It's almost a classic staple of superhero comics that when two heroes meet for the first time, they get into a fight due to a misunderstanding. This isn't the first time we've seen it happen with Jaime, either (Guy Gardner springs to mind) and it's one of the symptoms of excellent writing that in each case the misunderstanding isn't due to one or both sides grabbing hold of the Idiot Ball.
In the first case, Guy didn't know who or what he was dealing with, but his ring was screaming "DANGER DANGER WRONG BAD" at him and he reacted accordingly. Maybe a bit over-impulsively, but that's in keeping with his character.
And in this case, well, Jaime's jumping to conclusions, yes, but from his perspective the evidence - and Brenda's testimony - is pretty damning, and his friends in danger is his personal Berserk Button. So it is on, just as hard and as sharp as the Scarab wants, because nobody hurts his friends and gets away with it.
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Date: 2019-01-31 09:14 am (UTC)It's almost a classic staple of superhero comics that when two heroes meet for the first time, they get into a fight due to a misunderstanding. This isn't the first time we've seen it happen with Jaime, either (Guy Gardner springs to mind) and it's one of the symptoms of excellent writing that in each case the misunderstanding isn't due to one or both sides grabbing hold of the Idiot Ball.
In the first case, Guy didn't know who or what he was dealing with, but his ring was screaming "DANGER DANGER WRONG BAD" at him and he reacted accordingly. Maybe a bit over-impulsively, but that's in keeping with his character.
And in this case, well, Jaime's jumping to conclusions, yes, but from his perspective the evidence - and Brenda's testimony - is pretty damning, and his friends in danger is his personal Berserk Button. So it is on, just as hard and as sharp as the Scarab wants, because nobody hurts his friends and gets away with it.
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Date: 2019-02-01 09:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-02-07 09:31 pm (UTC)