#ALSO THE FUCKING SHADOW CLONE JUTSU CALLBACK YEAHHHHH YIPPEEE WAHOOOO!!!!

[lonniemachin]

batman urban legends #22 ‘utility’ review UMMMM MACHIN NATION WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK. literally went so crazy someone unfollowed me on twitter. its a 5 page story thats the most in-character lonnie’s been since tynion’s TEC kind of sort of put him on the right track but i’d argue its better because

THE MONEYSPIDER SPIDER IS ACTUALLY USED APPROPRIATELY. i don’t have a lot of nitpicks because i genuinely enjoyed it, i’d say the one i do have is with regards to this line here

because lonnie’s historically been very much against democratic systems (“democracy is the tyranny of the minority” and all that) and anti-electoral but that’s nothing compared to how he’s been written by people like seeley so i’ll take it. i was also kind of nervous about the hostage he takes but this line here made it dissipate so fast

because it acknowledges that lonnie does care about people and doesn’t just hurt people to prove a point or at least doesn’t want to but will still sometimes get others involved in his plans. again, not 100% perfect, but so much better than what we’ve been getting and i can tell travis actually cares about writing lonnie with a modicum of accuracy.

also this entire exchange is driving me NUTS because it’s development i’ve wanted for lonnie for so long just… stated by him outright. one of his most defining traits was the fact that he DID try to leave everything behind to become a symbol alone, to embody his ideals, so to have him just say “my definition can’t be embodied by any one man. you can call me lonnie for now” is so so big. i wish we got any lead-up to that but oh well. im choosing to place this between red hood vs anarky and i am batman in current continuity because it makes the most sense development wise.

idk. im just happy. im probably overplaying how good this is but i cant help it i was so scared the story would suck ass but yedoye travis delivered and i’d trust him with future post-reboot anarky stories any day.

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