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So it comes out today that DC decided to boot Gail Simone off of Batgirl, a baffling decision considering that the book has good sales and critical reception. Why? Well, twitter offers a tantalizing clue:

Oh, and apparently the firing happened via email. STAY CLASSY, DC!

(I'm so upset and I'm not even READING Batgirl. I'm hoping Marvel snaps her up right quick and gives her a Black Widow solo title.)

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So I finally caught up on LJ & AO3 comments for Possession, Indiscretions and Caught Up In Circles and added them to the masterlist. \o/ (I'm often a giant failboat about responding to fic comments - I love love love them, but when I open up the comment field to respond I feel my mind grind to a halt as every word I type sounds dopey and insincere and gah. But if I don't say anything I worry that people will think I don't appreciate them. And I do! And yes, I understand that this is like complaining I have too much delicious cake.:) It is really the best of all possible fannish problems, and I love and adore everyone who so much as presses the kudos button on one of my fics. *hugs* so please don't stop commenting.)

And I know I have comments on other stories to respond to, but at least the three newest are squared away. I've also uploaded my DCSS fic to AO3! So that's all taken care of.

Now the next deadline is Yuletide on the 20th, so I'm hoping to get that out of the way by the end of the week, then I can buckle down on

dc_dystopia.

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For

morganoconner for the AU My Fic Meme, who wanted an AU of ...And Into The Fire where Balthazar did need all of Dean's soul:

( Dean woke up with his head ringing and his chest aching. )

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I'm sending out cards this week, so if you want one, comment here!

Also, the Holiday Love Meme is still going on! If you have a thread in there, comment with the link! (mine's here:)

I was almost late for work this morning because I put on the wrong pants. It's been that kind of day.

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So, it's all offical-like: DC has canceled Secret Six. That brings the total number of DC comics I read that DC where DC has either changed the creative team or outright canceled to all of them. Sigh.

And in extremely perplexing DC reboot news, DC finally announced yesterday what team J'onn was landing on --- not JLA, as you'd expect, or JLI, as I'd hoped. But Stormwatch. Along with Jack Hawksmoor, Apollo and, if the cover's to be believed, Midnighter. I do not understand this strange new world that suddenly exists.

Martian Manhunter's my favorite DC character. And I love me some Authority. I just...how is this going to work? Are they from the Wildstorm earth, here through the Bleed? Have they been here the whole time? Is Jenny coming too? Doesn't anyone remember what happened to the last Stormwatch? Make me understand!

It's being written by Paul Cornell, so I'll give it a shot, but I'm just all *hands* over the whole thing.

That said, here's my tentative new pull list:

1) Firestorm (because I love Gail Simone but just can't bring myself to support the Batgirl book.)

2) JLI (Dan Jurgens concerns me but I love these characters. And Booster's leading it! This is the team of my heart, people!)

3) Blue Beetle

4) Stormwatch

5) Resurrection Man (love that character)

I might also pick up Static Shock. And I have friends to supply me with Jason Todd and his Amazing Friends. Although I still don't understand why Kory is on that team instead of Cass. It would be all about disappointing paternal figures and questionable life choices! Kory and Roy were Titans together, that I get, but Jason? And Jason and Roy hanging out makes sense (see above mentioned disappointing paternal figures combined with a nice dose of pissed at the world, since I'm betting Lian's still dead or, even more offensive, now never existed) but then why Kory?

And I like Starfire. I just don't get why she's on this team instead of any of the other ones.

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Still time to decide my fate! I'm closing the poll when my eyes open in the morning, so if there's something you NEED me to write now's the time!:) (and thank you everyone for not making fun of my stupid, stupid typo. I cannot edit polls.)

I've been spamming this comic all over the place today, so no reason to stop now. This issue of Gutters perfectly articulates why I have so many problems with the Batgirl reboot. I adore Gail Simone --- she's the single reason I stuck around with DC for the longest time --- but unless this is part of a larger plan (like my "the reboot is a lot more House of M than a for reals forever change" theory) the whole thing is just so wrong-headed and offensive.

Barbara being in the chair is important. It's vital that there be disabled characters in comics who are powerful and awesome and get to be important lynchpins of their universes (it's really impossible to overstate how important Barbara is to the Batverse). Because there should be characters of all kinds. Barbara Gordon is unique in the comics world: a smart, determined, funny leader who happens to be disabled --- here comes the important part --- and doesn't have superpowers to compensate. Sure Daredevil is blind, but his super sonic hearing means he can still "see." Dr. Mid-Nite is blind too --- during the day. Xavier's in a wheelchair, but he's also the most powerful telepath on the planet (and he gets to walk around every few years anyway.)

Barbara didn't get any of that. She got dealt a bad hand and put on her big girl panties and went on living her life, just like thousands of her fans do everyday. And IMO, as Oracle Barbara was ten times the hero Batgirl could ever have been.

And now that's gone. And I think that sucks.

DC may be claiming it's all about diversity now, but they're doing it by rebooting one of the characters that actually made them special. I'm not sure that sounds much like diversity to me.

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I love So You Think you Can Dance, but I don't know why I watch the pre-final 20 episodes. It's one long parade of "Hey, remember that dancer from the auditions you liked? Prepare to never see them again!"

ETA: Oh good Lord, they're making them audition with the quick step? Well, that's one way to cull the herd, I guess.

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Still plenty of time to decide my fate! (Poll is open until Saturday, the next time I'll be able to carve out any quality fic time.)

So apparently DC Comics has apparently decided to squander what little good will it's earned with me by rebooting all of is major titles, renumbering them and supposedly making everyone ten years younger. Because everyone loved "Heroes Reborn," right? Right?

Revealed in that article: Grant Morrison writing Superman and James Robinson being rewarded for writing "Cry For Justice," truly one of the worst things I've ever read in my life, with Hawkman.

Oh, and Gail Simone is off Birds of Prey. Seriously.

If this cancels Secret Six I'm done with DC. Again.

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In more cheery news, overnight my laptop charger stopped working (completely dead, not even lighting up) and my battery stopped charging, even with a new charger. Overnight, like they hatched some kind of suicide plot while I slept. It didn't need to come to that, machines! I would have supported your love!

So the whole thing boils down to me being out $55 for a charger that lets me at least stay plugged in if not actually charging. Because the battery is apparently in mourning.

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In actually cheery news, behold my kink_bingo card: ( Image cut to spare flists )

*rolls about laughing uproariously* I do not believe I got some of these. Orgies! Bruises! Marking! A square that may as well read "Write wing!kink here, please!" It's not perfect (there's one or two beyond me) but I can do things with this! THINGS!

(Anyone who wants in on the kink_bingo action, I still have DW invites!)

Title: Loose Ends
Fandom: DC Comics/JLU
Pairing: Question/Huntress/Question II, in various combinations.
Rating: R
Word Count: 2940
Summary: The Question has one last affair to put in order.
(A/N: originally posted as a

dc_kink meme fill)

Oh God if you're out there won't you hear me
I know that we've never talked before
Oh God the man I love is leaving
Won't you take him when he comes to your door...
Hold on
Hold on to yourself
For this is gonna hurt like hell
--- Sarah McLachlan

( Night One )

( Night Two )

( Night Three )

( Interlude )

( Night Four )

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

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Entries tagged with dc

I'd been meaning to pick up some new Marvel titles anyway.

I joined the grave dancer's union. I had to file.

Yep, still complaining about the reboot.

What is this I do not even.

Fic: Loose Ends (Question/Huntress/Question II, R)

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