So how about that DCU reboot? *ducks and covers*
Okay, I get that this is a really sensitive issue for a lot of people right now. And, I don't blame anyone for that. When you have a lot of years, time, and money invested in something, shaking everything up and throwing it back down like this? I can't say I wouldn't be howling if I could understand half of the reasons/character changes/developments that will be going on. My primary response to people upset about it is to want to give them hugs and cookies and agree that it isn't fair.
From a different perspective though, from where I'm sitting? I am kind of the target audience for this reboot. Up there I said if I could understand, and that's the key point. I've tried. I really, really, really have. I've had wiki pages open, and![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sisabet or trelkez patiently attempting to explain while I read (with every explanation leading off into two more tangents that require three more explanations, rinse, repeat). I've tried just reading and attempting to absorb the various backgrounds and character relationships to each other and histories by osmosis as I go. And I've really enjoyed some of the titles I have read, but even then there is this gaping hole of a sense of lack of connection to history and backstory that leaves me feeling like I'm constantly missing things. I like to think I'm pretty smart. I like to think I'm capable of absorbing pretty complicated information. And the DCU as it stands is currently pretty near impenetrable to me on any meaningful basis. And I'm interested! I want to be there! But trying to get on is like attempting to leap on an endless rollercoaster going 150 miles an hour that has a special set of hand gestures and code words needed while it's still moving.
So I'm...tentatively excited about this. And I can't imagine I'm the only 'new' reader who is, or who will maybe give DCU a brand new try because of it. I don't know how it will shake out, and I am sorry for what people are losing. But I'm glad of a chance to get on the ride.
Okay, I get that this is a really sensitive issue for a lot of people right now. And, I don't blame anyone for that. When you have a lot of years, time, and money invested in something, shaking everything up and throwing it back down like this? I can't say I wouldn't be howling if I could understand half of the reasons/character changes/developments that will be going on. My primary response to people upset about it is to want to give them hugs and cookies and agree that it isn't fair.
From a different perspective though, from where I'm sitting? I am kind of the target audience for this reboot. Up there I said if I could understand, and that's the key point. I've tried. I really, really, really have. I've had wiki pages open, and
sisabet or trelkez patiently attempting to explain while I read (with every explanation leading off into two more tangents that require three more explanations, rinse, repeat). I've tried just reading and attempting to absorb the various backgrounds and character relationships to each other and histories by osmosis as I go. And I've really enjoyed some of the titles I have read, but even then there is this gaping hole of a sense of lack of connection to history and backstory that leaves me feeling like I'm constantly missing things. I like to think I'm pretty smart. I like to think I'm capable of absorbing pretty complicated information. And the DCU as it stands is currently pretty near impenetrable to me on any meaningful basis. And I'm interested! I want to be there! But trying to get on is like attempting to leap on an endless rollercoaster going 150 miles an hour that has a special set of hand gestures and code words needed while it's still moving.So I'm...tentatively excited about this. And I can't imagine I'm the only 'new' reader who is, or who will maybe give DCU a brand new try because of it. I don't know how it will shake out, and I am sorry for what people are losing. But I'm glad of a chance to get on the ride.