Mxy, you're approach is pathetic, chaotic and not at all interested.
Pathetic? That's your opinion. Since you're pretty much a Bizarro as far as common sense goes, I'll take that as a compliment. Chaotic? Sure, what's wrong with a little chaos? But not interested? Fuck off. I put more thinking in tying my shoes than you do in driving a car.
Quote: What you're suggesting is that if a writer wants to ignore Gwen Stacy dying he should and continuity be damned but then another writer could come along and ignore what the first writer did and make it so Gwen's dead again.
Yep. But you're missing a big part of it. "If a writer wants to ignore Gwen Stacy dying..." because he can make a good story out of it. If he asks me to pretend like she never died because he really thinks it's necessary for his story, I'll give him a chance and judge his story based on the quality of the writing, not on "how it fits in continuity".
Quote: Historically speaking, every time that approach is used in comics it ends up making for the worst kind of stories, the least memorable ones and the ones that others come along to fix or downright ignore as if they had never happened.
I was mad when John Byrne deliberatedly ignored the early 90's Forever People miniseries (where the character grew into adults), making them teenagers again and giving a crappy explanation for what happened after the last issue of the Kirby series. But then I thought, if Byrne can ignore that, why can't someone ignore Byrne? I certainly would if I had the chance to write the Forever People. I realized that what Byrne did isn't such a big deal... it's not real! He didn't undo fucking History, he undid a miniseries and that can be fixed.
Quote: I prefer Mid-Nite's approach of not ignoring and instead addressing.
Like Ennis did with Punisher.
He didn't ignore the previous mini series, he addressed it in a very characteristic way; Punisher gave both Heaven and Hell the finger and went about his life, the end.
That's the best kind of approach a writer can take.
That's a way, A way, as in ONE way and not the definite way. I recognize your way as a valid option, while you refuse to give credit to anything that doesn't sound like what comes from your brain. That's why you look like a moron.
Quote: Incorporate what he wants to do with what came before, not just ignore it to feel important or to please some whinny readers...
Wanna talk about whinny readers? Wanna talk about being pathetic? Between me and you, who's the one who goes to every fucking comic message board and spreads his fucking intolerant shit around, to the point of annoying writers themselves (not an easy thing, don't I know about that) and getting noticed by fucking news sites? These are my opinions and just that. I find proving you wrong an entertaining mental exercise, that's the only reason why I do it. But for you your opinions are much more like that... you talk like continuity is your fucking bible. I remember Grimm told me about this 30 something guy in a comic store who was yelling to other people because they pronounced "Magneto" differently than him, and I seriously wondered if that was you...
