I actually generally invest in characters primarily too.
I think my problem is my tendency to OTC. So while in theory, I invest in characters, for any given canon, I am likely fangirling just the one character hard enough that I have no energy left for the rest of it.
In some ways it makes it feel more like a myth to me, because how many versions of the same stories get retold and retold? YES. I have no idea if you've read any of Roberto Calasso, but he has an epic quote for mythology that I think VERY MUCH applies to comics and why I love them, "Mythic figures live many lives, die many deaths, and in this they differ from the characters we find in novels, who can never go beyond the single gesture. But in each of these lives and deaths all the others are present, and we can hear their echo. Only when we become aware of a sudden consistency between incompatibles can we say we have crossed the threshold of myth." But, yes, all of that with the alternate realities, and I love seeing the echoes of the timelines crossing over. It's awesome and it does make the characters seem like greater than the sum of their parts. One of these days, I need to go down my list of "Wonder Woman" comics and read some of the runs that have been recommedned to me. :)
I am usually the one defending different versions (movies vs comics vs animated shows, etc) while others are hating them for being different, but I just hate losing the main universe that I had invested in, in this instance.
Helena Wayne, as being written now is pretty much the DC version of one of my favorite Marvel characters, Rachel Summers, where she has the Bertinelli personality that I love so much and the tragic backstory of being from a defunct timeline (I have no idea if that's where they're going with Wayne in this version?), so I am entirely sure I would love her? But I really loved the Bertinelli backstory (I think Rucka's "Cry for Blood" may be my favorite graphic novel ever, and the deconstruction of the Broken Bird trope therein just makes me SQUEE so hard.), and it makes me sad that that's no longer part of canon. Or, at least, not part of the timeline they're interested in telling me the story of anymore. And, well, basically all of the concerns you addressed in your post (which I read at the time you had posted it, but refrained from getting all of my BITTERNESS in the way of your excitement ;) are very valid. I imagine I will end up reading them, but I know myself enough to know that it will have to be after I have gotten over the loss of Helena Bertinelli.
Oh, and I had NO Idea that audio drama existed! THANK YOU for linking me to it. Maybe I can spend my weekend happily shipping Barbara and Helena. <3
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I think my problem is my tendency to OTC. So while in theory, I invest in characters, for any given canon, I am likely fangirling just the one character hard enough that I have no energy left for the rest of it.
In some ways it makes it feel more like a myth to me, because how many versions of the same stories get retold and retold?
YES. I have no idea if you've read any of Roberto Calasso, but he has an epic quote for mythology that I think VERY MUCH applies to comics and why I love them, "Mythic figures live many lives, die many deaths, and in this they differ from the characters we find in novels, who can never go beyond the single gesture. But in each of these lives and deaths all the others are present, and we can hear their echo. Only when we become aware of a sudden consistency between incompatibles can we say we have crossed the threshold of myth." But, yes, all of that with the alternate realities, and I love seeing the echoes of the timelines crossing over. It's awesome and it does make the characters seem like greater than the sum of their parts. One of these days, I need to go down my list of "Wonder Woman" comics and read some of the runs that have been recommedned to me. :)
I am usually the one defending different versions (movies vs comics vs animated shows, etc) while others are hating them for being different, but I just hate losing the main universe that I had invested in, in this instance.
Helena Wayne, as being written now is pretty much the DC version of one of my favorite Marvel characters, Rachel Summers, where she has the Bertinelli personality that I love so much and the tragic backstory of being from a defunct timeline (I have no idea if that's where they're going with Wayne in this version?), so I am entirely sure I would love her? But I really loved the Bertinelli backstory (I think Rucka's "Cry for Blood" may be my favorite graphic novel ever, and the deconstruction of the Broken Bird trope therein just makes me SQUEE so hard.), and it makes me sad that that's no longer part of canon. Or, at least, not part of the timeline they're interested in telling me the story of anymore. And, well, basically all of the concerns you addressed in your post (which I read at the time you had posted it, but refrained from getting all of my BITTERNESS in the way of your excitement ;) are very valid. I imagine I will end up reading them, but I know myself enough to know that it will have to be after I have gotten over the loss of Helena Bertinelli.
Oh, and I had NO Idea that audio drama existed! THANK YOU for linking me to it. Maybe I can spend my weekend happily shipping Barbara and Helena. <3