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Jul. 25th, 2010 11:03 pm
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Yay! After busting my ass for the past few months, I got promotion! I'll have to bust my ass even more to get my desk cleaned up for the next person who takes it up. I wouldn't want to be that person who has to take up my projects. Clocked 50 hours this past week.

Saw the updates about the YJ cartoon. Yeah, called it. It's really just another Teen Titans. I'm just wondering how Kid Flash Wally and Robin Dick are supposed to be in the same time period as Superboy Conner and Miss Martian. TIME TRAVEL! It's always time travel. Nah, too clever. So, the spite muse marches on, despite the fatigue.

Speaking of spite muse, got an interesting negative review on Reset: Gemini Ascendant. Guess I'm going to have to make things a bit more clear cut in the writing, even though I don't like bludgeoning ideas. Then again, it's only three chapters in and I have two more upcoming that are almost ready. Then there's all the little scenes that I have done that don't have chapters yet. Nonlinear writing FTW!

I guess I could give some behind the scenes commentary here. Both Arrowette and Inertia were used as vehicles for their caretakers' personal vendettas. Bonnie wanted to relive her glory days. Thawne wanted to "win" a feud. Both kids were stuck into costumes and trained/conditioned without anyone asking them if they wanted to do this. Both have stepped up to the line when it comes to killing. Arrowette let her arrow loose and it was only by the chance of Superboy catching it that her target lived. Inertia had Impulse and Max Mercury one hit away from being torn apart in the storm, but pulled back and ran off. Funny enough, it's Arrowette who actually crossed the line in the comic books. So, they actually have some common ground between the two. Talking to each other could be theraputic and these are characters that need therapy. Am I going to have some boom-chika-wow-wow action going on between the two? Hell no! Am I going to let Inertia have a *gasp* friend? Yes. Are they going to get teased by their adolescent peers because the opening is there? Oh, hell yes!

So, I'll keep going with my master plans and just keep in mind that I might need to make things a little more clear cut in the future.
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Well, now that the work week is done and I'm in my comfy chair once again, I have some time to ruminate over the latest Young Justice news. While I left a short comment with my immediate thoughts on Scans Daily, here's a more expanded version.

First of all, the upcoming Young Justice animated series is Young Justice in name only. The characters are Teen Titans, except for TokenLad. He reminds me of Spike from X-Men Evolution. Why, oh why, couldn't they take a character like Empress or Natasha Irons to fill their diversity quota? Or Jaime Reyes? But then again, Jaime is fun and, while Young Justice does fun, Teen Titans does not.

Part of this direction for the show may also be that Teen Titans isn't doing well in sales. At this point in sales terms, Young Justice ended up on the chopping block. YJ also didn't have nearly the amount of marketing and brand awareness that Teen Titans has enjoyed. It wasn't until the age of the blog that YJ gained a serious following, simply because no one knew about it. Marketing FAIL. So, if TT is doing that poorly with all the backing it has, that isn't a good sign and something needs to be done to revitalize the franchise. I'd say get better stories and ditch the angst, but that's asking a bit much these days. So, it's make a new cartoon of the same old same old and slap the YJ name on it. Yes, I know that the show hasn't aired yet, but trends are trends and I've long ago learned to look behind the curtain. With DC, it isn't as much about the stories and characters as it is about the editors and pet writers and PTB. Sad, but true. Marvel isn't much better.

So, it comes down to jaded Randomality is jaded and the spite muse got some fresh spite. I had seriously hoped that the show would be YOUNG JUSTICE and I could put the spite muse away for a while, but with Johns at the helm instead of Timm or somebody fresh who actually knows about and gives a crap about YJ, I kinda expected it to disappoint. The DC PTB crew know what they like. I just don't share the same taste.

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