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Feb. 7th, 2006 03:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kingandyI know some writers are of the opinion that you should never let continuity get in the way of a good story, but this is getting beyond a joke.
First of all there was the whole thing about the Polaris system being promoted, by way of a single caption, to the Polaris Galaxy. Then Knockout acted a little out of character (no longer, apparently, a remorseless psychopath, expressing sympathy for the tortured prisoners) in Villains United. Later, in Outsiders, the heroes were confronted by Vault, a villain specialising in restraints and imprisoning mechanisms. A very chatty one, considering in his last appearance he was mute. (And, incidentally, didn't design prisons as much as generate them from dark matter or something.) This month, in the Day of Vengeance special wrap-up issue, there was a cameo by Empress. With her mask off. White, where she was previously dark-skinned. Finally, I note that Lady Quark - a seemingly vital component of Luthor's plan to do whatever it is he's doing - should have been dead for more than a decade.
Admittedly: 'system' to 'galaxy' can be dismissed as a typo; Knockout may have developed a conscience in the intervening time (or was perhaps just annoyed by the screams rather than uncomfortable - plus, it may have been her girlfriend being tortured); Vault may just have been not talking rather than mute; Empress may have passed her name and costume on to a skinny white girl; Lady Quark may well have survived being dumped, lifeless, into the vacuum of space.
But still. There's such a thing as a moment's research.
First of all there was the whole thing about the Polaris system being promoted, by way of a single caption, to the Polaris Galaxy. Then Knockout acted a little out of character (no longer, apparently, a remorseless psychopath, expressing sympathy for the tortured prisoners) in Villains United. Later, in Outsiders, the heroes were confronted by Vault, a villain specialising in restraints and imprisoning mechanisms. A very chatty one, considering in his last appearance he was mute. (And, incidentally, didn't design prisons as much as generate them from dark matter or something.) This month, in the Day of Vengeance special wrap-up issue, there was a cameo by Empress. With her mask off. White, where she was previously dark-skinned. Finally, I note that Lady Quark - a seemingly vital component of Luthor's plan to do whatever it is he's doing - should have been dead for more than a decade.
Admittedly: 'system' to 'galaxy' can be dismissed as a typo; Knockout may have developed a conscience in the intervening time (or was perhaps just annoyed by the screams rather than uncomfortable - plus, it may have been her girlfriend being tortured); Vault may just have been not talking rather than mute; Empress may have passed her name and costume on to a skinny white girl; Lady Quark may well have survived being dumped, lifeless, into the vacuum of space.
But still. There's such a thing as a moment's research.
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Date: 2006-02-10 12:27 am (UTC)