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I refrained from the argument on s_d because I really, really liked the idea of a reformed Eddie. Or a sort-of reformed Eddie. I happen to think there is some room in comics for a character who is neither 'good' not 'evil', who mostly obeys the law (on the big things, anyway), but who is essentially only looking out for themselves.
Throwing out character development to return to an earlier paradigm is not 'returning to the status quo'. That character development was never intended to be temporary. It is the new status quo.
I can't stress this enough, but if a reformed Eddie isn't being written well, it's not because he's reformed, it's because incompetent writers are writing him. The same holds true for any and all character development that is summarily chucked out to return to an earlier status quo. If the writers can't write a good story with the material, they have two options: bow out of the assignment gracefully or write an 'untold story' from the era they want to work with.
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Date: 2009-11-12 06:40 pm (UTC)I refrained from the argument on s_d because I really, really liked the idea of a reformed Eddie. Or a sort-of reformed Eddie. I happen to think there is some room in comics for a character who is neither 'good' not 'evil', who mostly obeys the law (on the big things, anyway), but who is essentially only looking out for themselves.
Throwing out character development to return to an earlier paradigm is not 'returning to the status quo'. That character development was never intended to be temporary. It is the new status quo.
I can't stress this enough, but if a reformed Eddie isn't being written well, it's not because he's reformed, it's because incompetent writers are writing him. The same holds true for any and all character development that is summarily chucked out to return to an earlier status quo. If the writers can't write a good story with the material, they have two options: bow out of the assignment gracefully or write an 'untold story' from the era they want to work with.