There was a Crisis. IN MY BRAIN.

[odditycollector]

 
So, everyone was crying foul this week about Batman 644. I hadn't been following the storyline at all, but I was a little bit a masochist curious, so I read though it this evening.

And? It wasn't nearly as bad as it was made out to be.

The offending pages, for anyone without access to my brain... or at least my Photoshop:











So, yes, I'll miss Leslie too, but really? The above seems like a fair extrapolation of her character. After Steph's death, she realizes she's not helping anything in Gotham and goes somewhere where she *can*. It's not all that well written, I'll admit; the dialogue doesn't flow naturally, and it's hard to follow. However... it's not as bad as most of what Willingham's done in the Batbooks. I don't think he *gets* Leslie, but I've very, very rarely seen anyone who *does*. Bruce comes off as even more of a psycho than usual, but I can almost believe it of him at this point in time.

If you're just complaining because it seems like DC is flushing out all the female characters, yeah, I'm right with you. But it's not like it was character assassination, you know?


Honestly. To listen to the outcry, you'd think you guys all read a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT comic or something. Geez.

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Comments

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

I think I love you.

Evidently, I just dreamed reading the #644 I thought I read, because this one makes far, far more sense.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Oooh, *thank you*.

[lurkergrrl.livejournal.com]

About the anonymous guy, I'm really sorry. There are a few people on Newsarama who I thought would like this alternate ending, so I posted a link to it there. I should have known it would bring flamers. :( Do you want me to delete that thread?

[petronelle.livejournal.com]

I like your brain. I'm staying in your canon.

[roachspit.livejournal.com]

Marry me?

[minim_calibre]

See this? This makes sense.

Sigh.

Sense! ACTUAL SENSE! My offended brain, she is soothed.

[booster17.livejournal.com]

Okay, now that works a lot better. Doesn't destroy a character for the sake of it, and gives Leslie a better send-off than Willingham did.

Thanks.

[red-eft.livejournal.com]

I would like to curl up in your brain (or at least your photoshop) until this is canon, please.

that was great

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't like the finish of that storyline either, but that was a very nice piece of rewritting by you.

http://www.thestompinggrounds.org/forums/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=1&

[annedroid.livejournal.com]

Wow.
Certainly harsh, but the reasoning is there. I'm more surprised it took Stephanie of all people to make Leslie quit like this. I mean, she knew the job was dangerous when she took it...

Thank you

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

Yes, that works. That's Leslie and Bruce - and you did it without her hiding Spoiler (oh, I'd love for Stephanie to be alive, but this distorts the current stuff less.)

And your dialogue? Better than Willingham's.

[beccaelizabeth]

having read this, I can't remember what was actually in the issue. I mean the comic made no sense, and this fits perfectly. Better truth here.

[dotfic.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish DC had done it this way.

This is my Leslie. This is my Bruce.

Thank you for taking the effort to make this. Batman #644 was so NOT my Leslie and NOT my Bruce.

I thought your dialogue was good. I see no reason why it couldn't have gone down this way. Unfortunately, it didn't (with DC I'm not very good at pretending canon isn't canon. This doesn't stop me from enjoying the fanon).

[vass]

Yes. I'm glad that Willinghamfucktard called you in to write those few pages at the last moment, and that this then became canon. It's a shame Leslie had to go, and I *am* mad about the flushing out of female characters, but I'm glad she at least made a decent exit. But then, she deserves it, and after all, how else could DC have played it, make her into a murderer or something? (not that I'm suggesting anyone *would* write her that way, mind.)

[teekoness.livejournal.com]

This is exactly how I wish it had been written. None of the "she snapped" crap (excuse my language but I simply can't think of a better word to describe it).

May I friend you?

hello--I gacked this from marag's FL

[tallyhohoho.livejournal.com]

DC should hire you and boot Willingham. Well done and as you said, your version fits Leslie's character far better. She isn't an uncaring monster, just overwhelmed. Very good job...and on behalf of all longtime Bat-fans, thanks.

[brownbetty]

Thank you. I was seriously confused for a while about what happened, but now it all makes sense!

[prodigal.livejournal.com]

I found this post via scans_daily, and it reminded me of what I wrote as a reaction to Steph's death:

http://prodigal.livejournal.com/434297.html

Hope you like it.