Crap.
One of my favorite TV shows killed off another character, this time one that I really liked. I won’t say who and I won’t say what show, even, in case you haven’t seen it yet.
Double crap.
Dinah Lance, the Black Canary, is leaving the Birds of Prey. So one of my favorite comics characters is being written out of my favorite hero team book. Joy.
Look, story happens, I get that, and I support it. Characters die or disappear or leave town. If it makes sense to the tale, if it enriches it, then fine. But then there are these cases I’ve mentioned above, and I’m pretty sure neither one of them was done with the story foremost in the creators’ minds.
Expedience. Lazy writers who can’t figure out how to grow a story WITH a character, so they end the character and usually introduce some other schmuck in her/his place.
This isn’t real life. No one I care about actually died. I’ve got perspective, I know it’s a TV show and a comic book.
But I love story. And I honestly don’t believe the stories these characters were in were really done with them yet. I think it was expedience or laziness. Some suit somewhere said “do this” and some writer couldn’t figure out how to make it work within the story, so they do the drastic but easy thing and excise a great character.
We are not amused.
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