.-= Brian’s latest blog post: Attack of the Live Action Hero Series Part 3! =-.

But that’s besides the point.

It seems like you and I have the exact same opinion about the Flash deserving creative consistency, and because your definition of “long-term” creative team consistency and mine differ. We simply have different standards.

So, agreeing to disagree does apply to opinions, and that is the crux of our disagreement which seems to have been overly amplified on both our parts. I don’t agree that the ’90s were consistent enough for the Flash, while you are happy with the tenure of the teams.

Since it was a series, part 5 was the part that wrapped up the series with the latest Flash developments: The Lightning Saga, the brief run by Waid in its aftermath, which focused on establishing the new West family as characters, so I have no idea why you think the ’90s are relevant to that post at all. The post covered the story in chronological order, and post #5 was about 2007-8, and I think that’s quite clear.

To say Waid was brought on to introduce the kids is not an insult, it’s a fact, and it seems a bit short-sighted to have Waid do that while Morrison is writing about the return of Barry Allen, which means all that effort Waid put in will not amount to much as the Wests fade into the sidelines when the new series launches.

So we basically agree on everything except I don’t think there was enough consistency on the book for much of the ’90s, and you do. The result was a post that actually did sort of come off as a “gotcha”, when we really agree on 99% of the issues as you yourself said. I suspect a slightly different phrasing on your part and a slightly less zealous reaction to same on would have avoided this semi-argument entirely.

How about we agree to agree: The Flash deserves more consistency than he has received in the last three years, and we hope he gets it in the future.

So, basically, we agree

@Groovy Superhero: I’m sorry I upset you. This wasn’t intended to come off as an extended “take that” post, and if it seemed too harsh, I apologize.

What I was going for was threefold:
1. To bring readers’ attention to your series, because I thought it was interesting.
2. To point out a correction to what you said about the Flash’s status in the 1990s, since I could not find a way to comment on your blog itself.
3. To use your series as a springboard to talk about creative consistency, how much the Flash used to have, and how lack of it has hurt the book over the last three years.

Looking back at the final draft of the post, I realize I did not fully separate those elements, and I will try to correct that later today.

To respond to some specific remarks:

Agreeing to disagree applies to opinions. The fact is that most of the 1990s was taken up by a single creative team, and was not “tossed around from creator to creator.”

You’re right that part 5 doesn’t mention the 1990s. If I’d looked only at part 5, I would have assumed it was simply a matter of phrasing, and you were only talking about that run on the book. Having read part 1, I was led to believe that it was a lack of familiarity with Waid’s previous work on the book.

Finally, might I suggest enabling comments on your blog? If I had been able to post a comment on part 1, I would have simply made the point of correction there, and used this post entirely for the linking and springboard. Perhaps you would have found that less offensive than being called out on someone else’s blog.

And as for Rebirth…Bart will most likely still be in the future by the end of Lo3W.

seriously, i can’t wait to see what he has cooked up for Barry and Wally!

btw: i was thinking…Rebirth is essentially taking place after Final Crisis, where Barry Allen came back. L3W is supposedly supposed to have Bart Allen return as well. wouldn’t that mean that Rebirth will deal with Bart’s return as well, essentially taking away from Barry’s spotlight? or will people not care and simply want to see ALL of The Flashes in the book?