I think it's because love has disappointed him too many times...

[blackruzsa]

So power is all he looks to.

4 scans from Daken #9, with some sniktling bonding time! The last of it.













"Maybe I don't have a heart, Laura. Maybe power is all I have.

All I need."


I wish Laura could make him understand more. Anyway, at least at the end we get another moment of Daken being nice to kids. That's probably the only bit of decency and general goodness he's managed consistently in... ever.

Comments

[sherkahn]

It's because when he's being honest, Daken is empty inside. Actually, both of them are. Laura is trying hard to better herself and fill her emotional core with other things to draw strength and joy from other than the abuse and pain of others. Daken "retreats" to that state when anything comes close to getting through his emotional armor, clawing away at anything that dares get close to him. Only when he seems to be using others does he pretend to be vulnerable.

[blackruzsa]

... yes, this.

[sevarem]

That may be so, and based on what else I've read with Daken, I believe that. But that's still no excuse for poorly written, stilted dialogue that reads like a ham fisted attempt at DARKNESS.

[blackruzsa]

Well already they're changing writers, so with any luck we'll get better monologue?

[sevarem]

Unless we get Dan Slott writing. ;)

[blackruzsa]

Rob Williams. :)

[sevarem]

Rob Liefield...