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When did it suddenly become cool to hate everything? It's a growing problem, especially in the entertainment world, and no one benefits from an increasingly hard to please, pessimistic audience.
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I've always had issues with Felicia Hardy.
I understand why she was created. She was designed to give Spider-Man a forbidden attraction. Felicia Hardy was the personification of "the lure of the dark side", so to speak. She was the seductive side of greed, self-interest and lack of compassion. Much like Catwoman's original appeal against Batman, Felicia Hardy was the villain who wasn't a bad person, but who did bad things. She was someone the hero wanted, but wasn't allowed to want and still be a hero. It wasn't a new concept, but it was well executed by whoever created her (I can't recall if it was Len Wein or Marv Wolfman who was writing Spidey at the time). She was perfect . . . . . . except for the name. Because I have an undying fondness for the FIRST Black Cat, that being Harvey Comics' Linda Turner. She would take on criminals, gangsters and Nazis in the '40s with nothing more than some roping skills, a little judo, a bad-ass bike and utter confidence in her abilities. She did it because it was right, because it was necessary, and because it was DAMN FUN! And she could show up for an 8 am shooting time, being a Hollywood Starlet, with nary a bruise on her bankable face. Black Cat (Harvey) is lost to history, despite attempts to revive her every decade or so. And now even her identity is lost, because if you say "Black Cat" to an entire generation of people, they think of Felicia Hardy. And it's not fair. Linda Turner was too good to be lost to antiquity. And Felicia Hardy should have picked another name. |
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But Marvel and DCs cannibalistic treatment of other Comics (even each others) is well known to all but the most fervent fanboys.
In this case Marvel wanted a forbidden foil for Spider-man, but instead they decided if it worked for Batman, it'll work for him. In the process they generate a half-assed character, who isn't as recognisable as her source inspiration, and another hero gets forgotten.
Shame
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"When you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you." - Nietzsche
Srs, excellent pic and a good bit of history.
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Lead us not into temptation... Just point us in the general direction and we'll find it ourselves.
Oh, and I really like the pic. Very nice. I'm sure Felicia will get her revenge in our next episode, "The Huntress or the Hunted..."
Oh crap I just trampled on another superheroine name! What a minefield! If we can't use any names that have been used before it's like we're relegated to using names like Absence of Color Feline or something. Oh yeah, that has quite the ring to it.
The young will always forget the history you want to keep.
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One of the perks of being a superheroine is getting to play dress-up every day!
*giggles*
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