Titans #19

[uadlika]

I don't believe any of this beyond the cover was ever posted here. In light of current events I thought it might be wise to post.

Context: A day in the life of Red Arrow. Lian is ticked because he promised he'd pick her up from school and didn't because he's too busy fighting Lady Vic.

Lady Vic appears to be winning.






RIP Lian. And fuck you DC for messing up one of the best relationships that you had. You better fix this soon so that Lian can grow up to be kickass as Jade Arrow dammit.

Now if you excuse me, I have to go call my dad.



Tag wranglers: char: lian harper, char: speedy/red arrow/roy harper, char: speedy/mia dearden, creator: j.t. krul

Comments

[majingojira]

This incident just confirms for me the fact that modern comics really have no arc. Thus, they have no direction.

They exist only to perpetuate. There is no end goal. No reward. No denouement.

What we have is Act 1 and Act 2 of a 3 act story, and we're continually repeating Act 2. The efvents of Act 2: A Minor triumph followed by an epic shit being taken on the character in question.

The fact that the focal character can change on the whims of fate makes arc storytelling even more impossible.

And because there is no arc storytelling, our favorite heroes of Marvel and DC will never go anywhere.

[jlroberson]

It's kind of like: the point in an old-school video game is not to win but to keep playing.

[q99]

The thing is, arcs *are* possible. A character's story can end, either totally or to pick up a new one. Passing through different stages of their life.

Good writers can use that, but yea, a lot of the time they just get stuck in act 2.

[majingojira]

Indeed. Why do you think I follow writers instead of characters?

[fifth11]

Yeah, I need to start doing that.

[majingojira]

Of course, even then, you have to pick and choose which of their works you want to read. Be it genre or just "Wait, this is a bad story!", not everything a favorite writer does will be good or liked.

For instance: I follow Paul Dini's work, but he also worked on the abomination that is Countdown.