>>150032563
I'm usually lenient but
>>150020521 is right, that page is indefensible.
Not caring if Jon calls her a nickname like Paige would be fine if written as a cool aunt thing, getting standoffish about her identity isn't.
From there it gets Bendis-esque in having her, even if unintentionally, dismiss strong ties with the JSA and Kal, both complicated more from DC's idiocy more than anything organic, by insisting she doesn't get attached to people and works alone.
I can understand Leah not wanting to deal with continuity baggage from other writers and editors and I know fans are going to prod around minutia, it's pretty much part of the subculture with overly long running stories, but if a writer doesn't want to bother with hauling every grain of canon dredged up I much prefer if they have characters handwave that things are in an ambiguous state off panel and discussion isn't pertinent.
The writer telling the reader through characters that they just want a blank page comes off not only heavy handed but dismissive to the things that might be why the character has one fan to another.
E.g. some people like Jason Todd because of his spite fueled anti-heroics from UtRH adaptations, some because of his petty spiral into anti-villainy during Battle for the Cowl, some because of the tonal juggling act of RHatO, but regardless of any opinion of any of those stories or fans of them; a writer having Jason imply he doesn't care if the cast from all those things disappear from the Earth just so it's easier to write a solo story isn't an improvement, it's butchering. It's no longer Jason, it's the writer's OC cosplaying Red Hood.
Power Girl can be independent minded and conflicted about her parallel world situation, but she isn't a judgmental loner. And real people can function as individuals without disowning everyone or constantly being with or mentioning them.
It's a complicated tightwire act to write but that's what secures the attention of a devoted audience.
