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[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Based on my understanding of comics (granted, I haven't kept up with any in over a decade), the entire time the audience will be sympathetic towards this Green Arrow and the subtext will imply that he is doing the right thing, but then at the last minute he'll do a heel face turn (https://redsails.org/the-swerve) and murder a baby or something and the "message" of the comic will be killing people for vengeance is always wrong and sends you down a dark path you can't escape from. And if you want to be good you should "bring people to justice" instead, and the character who has been working on behalf of the billionaires to catch this Green Arrow will be clumsily framed as the hero of the story in the final chapter.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Have you read Absolute Evil? It's just the one chapter and I think very helpful for understanding the likely tone of this work (it's very directly connected to the situation they set up there). Also it's just a good comic imo, though I'm brainrotted.

https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Absolute-Evil/Full?id=241445#1

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago

I have not, I'll check it out, thanks!

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It'll be the Batman what gets him when Green Arrow tries to kill Bruce Wayne

[–] jack@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

In the Absolute universe, Bruce Wayne is a working class dude who struggles to hold onto construction work while he does Prole Batman shit.