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Subj: Re: Why I think Leslie Thompkins should have *still* killed Stephanie Brown Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 at 10:07:53 pm EDT | Reply Subj: Re: Why I think Leslie Thompkins should have *still* killed Stephanie Brown Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 at 08:03:24 pm EDT | ||||||
> > Okay, first thing. I don't think Leslie Thompkins *should* have killed Stephanie "Robin IV" Brown as some sort of warped point to Bruce about the dangers of costumed vigilantes. > > Well, that's tough luck, because that's still why she did it. I don't really care about the why. She shouldn't have done it in the first place, no matter her reasons. (I added the "as some sort of warped point" part as a clarification I guess wasn't really needed. Whoops.) I didn't want anyone to think I'm saying "Leslie killing Steph was a good thing!" It's certainly wasn't. I'm just explaining why I don't think it should be retconned away. There's a lot of story potential there. > > I think she should have done it and NOT have it retconned away. I think this should be a VERY painful thing for Bruce, Tim, Alfred, Dick, Barbara and pretty much everyone in the Bat-family who knew, respected and trusted. > > > > Tim, most of all, should say things like "I want to wave a magic wand so this never happened... but I can't." > > > > Basically, Leslie killing Stephanie through deliberate lack of treatment is a bad thing. > > It's not a "bad thing", it's MURDER. > > >And bad things happen. > > Murder need not happen, that's what makes it appalling. Hence, the enraged reaction. From both the fans and Batman. > >And, time travel and Infinite Crisis notwithstanding, they can't un-happen. Leslie killing Stephanie should stay one of those things *because* of the rage it caused us all as fans. > > It didn't enrage me, it just reassured me I'd made the right choice in not touching Batman books for some years previously, and made sure I didn't buy any until Dini and Morrison took over. | |||||||
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