oh. dear. god.
Mar. 8th, 2004 11:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
burntcopperam at titanstower.com , the titans site (also the one with the most up-to-date pics and info on superboy and tim) and it's addictive, going through the biographies. Not to mention the 'My eyes! costumes! Augh!' reactions.
... Which has led me to believe that there were only two eras which produced cosistently decent costumes : the 1940s and the 2000s. (and yes, each had their fair share of of 'ick'. And what's amusing is how often they revert to the original costumes of the 40s because the writers and artists just can't take the horrors perpetuated on the characters.
Mind you, if you want decency in costumes, you have to go to the one place in the DC universe where bad costuming is NOT allowed for vigilantes. And it's also supremely practical, especially if you're a girl.
Gotham City : Batman says it is his town, what he says goes, and that includes the costumes.
Women shall wear outfits that are practical! The outfits shall not be day-glo! If my ward insists on wearing a circus outfit, by the time a lad of equal intelligence comes round, I shall improve on it by making it darker and possible to wear in winter! Kevlar! Fireproofing! Lenses in the masks for night vision!
You fall into bad costuming when you leave Gotham, or aren't approved of by the Bat. See casefile : Huntress and Nightwing's non-reconciled with Bats era of costumes. Once fully reconciled, he went and got the black with a blue stripe terribly snazzy one.
And if anyone says word one about Black Canary? Fuck off, Black Canary is my baby and it's impossible to fall out of that costume. She also kicketh so much arse it's not true.
I have also finally got a digital camera. 'Twill get here in a few days.
... Which has led me to believe that there were only two eras which produced cosistently decent costumes : the 1940s and the 2000s. (and yes, each had their fair share of of 'ick'. And what's amusing is how often they revert to the original costumes of the 40s because the writers and artists just can't take the horrors perpetuated on the characters.
Mind you, if you want decency in costumes, you have to go to the one place in the DC universe where bad costuming is NOT allowed for vigilantes. And it's also supremely practical, especially if you're a girl.
Gotham City : Batman says it is his town, what he says goes, and that includes the costumes.
Women shall wear outfits that are practical! The outfits shall not be day-glo! If my ward insists on wearing a circus outfit, by the time a lad of equal intelligence comes round, I shall improve on it by making it darker and possible to wear in winter! Kevlar! Fireproofing! Lenses in the masks for night vision!
You fall into bad costuming when you leave Gotham, or aren't approved of by the Bat. See casefile : Huntress and Nightwing's non-reconciled with Bats era of costumes. Once fully reconciled, he went and got the black with a blue stripe terribly snazzy one.
And if anyone says word one about Black Canary? Fuck off, Black Canary is my baby and it's impossible to fall out of that costume. She also kicketh so much arse it's not true.
I have also finally got a digital camera. 'Twill get here in a few days.
