tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post4137372560032642804..comments2023-10-30T03:26:18.531-07:00Comments on Second Printing!!: 365 Comics...158: Green Arrow #21 (2013)Devon Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08223057696498728357noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-56498122885289818932013-06-10T12:49:33.340-07:002013-06-10T12:49:33.340-07:00I guess the thing that concerns me at some level i...I guess the thing that concerns me at some level is how this is passed from father to son. So does that mean there's an archer gene, or a magical archer family bond? If it does, at some level it takes away from Ollie, who has innate talent but nothing I would want to believe was foreordained.<br /><br />You know who would be a good leader of a mystical order of archers? Connor Hawke. He couldn't be Ollie's son, but what if they shared a father? If some sort of foreordainedness has to be part of this, I'd rather it strike someone other than Ollie -- Connor was the one who was foretold (or whatever), and also there's Ollie who came as a surprise to everyone.King Beauregardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043228078537079759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-55379555387613744972013-06-10T08:32:21.839-07:002013-06-10T08:32:21.839-07:00Very good thought, KB... Ollie has been facing Kom...Very good thought, KB... Ollie has been facing Komodo, another exceptional archer, who has a daughter that he seems to be training in archery, so it could be a fake-out that Ollie is the totem holder. I'm not even that certain though that the totem is a magical thing, altogether or if it's just a Skull and Bones secret society type thing. There's all sorts of ways this could go really.<br /><br />KENT!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00182281723355828663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-79206455163590846352013-06-09T17:40:06.067-07:002013-06-09T17:40:06.067-07:00This is very interesting, but it could go all wron...This is very interesting, but it could go all wrong in the hands of an injudicious writer. Like when they tried to make Spider-Man the bearer of a spider totem, or something, and that kind of stunk -- Spider-Man works best as an independent agent, and one of science.<br /><br />(There's an old Marvel Two-in-One in which Lord Order and Master Chaos claim to have made Spider-Man possible to accomplish one solitary task -- to punch a thing during a battle with Thanos -- but that's such a "soft" deterministic moment, it's hard to object.)<br /><br />I'm going to toss out a possibility: Ollie ISN'T destined to be the head of the archer clan. I say this because Lemire is smart enough to not make Ollie a magically good archer or an archer who is the best because of a totem or because it's part of his lineage. But if Ollie is an anomalously talented archer outside the framework of the archer clan ... well, that could go so many ways.King Beauregardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043228078537079759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-787029304103806532013-06-08T09:41:37.225-07:002013-06-08T09:41:37.225-07:00I was wondering if "the sword" would be ...I was wondering if "the sword" would be Katana... I'm trying to figure out who else might fit into these groups... We know Butcher is the axe, GA is the arrow, Katana likely the sword. Im going to guess Richard Dragon as the fist, the spear is a tough one (perhaps one of the old Global Guardians, the Huntsman?) and the shield... the Guardian is the only notable shield bearer in the DCU. As for the 7th Im going to guess its Hawkman, just because his backstory needs more convolution KENT!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00182281723355828663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-75694200607244541012013-06-08T07:58:39.736-07:002013-06-08T07:58:39.736-07:00I wonder if this is strictly Lemire's idea. No...I wonder if this is strictly Lemire's idea. Nocenti's placed the Sword Clan as Katana's primary target, and she's made mention of the Outsiders as well. Which is kind of cool. I always like when a few different writers get together to explore a concept from different directions (assuming they don't start contradicting each other in noticeable ways).CalvinPitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11815632086057048846noreply@blogger.com