Post by Phantom Stargrave on Apr 18, 2011 15:03:02 GMT -5
Out of curiosity, how?
I've Ostrander's MM, and I've read BD, and I haven't noticed any gross character derailment between the two.
Vuviper and I had a conversation about that in a PM, and this is what I said to him:
"Same. Personally, I thought his decision to try to kill D'kay and himself to derail his character. He killed Malefic by flying him into the sun on Z'onn Z'orr, but to me, it just felt out of place this time. I have never been particularly fond of the way Geoff Johns writes Martian Manhunter (I have issues with how he writers plenty of characters nowadays), but the entire ordeal with J'onn choosing between earth and Mars was just off, in my opinion. He has always chosen earth over Mars since he left. The Hyperclan tried to convince him to work with them, since they were Martians also, and he turned on them. He fought Malefic to protect the JLA twice (in his solo series and in the Ghosts of Mars). He fought White Martians again in Terror Incognita. Now, in The Others Among Us, he was acting more alien (no pun intended) toward his fellow heroes as he worked to protect the White Martians in disguise, but he fought against them too, as well as Cay'an. The only time I can think of where he was actually reluctant to choose earth was in A Midsummer's Nightmare when Doctor Destiny put him into a dream state where his family was alive, and J'onn wanted to stay with them. Aside from that, I never really understood where the issue of him having this difficult pick between earth and Mars came from."
And he agreed with me on this. If Vuviper says something relating to MM, it's automatically true.
Hm, I figured it was simply a consequence of his death and rebirth, but you're right, it was odd now that I think about. Thanks.
