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.
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My feelings on the reboot are mostly negative, in a distanced way since I gave up on DC years ago, but it's not because they're rebooting--they've done that twice and both times led to very good things. The DCU without the first Crisis or Zero Hour (1994) would be a sad and empty place. It's that I think they're rebooting badly, and also that I don't trust them AT ALL anymore. But there is no need to get into that here. *g* If you ever are interested,
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Regardless--some good stuff will come out of this, as it always does, and hopefully it'll provide you with an entry point and then you will have comics, which is wonderful. :D I know I'd love to hear about anything you end up reading. Also, you probably already know them, but just in case--the older DC cartoons, from the nineties to early 2000s, have all the joy and loveliness of the comics in a very streamlined version without endless backstory, and they're REALLY good. Another way to get a superhero fix without needing an encyclopedia.
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And I get the mistrust of DC (as much as I can without being able to follow the various strands and work my way out of the tangled knot). I do not begrudge anyone their upset or think they are wrong for being so. I was just kinda offering the perspective of someone who is interested in the universe, but hasn't been able to find a true entry point for either the good or bad. :D
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Me, I figure this isn't the first time DC has done this, and nothing they do can take away my many years of Batman, and hey, I might like whatever they come up with. Or I may hate it! I'm feeling kind of philosophical about it, right now.
It does suck for longtime fans who aren't of my persuasion, though, and I do feel for them.
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I really do feel badly for people who are upset, especially those who are already dealing with feeling negative/betrayed over things DC has been doing and see some/many of the changes as playing into those things. I do!
At the same time it is hard for someone like me not to be kind of excited and hopeful about a place to come in.