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lyssie ([personal profile] lyssie) wrote2004-01-26 09:22 pm

The world is my oyster...

So. I've been sitting here, thinking absently. And I finally figured something out. I know why the idea last year (or the year before. Don't remember when it was) to basically wipe out the entire canon of the Subreality Cafe/Subreality on the SCMailing List bothered me so much.

And it did, I just never voiced it except in occasional snide comments to myself.

It bothers me because canon is a good thing.

This is why I cringe and moan and mock every time I hear about some new stupidity done at Marvel. (The Phoenix is not a cosmic force, for instance.... Yeah. Go away.) Because history is a good thing, and if you can't remember it, use it properly, and snuggle it...

You're an idiot.

But, wait, I hear people whine, 30 years/25 years/40 years of continuity is too HARD to remember! *whimper*

Yes, right.

So are a hundred thousand baseball stats.

You don't see the sports fans complaining, do you?

And comics/subreality/tv continuity is much more interesting, entertaining, and fun.

And I like Subreality's history. Ok, so it's been a long time since I've been involved with it, but I remember a few of the basics.

And without that memory, you get a lot of repetitious plots in Round Robins... Oh, god, do you ever...

Er. But that could simply be my own pet peeve.

In other news, despite evidence to the contrary, I am *not* writing a Farscape/Blake's 7 crossover.

Because it would end up the length of the entire Lord of the Rings. And I really don't have time for that. Really.

[identity profile] curlyjo1.livejournal.com 2004-01-26 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
20/30/40 years of continuity is also a reason for comic companyies to make their Marvel Encyclopedia (big honking nardcover book), and DC's Ultimate Guide to Superman/Batman/Wonder Woman/JLA (maybe I shouldn't have typed it like that *EG*). Decades of continuity make them money. Even screwing up continuity makes money. Crisis, anyone?

*blink* I'm really in a soapboxy type of mood today. Sorry for the mini-rant.
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[identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com 2004-01-26 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Precisely.

Plus. .. Geekitude.

[identity profile] curlyjo1.livejournal.com 2004-01-26 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
There's always the adoration/admiration from the guys in the comic shop when you actually know random facts about comics.

I made one guy's jaw drop (literally) when I knew about the Crisis. He asked me, "You know about the Crisis?" Um, duh? How far can you go in nearly any DC Comics discussion before you hear "Crisis", "pre-Crisis", or "post-Crisis".