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DC reboots itself, again. Fanboys rage.
Ozymandias:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 22 Jun 2011, 06:49 ---Look at Booster Gold when he tried to stop Barbara's paralysis, only events kept stopping him from preventing it again and again, until he realised that there was nothing he could do. Barbara was destined to be in a wheelchair, and to become Oracle.
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This is also stupid as hell.
Look, the point isn't that she was unfixable in-continuity. That entire fact can be glossed over for the reason that she is better paralyzed. She's a better hero, a better person, and a better character. She's an honest-to-god awesome superhero who can't use her legs and that's okay. Any excuse where it's her destiny or the same magical universe that can make people come back from the dead over and over and over can't fix a hole in the spine is just dumb and trying to make weak justification in continuity, when the previous justification is all you need to tell someone who's trying to rationalize it. Relax, it's better this way and that's all you need to know.
Tiogyr:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias on 22 Jun 2011, 12:02 ---
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 22 Jun 2011, 06:49 ---Look at Booster Gold when he tried to stop Barbara's paralysis, only events kept stopping him from preventing it again and again, until he realised that there was nothing he could do. Barbara was destined to be in a wheelchair, and to become Oracle.
--- End quote ---
This is also stupid as hell.
Look, the point isn't that she was unfixable in-continuity. That entire fact can be glossed over for the reason that she is better paralyzed. She's a better hero, a better person, and a better character. She's an honest-to-god awesome superhero who can't use her legs and that's okay. Any excuse where it's her destiny or the same magical universe that can make people come back from the dead over and over and over can't fix a hole in the spine is just dumb and trying to make weak justification in continuity, when the previous justification is all you need to tell someone who's trying to rationalize it. Relax, it's better this way and that's all you need to know.
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Forget magic, you also have super-advanced cybernetic limbs that look just like normal human limbs. You have miracle medicine and you have plain old super hero healing and durability. Keeping her wheelchair bound because it's better for the story is definitely good enough, but getting mad and saying it can't just be reversed at any old time really is stupid given the universe this all happens in.
Tom:
Try going up to a paraplegic and saying: we can rebuild you, we have the technology. If TV has taught me anything they might not be so welcoming of your opinion.
Kugai:
*Cue Six Million Dollar Man theme*
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Tom on 22 Jun 2011, 14:03 ---Try going up to a paraplegic and saying: we can rebuild you, we have the technology. If TV has taught me anything they might not be so welcoming of your opinion.
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Pretty much what I was trying to say. Doing something like that is like a giant fuck you to the fans. Thats why I like the likes of Daredevil, who have taken their disability and provided to be successful despite it. Just making the character "normal" again is like saying you think they're a freak because of a disability, and that they cannot do things properly.
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