Beating out Zaphod Beeblebrox since 1940

[odditycollector]

So! Who has seen the pic of Alan Scott's upcoming new costume? You?



I know, by all objective reasoning, that I should hate it. Indeed, when that image first graced my field of vision, my expression probably wasn't far from Jay Garrick's look of horror. Or that of any of the other characters in that picture, who I assume are seeing that getup for the first time. (Or possibly have been aware of it for a while, and still *cannot adjust*.)

But after considering for a moment, I realized that actually I LOVE it, because it is 100% in character! Something like this happens EVERY TIME he makes fashion decisions.

caiusmajor: Oh ALAN, why do they let you dress yourself?

Somewhere in the DCU, Molly is facepalming, and she's not going to know why until the news comes on.

(Disclaimer: I am aware of the context in which this ensemble came to be. It is still the ugliest of all options.)

Comments

[lovelyzelda.livejournal.com]

Poor Alan. At least Dick Grayson had the rest of the Bat Family to stage an intervention after they saw the first few Nightwing costumes. In fact, I have decided that most of Dick's Bat-Hate phase was because Batman disapproved of his popped collar.

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

There is no "Poor Alan" when it comes to fashion choices. He does it to himself.

Jay and Molly have probably tried to stage many an intervention over the years, but Alan is not renown for his LACK of stubbornness.

PS. Is the bit about the Bat Family disapproving of Dick's Nightwing costume collar canon? Because <3

[lovelyzelda.livejournal.com]

PS. Is the bit about the Bat Family disapproving of Dick's Nightwing costume collar canon? Because <3

I wish. As far as I can tell, Batman and Nightwing's angry phase was due to the early stages of Bat-Jerk and Nightwing's characterization as "Diet Batman". But given how every other Dick Grayson costume is a technicolor nightmare, I refuse to accept that he created the current Nightwing look on his own.