Pestilence has never been this awesome!

[ladymirth]

People come back from the dead, two hours after they die, completely deranged.

Seriously?!

I thought this stuff only happened in DC Comics.

Does this mean the Lazarus Pits have a strain of swine flu in it?

DC characters who were secretly infected with swine flu:
1. Jason Todd
2. Jericho
3. Ra's Al Ghul
3. Black Canary (she married Ollie after he made her believe her daughter was dead)
4. Superboy (oh, just you wait and see!) 

Sometimes truth is as strange as fiction. They're even calling it "novel flu". 

AWESOME!

Comments

*snerk*

[googlebrat.livejournal.com]

You got me for a moment until I checked the URL.

My icon has never been so appropriate.

Re: *snerk*

[ladymirth.livejournal.com]

But I wanted it to be true...so badly. *is saaad*

[pgwfolc.livejournal.com]

lol, that's great!

But, of course, totally bogus.

Meantime... I read the special free Darkest Night book today. And... dammit, I was right. I'd almost hoped that they wouldn't be that obvious. But... nope.

(Spoilery details upon request, in case you hadn't heard.)

[ladymirth.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm ecstatic that Superboy's back! I loved him to death in Young Justice...and then they jall oined the Teen Titans and went disgustingly emo. I hate this trend of killing beloved, long-established characters off just so they can be ZOMG!edgy and DEEP. Identity crisis, Infinite Crisis and Final Crisis were all such exercises in pointlessness.

And Timmy will be happy again, poor hurted Robin! *cuddles him*

The zombieflu is real! I reject your reality and substitute my own!

[pgwfolc.livejournal.com]

Zombieflu is real, yes. Except they're calling them "Black Lanterns" now.

Crossover Events in general are pointless and have no doubt resulted in much damage to a huge number of perfectly innocent desks.

What gets me is how they've handled Bruce. Kill him off for the publicity. Do it in Final Crisis, because it worked so well for Barry (and hey, they're bringing Barry back in this one, so that's a nice balance). Write up a big separate Gotham Crossover Event. Belatedly realize that it won't look right if he doesn't at least appear to die at the end of that, but neglect to mention that the hastily thrown-together tacked-on death scene is actually false closure and the real death is still to come in Final Crisis. And then, mere months later, turn his reanimated corpse into a henchvillain for the next Big Crossover Event. An event centered around Green Lantern. Yet another complete (and rather painful) retcon of what a GL is, with a cheapening of the entire concept, to boot. (And that's coming from a guy with only mild/tangential interest in GL.)

I'm really glad I quit DC months ago.

[missile-envy.livejournal.com]

Okay, this is why I have dictated in my will that I be poked with a sharp stick on an hourly basis for at least two days before I'm cremated, because THAT IS SOME SERIOUSLY FUCKED UP SHIT RIGHT THERE AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE TERRIFYING THAN BEING BURIED ALIVE I DON'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW.

[ladymirth.livejournal.com]

INORITE? There was this guy who demanded to have a cord inside his coffin affixed to a bell above ground, so that he could yank on it and let everyone know in case they buried him alive.

But who'd bury you inside of two hours after dying? I'd say the real danger would be for the organ donors. "Alright, who took my liver?"