the story. She got dosed with drugs, had a trip and passed out.
She wakes up NAKED in his bed in his apartment.
So, yeah, he's a creep.

[aeka]

God yes, I remember that story (actually I posted scans from her drug trip a while back).

I think what floored me most about that scene was that she didn't seem as concerned over the fact that she was naked in his apartment, or that he saw her face, as much as she should've had; instead she was more concerned over the fact that he wasn't intimidated by her. I know she could've still kicked his arse and all, but still; waking up naked in some strange man's home should be enough to raise questions. At best I settled for telling myself she simply took a shower at his place since she did have a towel on, but even that didn't hold much weight given the circumstances. XP