There’s a recent story development going on in the Marvel Comic universe where the writer of the story is getting death threats. And I have to tell you folks, I know fans can get very… “impassioned” about their favored characters. But I think death threats are a bit over the top.
They’re excessively immature and you are not thinking it through when you commit to “writing” your threats on folks. But aside from that, I’d like to suggest the following thoughts on story changes or developments that upset fans.
When you get absorbed in a character story, I think you have to keep in mind that when you like the story, you are really a fan of the writer. And sometimes, the writer has a plan in mind. Right?
Of late, we’ve been seeing many different franchises kill off popular characters. We first saw this way, way back in the 90′s when DC was thinking of killing off Superman. But of late, we’ve also seen character deaths in franchises like Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy and many other titles of late.
It seems to be the latest fashion of writing and definitely keeps fans on their toes. (But Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter doesn’t count. He’s crazy to begin with and kills off people we like every season. He’s evil, in an entertaining fashion.)
SPOILERS (MILD?) FOR TV Series Leverage
But when we have death in various genres, they’re not always permanent. Sci-fi loves to toss out characters and guage the fan hate from events that drive up ratings or viewership. If they see the right signals, the character will probably return in some fashion with some form of fantastical explanation as to how the character didn’t die. Remember Daniel from Stargate? Heck, the Leverage series finale scared the crap out of me last night, watching favored characters bite it. Or appear to.
(End Leverage series finale spoiler)
SPOILERS FOR The Amazing Spider-Man Issue #700 ensue here…
If you haven’t read your copy of Amazing Spider-Man #700 yet, you probably want to avert your eyes.
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