Sorry just every time I see "DC stands for disregard canon" on a post about DC's timelines as a Flash fan I start breaking out in hives. No there very much is rhyme and reason to it that remains relevant to the overall narratives of DC, you just aren't seeing that because you're not reading the comics of the characters whose purpose it is to explain the cosmic level stuff.
If I had the ability I'd make a little comic with Barry cheerfully and exuberantly explaining the timelines and occasionally interjecting AND HOW THIS RELATES TO BATMAN in the tone of
while grabbing Bruce, who's been standing next to him unhappily and not saying anything the whole time.
I’m just glad Barry got to collate all the timeline data in New History of the DCU. Professor Waid explains via Professor Allen :)
Also yeahhhh why is it *always* Batfans who are always parroting “disregard canon”…? And I’m saying this as someone who genuinely LOVES Tim Drake and is fond of Robin I and the Big Bad Bat.
Obviously I'm also really fond of them (gestures at blog theme) but truthfully the fandom has a big problem with people treating the Bats as if they're all there is, and while they're very fun and good in their own niche, it just isn't their job to explain what's going on in the wider universe. And there's so much going on in the universe they inhabit! That people are sadly missing out on! It makes me so sad especially to see people telling new fans to not even try to understand things, as if the explanations just don't exist and the Bats live in an empty vacuum devoid of meaning.
It’s like some folks don’t understand the concept of “street level” as… one of many levels. Imagine if someone got into Marvel and acted as though Daredevil and Punisher were the only characters worth knowing about.
I mean, Batman’s best friend is an alien, for gods sake. He’s in the Justice League with, at any given time, at least two aliens, a spacefarer, and a frequent time-traveler.
Even if the Bats are what get you into comics, it spreads out into so much more! Their solos tie into larger events as well, so it really is sad to see people discouraging new readers from taking those portals into the larger universe.
