#kind of disorientated by his reemergence in the narrative. comic reader complains about hallmarks of the medium SURE but like.

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as a purely personal preference i honestly kind of wish sm/2099 had more self contained issues and/or specials, since the restrained format seems to really prompt the writers (PAD as well as the guest writers of the specials) to play around with and explore a particular niche of the world building implications of 2099 upon the characters.

#i honestly want to read some more of PAD's work because i get the impression that he gets kind of. lost??? narratively sometimes??? on the #journey to get where he wants to go w the point of the arcs #the first ten issues are - imo - as good as they are w their pacing Because they would've been the pitch arc yknow? #arc 2 has a Really interesting core idea that its driving at (exploring what the prevelance of cults and new faith religiosity #in 2099 is all about) but by the time you GET to the core of that arc it feels like weve lingered too long in the question of #'are supes back?' instead of exploring what that MEANS to the characters (and the fuckign xmen crossover oh lord <- hater disease) #because the mystery of 'are supes back' is just. honestly not that interesting when you dont explore what Effects this would have on miguel #esp right out of the gate of his first Real Spiderman Identity Actualisation. 'spiderman 2099 meets spiderman' seems to retroactively speak #to all of that characater unpacking i WANTED from arc 2 but the fact of the matter is that - imo - 2 spends too long on the set up and too #little on the implications of the answers WHICH ARE FACINATING ANSWERS. #also AS a hater of crossovers i just think dooms inclusion is very disjointed in the story. hes got some interesting stuff to say when hes #around but when he disappears for like 20 issues and by the time he does a military coup (the buildup to which was in his OWN run) ur just #kind of disorientated by his reemergence in the narrative. comic reader complains about hallmarks of the medium SURE but like. #for STORYTELLING purposes i feel like this isnt the best. like to prioritise reiterating miguels venom abilities so new readers know whats #going on w him but assuming its not going to be disorientating if doom suddenly injects himself into the narrative #where the stakes and buildup are in a COMPLETELY different run and never alluded to just honestly sucks as storytelling to me #like ur going to give new readers a power run down of the protagonist of THE RUN??? but not coordinate foreshadowing for your own crossover #???? like i KNOW that would be a lot of work but its also like. why NOT make the effort to do it effectively yknow? #tunes talks critical #man this went all over the place #tunes talks 2099