Designated Sidekick

It’s been quiet going at the Designated Sidekick cave on the comics front. For one thing, I’ve been spending more money on comics in the aftermath of the Batman dream sequence, which has led to me spending more time reading comics than reading about comics.

There’s also been a few things rise up in the comics sphere where I pointedly don’t have a point to add, comment to make, or contribution that’s worth pixel space, so I’m content to sit back, read, learn, watch and try to catch some XP along the way.

Finally, I do want to make passing comment to Fortuner’s post over at Newsrama. I’m fascinated by the way that a bunch of the DC fandom are visibly upset that Stephanie Brown has returned*

Fascinated for many many reasons, not least of which seem to be centred around the relative absence of fan-hate for the revival of Blue Beetle in Booster Gold. I mean, seriously, it’s a positive year for me - I have Boostle back, Steph got a case (however briefly, but she got that damn case), and potential Steph/Tim angsty gloriously teenage awkwardly written angst.

It’ll be up there with Thor’s great line of why he wasn’t around to save Marvelverse New Orleans - “I was dead”

Come to mention it, when was the last call for Thor’s death?

But, being as I am indeed most curious, if you’re a Steph hater, feel free to open up in the comments on why you’re so unhappy with her return. I’d like to know.

DS

*Me, I wanted the case. I’ll settle for a good story line that resolves the following:

• a) If Batman knew, why Tim shouldn’t hate on Batman for an extensive and extended period of angsty brooding hate since Bruce knew Tim’s pain over the death of his girlfriend, but didn’t think to trust him to say “Tim, need to know basis. Stephanie is alive, that’s all you need to know right now”
• b) If Batman didn’t know, how the hell they pulled that one off past the artist formerly recognised as the World’s Greatest Detective. Did they smuggle her out whilst he was distracted by not recognising a lesbian relationship in the Outsiders? Or maybe it was when he was trying to upgrade the OMAC to Windows Vista?
• c) Which monastery Steph was in whilst she recovered and retrained, and whether she was babysitting Sin at the same location at any point. Whilst I suspect DC has an unlimited array of monastery locations, given the entire Green Arrow franchise goes off to them for vacations, along with Bruce’s original training, and any martial arts trained hero… what’s wrong with the YMCA? I ask ya, where’s the love for the local gym?