3/16/2024 0 Comments Angry birds 2 level 973![]() ![]() She casually mentions to Batman that her father gave her a gun to use on Clayface. Nor does it even decide to go anywhere near the fact that Tim was feeding her little white lies and she knew about it. Like….for real? I mean, she went to see Lonnie in Arkham, but the story doesn’t bother to give us a conclusion to that conflict. She has one dialogue balloon that supposedly eradicates any and all character turmoil that she’d been feeling up to this moment. Ok then….Īnd don’t even get me started on Steph. It was nice seeing Anarky come to his senses, but does his change of heart really forgive him for his past transgressions? I mean, it’s not clear because we move right along without really being given time to ingest what happened, but it seems to me that Tim and Steph were just going to let him go….even though he is still a criminal. Seems way too quick and easy of a cleanup for me. Not only that, but Anarky broadcasts what First Victim was up to, so I guess that’s the stories way of saying that all those people shouldn’t be mad at Batman anymore. ![]() ![]() How rushed was this story to fit everything in? So rushed that the main villain gets defeated off panel! Wow. I mean, we don’t get a conclusion for his mini arc, so why was it even broached? Yeah, he is there, but he is drifting in and out of consciousness so he doesn’t really contribute in any real way, nor does focusing on his loss really matter at this given point in time. And beyond that, Tim doesn’t even feature in the rest of the story after that point. But still, what did that have to do with the story at hand? Yes, it was relevant because it just got destroyed, but it was hardly important to the A plot. Tynion does start the story off with a three page flashback in order to remind us of how enthusiastic Tim was about The Belfry, so at least with him we do get to spend some extra time in order to help us feel sorry for him over seeing all his hard work dashed to smithereens. Not saying that they all should have had their own issues or something like that, but there was definitely more worth exploring in each of those plot points than this story permitted. It’s a lot to take in, and any one of those moments could and should have been given a lot more room to breath. We are expected to empathize with Tim losing the Belfry, accept that Anarky and Spoiler have come to terms with who they want to be as people/heroes, and witness the culmination of the Cassandra/Basil friendship that has been a C plot since almost the very beginning of Rebirth. Like I said, the focus on action didn’t leave much extra room, but that doesn’t mean the story didn’t try to throw in everything and the kitchen sink. Personally, I think that the story demanded too much from us without giving us enough to work with. But maybe that’s because I wasn’t given the time or space to get involved. I just followed along with what was happening till I got to the end. All I know is that my experience was one in which I never really felt all that involved in the narrative. Now maybe that’s my own fault, or maybe it’s the fault of the story. I’m not sure why, but I just had a real disconnect from what was going on. The thing that’s odd about the action is that even though it is fast paced, it doesn’t really feel all that epic….and I think that is what the team was trying to deliver. But with so much action, there really wasn’t a lot of room left over for much else. The majority of the story is spent herding Clayface away from potential victims and towards Monster Town so the team can use Victoria October’s serum on Clayface. This was a super fast read! When I got to the end, I actually went back through and counted the pages to make sure there were 20, because it definitely didn’t feel like it to me. Will the Gotham Knights be able to stop Clayface in time, or is the damage already done? First Victim’s dastardly plan unfolds as a gigantic rage induced Clayface goes on a rampage through Gotham City that will undoubtedly turn many more citizens against the Dark Knight over his willingness to utilize a super villain on his new task force. ![]()
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