All I'm saying is, this has got to be exhausting for you. You seem to approach virtually every single storyline and writer with an accusatory eye.
I believe that the best way to approach any text is with an adversarial relationship to it.
Let's not forget that Waid, Simone, etc., all s_d darlings, are also "Name Brands" at this point. Yet we do not shun them.
Speak for yourself with Waid, and ever since Gail became a name brand, I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop. She's not as big a name brand as Millar, Morrison or Bendis, though, which probably helps for now. And quite frankly, I don't give a shit whether the rest of s_d shuns them or not, because my tastes are my tastes, and are not dictated by you or anyone else.
So if it's arrogant for Morrison to want creative latitude on an established character, why is it then editorial's fault if, say, Christopher Priest wants more latitude on Cap and the Falcon and doesn't get it?
Because the editors didn't create the characters, either. You seem to proceed from the assumption that I'm inclined to let ANYONE off the hook here. If judging two different writers by the same standards means that I'm forced to find fault with one writer whose work I like, or else forgive the faults of a writer whose work I don't like, I will dissect the shit out of a writer I (used to) like, pretty much every single time, rather than offer any amount of forgiveness for anyone.
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I believe that the best way to approach any text is with an adversarial relationship to it.
Let's not forget that Waid, Simone, etc., all s_d darlings, are also "Name Brands" at this point. Yet we do not shun them.
Speak for yourself with Waid, and ever since Gail became a name brand, I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop. She's not as big a name brand as Millar, Morrison or Bendis, though, which probably helps for now. And quite frankly, I don't give a shit whether the rest of s_d shuns them or not, because my tastes are my tastes, and are not dictated by you or anyone else.
So if it's arrogant for Morrison to want creative latitude on an established character, why is it then editorial's fault if, say, Christopher Priest wants more latitude on Cap and the Falcon and doesn't get it?
Because the editors didn't create the characters, either. You seem to proceed from the assumption that I'm inclined to let ANYONE off the hook here. If judging two different writers by the same standards means that I'm forced to find fault with one writer whose work I like, or else forgive the faults of a writer whose work I don't like, I will dissect the shit out of a writer I (used to) like, pretty much every single time, rather than offer any amount of forgiveness for anyone.