Bevendre

It’s been a while since I’ve participated in the Hive’s RP skype group, but the last pairings I can remember are:
Fickle Aura/Emeera
Rychen/Partway Mist
Holly Mistletoe/Buzz Buzz (Sort of)
Flying Ace/Papi
Flying Ace/Fickle
Papi/Fickle
Papi/Fabi
etc.

Oh I have no doubt.

Again, wouldn’t happen, but if it did another Behemoth being in the hive wouldn’t happen.  That’s a genetic anomaly that doesn’t happen often.

I think Buzz Buzz is too simple and innocent to have an understanding of love.  It would definitely cause chaos if it were to happen, but it likely wouldn’t happen.

Not likely to happen.  Papi knows better than to let more of that into the world.

I don’t read comics, really.  I watch movies and the occasional show, and try to educate myself on the characters’ stories and histories while doing so.

Yep, and I’m not sure whether that’s on DC/Warner Bros. or on Cartoon Network alone.  Either way, that narrowed focus on a single or a few demographics does not speak well to their planning or extent of their endgame.

For those unaware, the shows Green Lantern: The animated series, Beware the Batman, and Young Justice were all pulled from Cartoon Network’s DC block not because they were bad shows, or poorly reviewed, but because they attracted groups outside of the expected.

Unlike Hasbro, who has kind of embraced the greater reach of some of its properties, no matter how you feel about that, DC/WB did the opposite.

The three shows mentioned were well reviewed and well received by viewers, and drew a respectable audience.  The only problem is that instead of attracting the 6-10 year old male demographic alone the shows were garnering viewership from older males, and many females because they were good shows.  These unpredicted demographics don’t buy merchandise (toys that are rarely if ever advertised and may not be made) though, so the shows were canceled without allowing for other forms of merchandise as competitors have done.

As I said, I can’t speak for the live action shows, as I haven’t seen either of them.
Animation though, Marvel has more successful ones at the moment, and more that have been allowed to pan out in the past few years.  Though they were short lived, Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, and Spectacular Spiderman were fantastic shows, that were cancelled due to transitional troubles, at least for the latter.

DC on the other hand seems to have no faith in its animated series, having cancelled 3 midseason despite excellent reviews and watcher feedback.  Their animated movies are pretty good, but personally I don’t think that one respectable hour long movie is worth losing Beware the Batman, Green Lantern, and Young Justice, while Teen Titans GO! remains the only consistent DC animated series they have.  That they got rid of such good shows, and left such a mediocre one disappoints me.

I’ve not watched Arrow, mostly because it’s on while I’m usually at work, but I have heard very, very good things.  DC does have some competition in live action TV with Agents of Shield though, which I also have not seen, but have also heard good things on.

As far as animated, I’d say that Marvel has been making better decisions than DC of late, outside of the occasional decent animated short film.

It’s not a question of how many are being done, but how well they’re being done.  Superhero movies have been pretty common since the late ‘90s, and not necessarily rare before that.  The advances in technology, and interests of the viewers have shifted enough to make superhero movies generally very profitable ventures.  If they’re done well.

I have no problem with revisiting characters throughout movies, it lets us as the audience experience their growth, and see the changes they go through that can’t necessarily be covered in the few hours that a single movie allows.

Trilogies and tetralogies can work so long as the character progresses and doesn’t face the same internal struggles again and again, and I think for the most part this is what the Marvel Cinematic Universe has succeeded in.  The movies are all interconnected, and the characters act and interact in a way that shows that very well.

Captain America is a great example of this.  I don’t much care for Captain America as a character, for some of the same reasons that I don’t care for Superman.  The first Cap movie didn’t grab me, though it was okay.  His interactions in Avengers however I found to be really good.  The writers knew what they were doing with the character, and he grew through the movie, becoming closer to people he would have loathed in his first flick.  This is continued in Winter Soldier where we see his views and values challenged much more heavily, but it still feels natural.

DC thus far hasn’t managed series as well, largely from a general lack of experience in inter-connectivity, but that may change in the next 5 years or so as they release more movies.