It smacked of the agenda the Bat-office has of a) removing Batman's supporting cast so he can be a lone soldier and b) switching the focus of fault and consequence from Batman to someone else.
*steps out of retcon-happy bubble*
I agree. And I don't really have a problem with those 2 directives, as they are. (A few little qualms, but those are more about my kinks than what's good for the never-ending nature of the *story*.) However, there are a million ways DC could have accomplished this that *didn't* waste characters.
For one instance, the above. a) Leslie left for Africa so she can't help Bruce (she might even *stay*) and b) *Stephanie*, with a small chance of *also someone else*.
Blaming it all on Leslie was a cheap fix, and it's so out of character I can't take it seriously. (Maybe she's SLADE.)
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Date: 2005-08-28 04:59 pm (UTC)*steps out of retcon-happy bubble*
I agree. And I don't really have a problem with those 2 directives, as they are. (A few little qualms, but those are more about my kinks than what's good for the never-ending nature of the *story*.) However, there are a million ways DC could have accomplished this that *didn't* waste characters.
For one instance, the above. a) Leslie left for Africa so she can't help Bruce (she might even *stay*) and b) *Stephanie*, with a small chance of *also someone else*.
Blaming it all on Leslie was a cheap fix, and it's so out of character I can't take it seriously. (Maybe she's SLADE.)
*goes back in bubble*