Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

Still looking for that hook into comic book fanfic writing. There's a new AU-style comic book line called Absolute (Absolute Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman etc) that's kind of promising? They've been pegged as "grimdark" but from reading the Batman and Wonder Woman ones I don't think I agree, the worlds are darker but I feel like the heroes themselves are basically as good-hearted as ever, even with their backgrounds changed. I haven't hit Superman yet, though! I'm very picky about how Clark is written and a lot of writers don't get it right (I have a feeling all of us feel the same). That's a good question for this week: what do you need canon Clark to have in order to see him as legitimately Superman? I think for me a lot of the difficulty is the delicate tightrope between human and alien. Some versions lean too heavily for my tastes into "just human with powers" and others spend too much time focusing on how different he is from humans.

I know next week I'm likely to be on the road, I believe coming home from a quick business trip to Canada, so I doubt I'll have time to post this thread. I hope all goes well with you and your writing in the next two weeks! (ugh, that means I might not post here again until after the election, which is just a gray wall of uncertainty for me.)

Comments

[bradygirl_12]

I agree with you. I like a perfect blend: Clark grew up human, has nurtured a desire to be human, but he's always aware of his difference.

I am sure there are days he would like to chuck the responsibility, but he would miss his powers, too.

Clark is biologically Kryptonian but emotionally human. He honors his Kryptonian heritage but his heart is with Earth.

[mithen]

Clark is biologically Kryptonian but emotionally human. He honors his Kryptonian heritage but his heart is with Earth.

Yeah, I'll talk some more about this with this week's post (even if it's bizarre to even be thinking about comics in some ways).