Death in the Family

I think Jason Todd never had a chance.

He was not adopted with love into the family, he had no defining skills before Batman, and.. oh hell.. his last name is Todd. "Tod" in German means death. I feel like that was written in preparation for his short life.

I dunno. It was just a shame.

Damien was included recently with the intent of another death, but considering Bruce STILL has not recovered from the loss of Jason it wouldn't be very good. Just more and more morose Batman.

Because there's not enough of that.

My Disputes with Morrison; The Continuous List

the obvious - RIP followed by the Return. kill him or not, just effing choose

Alfred reads Artemis Fowl? okay, I understand he would be interested in the storyline, but I mean I read them around the age of 11. I expect Alfred's reading level to be above 5th grade.

I like ninjas as much as the next person, but MAN are you obsessed!

ugh eff. I turned the page - manbat ninjas. those look STUPID

wait. with swords? go fuck yourself. why the hell do they need swords?!

you turned Talia Al Ghul into Billie Jean but actually with his kid. but still, a crazy bitch none the less clinging on to "that night you and I shared." obnoxious clingy single mom. no wonder he did not stay with you, even not including the whole father-in-law-trying-to-kill-him thing

right alright, Tim doing a John Smith/Pocahontas reference towards Damien. okay, it was funny. I guess. *_*

reeeallly? Batman screams "Patience is a virtue" when he loses his temper? wtf! almost as bad as Batman's previous fight against punk music...

sometimes you can't make a story that's cohesive within the time frame it's made, so instead you make a parallel-ish future world that's slightly plausible but you later write something that destroys that future you set up. CHOOSE what you want to do, MAKE UP YOUR MIND and don't make bold statements like this that fuck you up in the long run.

these twists. and the concepts. they're not very twisty. like, I'm not all "ohmygodIdidntseethatcoming" or anything. or even interesting enough mysteries that I'm truly dying to find out. it's just there. maybe there were once, but it doesn't seem so anymore

you almost had me accepting you - that RIP was part of a 5 volume story arc that by the end you will fix what you've done, that you are bringing Damien to an important character and retaining Dick Grayson's legacy - but then you decided that the Batman you are using is the SAME one in Frank Miller's All Star Batman? No. No, BAD Grant! Why not choose the Batman from Miller's The Dark Knight Returns? You leave me hurt. Wounded, even.

Quick Comment

I have put in a lot of thought into batman 3 previously (this is not fully developed), but I just thought of a possible plot that was set up without even their knowledge

in Batman Begins they made it very apparent that Alfred had a strong tie to the family and in particular to Martha Wayne. somehow will they be pulling the RIP plot of the Black Glove?

now that Batman is on the run, it's possible for someone to find Bruce's identity and use it against him. it probably wont go into too much Black Glove detail, but they MIGHT pull part of it.

maybe not this movie, but perhaps in the next.

idk. just a thought.

now that i've written it, this sounds more like a 4am idea (which it was) than a logical idea..