tell me a story, game!

[solo_sword]

So with the new kids coming in and showing off their shiny new fandoms, I'm curious.

How'd you get into your canon?

Did you just pick it up one day and found yourself unable to put it down, or did someone (maybe from this game) drag you into it? How long have you been into it? Was there any one thing or character that hooked you on it? This is your chance to wax nostalgic and go on about what made your canon so cool for you. If there's a story behind it, tell us! And if there's not... tell us anyway!

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[weldedtomyspine]

I actually started reading the new Blue Beetle to see just how angry it was going to make me. I'd been a huge fan of Ted Kord (the previous Blue Beetle), and he had one of the most ridiculously infuriating deaths I know of in comics. So I expected to find his replacement really annoying and a huge disappointment.

So I picked up the first issue.

And it turned out to be good. Actually, it turned out to be amazing. Griffen and Rogers obviously got it. What made Ted awesome as the Beetle. And what makes comic books awesome to read. Not to diss Peter Parker (much), but Blue Beetle was a the book Spiderman would have been if Peter didn't live in a world that was constantly out to kick him in the balls.

So I kept up with the book, enjoying it tremendously. And then I got to issue 16... And that was it. It's still one of the single most enjoyable issues of any comic I've ever read. (In fact, I had to take a little break in the middle of this comment to read it again.)

Everyone should read it as it requires next to no context and is HILARIOUS.

The end.

[boywonder03.livejournal.com]

DENTIST!

Have you seen this (http://oxboxer.livejournal.com/34473.html), btw?

[glacial_queen]

As in, "The only Blue Beetle issue I've ever read?"

And, on the off-chance anyone was confused, yes, weldedtomyspine made me read it.

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Spider-Man. Hyphen capital M. I EXPECT BETTER FROM YOU.

[weldedtomyspine]

Hahahahaha. I caught myself right after I posted that, and then just couldn't be bothered to fix it. That's what I think of Spider-Man!

*grin*

Read Blue Beetle, Then you'll see what I mean. (But, seriously, Peter's okay. He just tends to whine too much when there's a bad writer at the helm.)