Considering that Devin writes the Dick/Babs love better than just about any other comics writer out there, I'm actually surprised that Dick/Babs fans don't seem to appreciate her take on their relationship.
I could totally understand being upset if Devin wrote them as falling *out* of love with each other, or falling in love with other people... but that didn't happen. The phone messages they leave each other in NW #100 and BoP, was it #76? Just so *heartbreakingly* full of love on *both* sides. *sigh* I'd rather have a story about two mature adults trying and failing to make it work, because of their own issues, than some schmoopy romance novel story where one kiss means "happily ever after" forever.
I mean, so Dick and Babs broke up-- so what? Name a classic het relationship in the DCU that *hasn't* been on the rocks most of the time. Ollie/Dinah, Wally/Linda, even Clark and Lois have their issues now and then. Lovey-dovey no-conflict relationships are *boring*, and a story that ignores the real *issues* that Dick and Babs have with love, independence, relationships and each other... well. Boring *and* not true to the characters, either.
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Considering that Devin writes the Dick/Babs love better than just about any other comics writer out there, I'm actually surprised that Dick/Babs fans don't seem to appreciate her take on their relationship.
I could totally understand being upset if Devin wrote them as falling *out* of love with each other, or falling in love with other people... but that didn't happen. The phone messages they leave each other in NW #100 and BoP, was it #76? Just so *heartbreakingly* full of love on *both* sides. *sigh* I'd rather have a story about two mature adults trying and failing to make it work, because of their own issues, than some schmoopy romance novel story where one kiss means "happily ever after" forever.
I mean, so Dick and Babs broke up-- so what? Name a classic het relationship in the DCU that *hasn't* been on the rocks most of the time. Ollie/Dinah, Wally/Linda, even Clark and Lois have their issues now and then. Lovey-dovey no-conflict relationships are *boring*, and a story that ignores the real *issues* that Dick and Babs have with love, independence, relationships and each other... well. Boring *and* not true to the characters, either.