Spoilers for this week’s issue of Suicide Squad here!
apprenticenanoswarm replied to your photo post:
???????? so.....was digger a member of the rogues....before len.....joined.... the rogues....?
apprenticenanoswarm replied to your photo post:
i am so very confused
I think it's just a mistake on Rob Williams' part and we should pretend the bit about them not knowing each other didn't happen. Not the first time this situation has happened in comics, unfortunately. It's one of the perils of a shared universe and multiple writers.
apprenticenanoswarm replied to your photo post:
also! wait, if owen's almost 20, then digger must be like 38-39?
Must be, although it's possible Digger's closer to 35 or so. He does look very young, and I wonder if this is one of the first instances of characters overtly aging up after they were mostly de-aged for the New 52. So it's an interesting development.
shadow-wolfhawk replied to your photo post:
... Not happy with this... When I said I wanted Owen to come back, this is not what I meant... kinda wish they had left the whole "Digger was a secret agent" as a thing he made up, like Waller had said. 'Cause now not only does Digger's background not make any sense, they've ruined Owen..
I definitely see your point about the secret agent thing, and to some extent I agree. On the other hand, I do find it stupidly funny (and 'stupidly funny' is one of my favourite things), so I'm torn there. It is definitely weird, and as noted in the review, makes his continuity a huge confusing headache. I suppose we're not meant to think too hard about it, which is awkward for those of us who do in fact like to think hard about these things.
Certainly not going to defend what they've done with Owen though, as I'm rather appalled too :\
ashlethenggm replied to your photo post:
This issue made me numb. DC flushed Owen away and brought in some random ginger to fill his shoes. I'm numb
I'm so sorry :( I hope things improve...I've seen some pretty big character clusterducks redeemed before, so it can happen. We just need a writer who cares.
truxi-twice replied to your text post:
oh. i didn't know owen was back-but-not. that...that really hurts. i loved owen so much.
I know, and I'm really sorry...I didn't tag you because I wasn't sure you'd want to see it :( Hopefully another writer will pick him up and shape him back to something we can recognize, but until then, it's tough.
sharpandtothepoint replied to your photo post:
Meh im happy I got Owen back in continuity plue hes a genius in this version so yeah not what i was expecting but im okay with this. I hope he'll show up more in the future.
I'm glad you're happy, and I really mean that...it's a good thing when people are enjoying their hobby :) Hopefully you continue to enjoy what they do with him!