tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post1222746400287798197..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: THE NEW TEEN TITANS #8Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-14167537990414041462015-01-22T16:39:26.143-08:002015-01-22T16:39:26.143-08:00Don't worry, I'll harp on the secret ident...Don't worry, I'll harp on the secret identity thing a few more times before we're done. These Titans seem very cavalier with their alter egos.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-89722427785473558082015-01-22T13:28:51.911-08:002015-01-22T13:28:51.911-08:00Like you, this was easily my favorite NTT issue ye...Like you, this was easily my favorite NTT issue yet, not surprising given how much I love the Classic Claremont Quiet Issues. <br /><br />I've never encountered them myself, but my understanding is that Terry's issues go far beyond the age gap (which, in and of itself, isn't *that* big a deal, but I gather it's just the tip of the iceberg). We shall see. <br /><br />Good point about Starfire's orange skin. I never really considered that before, but it does seem odd that no one finds it odd. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-67031716806317655732015-01-22T09:05:07.446-08:002015-01-22T09:05:07.446-08:00Mela -- I certainly don't doubt you, because I...Mela -- I certainly don't doubt you, because I've read that opinion in more than one place over the years, but I've read much further since writing the above post and so far Terry seems okay to me. Maybe his dislikeability quotient didn't start to ramp up until after Perez left the title?<br /><br />angmc43 -- "<b>No, the Wests will not be killed. Instead, they will be retconned; Wally's Norman Rockwell childhood transforms into something from Charles Dickens; Pa West turns into a bullying, emotionally abusive father who gives poor Wally one sad upbringing</b>..."<br /><br />Blechh. I like Mark Waid, but he sometimes demonstrates an irritating inability to leave well enough alone. There's nothing wrong with the occasional superhero who has a perfectly normal, well-adjusted family!<br /><br />As far as the age difference between Donna and Terry, I believe I wrote a little more about it in an upcoming issue which confirms his age. I don't think it's that big a deal when, say, one person is forty and the other is thirty, but it seems a little off-putting to me when it's a twenty-nine year-old college professor dating an eighteen/nineteen year-old student. But you're certainly right that it's all in what you're used to. This seems odd to me because I've never seen it in real life.<br /><br />Funny about the models; they didn't raise a single eyebrow from me. When I was a kid, I'm sure I would have thought it was awesome that I had a comic with topless women in it (even if only shown from the back). To further my comments from the previous issues' discussion, whenever I found myself the owner of a comic with excessive violence and/or gore in it, I felt kind of guilty, like it was something I shouldn't own. But on the other hand, I never felt guilty about comics with sex-type stuff in them. I thought those were really cool.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-38226810776696512702015-01-21T19:28:51.780-08:002015-01-21T19:28:51.780-08:00Yes, there was a back-story in the Bat comics abou...Yes, there was a back-story in the Bat comics about Robin re-visiting the Circus. A second visit later would lead to the meeting of the Todds. And a third will lead to meeting Tim Drake.<br /><br />No, the Wests will not be killed. Instead, they will be retconned; Wally's Norman Rockwell childhood transforms into something from Charles Dickens; Pa West turns into a bullying, emotionally abusive father who gives poor Wally one sad upbringing until that glorious day he visits his Aunt Iris in Central City, meets his idol and gets speed powers, changing his life for the better (according to Mark Waid).<br /><br />I suppose one can see some wrongness about Donna's relationship with Terry (age 29). But I think he gets a pass since Donna is mature in character and profession despite her age (not to mention strong enough to handle any wrong moves). I believe the Richards had a similar age distance. Perhaps I'm more tolerant since my mom was 21-22 when she married my dad, a man of 30-31, dating each other earlier.<br /><br />I recall one reader discomforted about Donna's photographing the scantily-clad models, with the mail page responding that she was raised in a society full of naked statues as art. It also added that the modeling portrayed in the issue was tame compared to the stuff in real life.angmc43@hotmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379700547226493861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-51236324986923385792015-01-21T10:20:16.818-08:002015-01-21T10:20:16.818-08:00Trust me when I say that you'll find plenty of...Trust me when I say that you'll find plenty of reasons to dislike Terry Long. Never has there been a superhero significant other who is so intensely jealous of the "attention" being denied to him by stuff like saving the world.Melahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539894845356203447noreply@blogger.com