Flash & Substance Picspam: The Sequel!
Jul. 3rd, 2006 01:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shankieNow with commentary!
Don't worry, it's not the big giant post of doo00o0o0oom like last time.
It's just that... every time I watch this episode, I find something new to geek out at.
Yeah, like I need help with that.
See this guy? The one in the green and white polka-dots? That's the eternally fashion-impaired Piper. Well, near as I can reckon.
Piper is great in the comics, because he's the ex-supercriminal who used music to do... well, just about anything. Mind control was the biggie. He was also gay, and openly so; had a boyfriend, etc. And came off about as dangerous as a ranting hippy. Definitely lots of ranting. Kinda a socialist, that one. And by kinda, I mean, he blamed Capitalism for everything.
I've thought about writing Piper into my story, but keep deciding against it. Chunk, too.
Cape love. That is all.
I was told, and looked back to check that, indeed, there was a Kid Flash costume in the Flash museum.
The writers claim that, in the show, Wally is the only Flash there ever was, period. That just doesn't make sense, especially not with this evidence.
The history of the Flashes teaches us that, if a speedster gets his power and isn't given guidance from day 1, it's not usually a good scene. Jay cheated at football, Barry didn't have a clue for the longest time, Max (back when he was called Windrunner) thought he might be some kind of demon and separated himself out from his people for most of his... unique... life. Bart almost got himself killed countless times.
Why animated Linda Park will never marry Wally: this is not a strong personality, people. Wally dated and flirted around with tons of women, but it wasn't until a strong, intelligent, willful and no-nonsense person came into his life that he had a meaningful relationship. To use a metaphor; speedsters are like leaves in the wind. You have to reach out and grab them, not flutter your eyelashes and sigh like a lovestruck 12-year-old.
(I am a leaf on the wind!) ::ahem::
Look at that little Batsmile! :D
Okay, I'm done. For now.
Don't worry, it's not the big giant post of doo00o0o0oom like last time.
It's just that... every time I watch this episode, I find something new to geek out at.
Yeah, like I need help with that.
See this guy? The one in the green and white polka-dots? That's the eternally fashion-impaired Piper. Well, near as I can reckon.
Piper is great in the comics, because he's the ex-supercriminal who used music to do... well, just about anything. Mind control was the biggie. He was also gay, and openly so; had a boyfriend, etc. And came off about as dangerous as a ranting hippy. Definitely lots of ranting. Kinda a socialist, that one. And by kinda, I mean, he blamed Capitalism for everything.
I've thought about writing Piper into my story, but keep deciding against it. Chunk, too.
Cape love. That is all.
I was told, and looked back to check that, indeed, there was a Kid Flash costume in the Flash museum.
The writers claim that, in the show, Wally is the only Flash there ever was, period. That just doesn't make sense, especially not with this evidence.
The history of the Flashes teaches us that, if a speedster gets his power and isn't given guidance from day 1, it's not usually a good scene. Jay cheated at football, Barry didn't have a clue for the longest time, Max (back when he was called Windrunner) thought he might be some kind of demon and separated himself out from his people for most of his... unique... life. Bart almost got himself killed countless times.
Why animated Linda Park will never marry Wally: this is not a strong personality, people. Wally dated and flirted around with tons of women, but it wasn't until a strong, intelligent, willful and no-nonsense person came into his life that he had a meaningful relationship. To use a metaphor; speedsters are like leaves in the wind. You have to reach out and grab them, not flutter your eyelashes and sigh like a lovestruck 12-year-old.
(I am a leaf on the wind!) ::ahem::
Look at that little Batsmile! :D
Okay, I'm done. For now.
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on 2006-07-03 09:52 am (UTC)no subject
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on 2006-07-03 11:59 am (UTC)I missed Bruce's smile at the end! Nar! *rewatches episode*
I loved the part when Orion was all pissy about Wally and was like "I don't understand" and Bruce was like "No, you don't". I squeaked for a long time.
And I also hadn't noticed the Kid Flash costume. I love the Bruce Timm team for little stuff like that - it's all the more reason that *fans* should be the ones doing this stuff. These guys obviously love what they do.
Thanks for posting! I enjoyed.
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on 2006-07-03 12:21 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2006-07-03 12:39 pm (UTC)Nar? Which post?
I went back to the most recent one and refreshed it and didn't see anything...maybe it just needs more time...er...or something.
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on 2006-07-03 05:43 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2006-07-04 12:16 am (UTC)Guh.
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on 2006-07-03 01:20 pm (UTC)And Orion called him a warrior :p heeee
And yes, it doesn't make sense. There is the Kid Flash in teen titans animation, of course, but that's a totally alternate continuity. They said they wanted to be able to do it without the worry of connecting them to civilian identities and the other heroes. But Teen Titans would have been great oin ther usual animated continuity if they'd handled it a little diffferently.
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on 2006-07-03 05:45 pm (UTC)I'll just pretend my way is the real way, hehe
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on 2006-07-03 04:04 pm (UTC)I wish that season was on dvd already...
Youtube will have to do. *sigh*
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