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CrazySugarFreakBoy!

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killer shrike may actually pick up the book when Slott does the issues

Subj: Whereas I see it as a continuation of all the horrible stories they've been doing ...
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 at 09:49:23 pm EDT (Viewed 347 times)
Reply Subj: Can't say I'm outraged, given all the other (worse) plotlines they've stuck Peter with
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 at 09:25:54 pm EDT

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> ... And it's exactly what we all thought it would be:
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> SPOILERS
> Mirror for SPOILERS
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> Goddammit.



... From the "Clone Saga," through "Chapter One," through the "Spider-Totem," through "Sins Past," because they've all been attempts to retcon the character, and while some writers can sometimes create decent stories out of retcons, in the vast majority of cases, RETCONS ARE FUCKING FAIL, and the fact that this is a retcon that Joe Quesada wants means that it automatically fails, because he has become to Talent and Good Ideas what Anti-Matter is to Matter, in that he could now make even the most brilliant plotline collapse into crapulence simply by virtue of him liking it.