You talking about Avengers: The List? Yeah I agree, the fighting was the only good thing about that book.
Y'know what's funny though? I love it when Bendis has his Avengers argue like little kids about whether they should kill people or not. Both in this issue, and in the New Avengers issue a couple months back. I don't love it because it's well-written or articulated and makes the characters look smart...nah, I love it because it's the exact opposite.
Clint is like, "We kill him. We should have killed him long ago." And Peter's like, "No, we have to be heroic. We have to stand for something." Which
seems on the surface like interesting and reasonable things for characters to be saying...if not for the fact that it devolves almost instantly into ad hominems and angry posturing, with both characters looking kinda childish with poorly-thought-out arguments.
And y'know what? It's
exactly what would happen in real life if two people were discussing this issue; ie, piss-poor arguments, personal insults. Peter's just droning catchphrases like a trained monkey, without understanding them, without putting any thought into what they really mean. And Clint's just not putting any thought into anything at all, and gets pissed at everyone else when they don't join him in not putting thoughts into things. It's just
flawlessly realistic, and great study of both characters in its own depressing sort of way. Bravo to Bendis for making these characters as inarticulate and immature as only people in real life could be.
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At this point even I'm not sure if I'm being sarcastic or not.
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