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cosmolinguist) wrote2009-07-05 12:04 am
cosmolinguist) wrote2009-07-05 12:04 am
Holly Buys the Comics So You Don't Have To
Yesterday when I was picking up Andrew’s comics and harrassing the guy who works in the comic shop, as is my wont, he suddenly asked me a very difficult question.
“Does Andrew like Green Lantern better, or Green Arrow?”
“Uh... ” I felt like I was on The Newlywed Game! “I have no idea! Green Lantern? Maybe?” He does talk about Green Lantern a lot more...
The guy, it turns out, was not asking me in preparation for a career as a lame quiz-show host. He said “Okay, then I’ll give him that cover...” and wandered over to exchange one of the comics in Andrew’s pile for one on the shelves. I was relieved, thinking that even if I was wrong the stakes wouldn’t be too high. Andrew’s not the kind of nerd who bothers about variant covers. I got to choose most of the Final Crisis ones myself (it’s a lot easier for me to be in the comics shop on Thursdays than it is for him, even when I’m working) though then it was easy: I usually went for the one with the less breastular cover.
I just remembered to ask him, though, and it turns out I did choose right; he likes Green Lantern more than Green Arrow, and he only seemed annoyed that I did not find this as obvious as he did. I protested that I didn’t know anything about them but then realized I know rather a lot: one is the liberal Democrat hippie of the comics world, that shoots people with arrows that aren’t always just real arrows but might have fire or little fists on them to punch people; the other’s something to do with the Guardians of the Universe (not Galaxy, as I first thought, that’s another comic... unless I have them backwards again) who gets his power from a ring when he says an oath that Andrew wanted to use as the vows in our wedding.
Not bad, for someone who thinks she doesn’t know anything! Or do I mean, not good?
Also, I couldn’t decide whether to be proud of myself or terrified when Dan was trying to think of the name of one of the Green Lanterns and while I nearly said the name of one of the Flashes I stopped in time and even managed to dredge up from my deepest subconscious a name that I thought might be that of a Green Lantern and hesitantly suggested it though I had no idea how many Green Lanterns there are or which this was:
“Is it Hal Jordan?” I asked.
“Yes!” he said excitedly.
I still can’t decide if I’m impressive or a total loser for knowing anything about Green Lantern though, but I think it’s pretty good for someone who doesn’t really read superhero comics, ever.
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drjon‘s poll here! Inspired by this entry, aww. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, also a bit terrified when I remember how many people are actually reading the nonsense I write...
“Does Andrew like Green Lantern better, or Green Arrow?”
“Uh... ” I felt like I was on The Newlywed Game! “I have no idea! Green Lantern? Maybe?” He does talk about Green Lantern a lot more...
The guy, it turns out, was not asking me in preparation for a career as a lame quiz-show host. He said “Okay, then I’ll give him that cover...” and wandered over to exchange one of the comics in Andrew’s pile for one on the shelves. I was relieved, thinking that even if I was wrong the stakes wouldn’t be too high. Andrew’s not the kind of nerd who bothers about variant covers. I got to choose most of the Final Crisis ones myself (it’s a lot easier for me to be in the comics shop on Thursdays than it is for him, even when I’m working) though then it was easy: I usually went for the one with the less breastular cover.
I just remembered to ask him, though, and it turns out I did choose right; he likes Green Lantern more than Green Arrow, and he only seemed annoyed that I did not find this as obvious as he did. I protested that I didn’t know anything about them but then realized I know rather a lot: one is the liberal Democrat hippie of the comics world, that shoots people with arrows that aren’t always just real arrows but might have fire or little fists on them to punch people; the other’s something to do with the Guardians of the Universe (not Galaxy, as I first thought, that’s another comic... unless I have them backwards again) who gets his power from a ring when he says an oath that Andrew wanted to use as the vows in our wedding.
Not bad, for someone who thinks she doesn’t know anything! Or do I mean, not good?
Also, I couldn’t decide whether to be proud of myself or terrified when Dan was trying to think of the name of one of the Green Lanterns and while I nearly said the name of one of the Flashes I stopped in time and even managed to dredge up from my deepest subconscious a name that I thought might be that of a Green Lantern and hesitantly suggested it though I had no idea how many Green Lanterns there are or which this was:
“Is it Hal Jordan?” I asked.
“Yes!” he said excitedly.
I still can’t decide if I’m impressive or a total loser for knowing anything about Green Lantern though, but I think it’s pretty good for someone who doesn’t really read superhero comics, ever.
Edit: You can show your support for your Green of choice (these two, among many others) in
drjon‘s poll here! Inspired by this entry, aww. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, also a bit terrified when I remember how many people are actually reading the nonsense I write...