User blog comment:RoninTheMasterless/Off My Mind: Fictional Geography & Feminist Knight Owl/@comment-6548012-20160217190326/@comment-9803708-20160217205200

I've noticed that too. I go back an look at 152312 all the time and it amazes me how much KO has changed, and to think he almost didn't exist. I think the problem with a "perfect" Knight Owl is that his trajectory is supposed to start a year ago in relation to me, so sometimes it's hard to negotiate the canal of fiction he resides in and keep him essentially me as my life ebbs and flows. I must disagree with you though as far as Earth-53 not being the Chosen Avian as it were. I think stylisticaally I've hit the Aristotelian mean I've been looking for. The only problem is Earth-9603 houses some ideas from Marvel I initially wanted to incorporate, by now I no longer miss it. I really think the outline for Earth-53 Knight Owl fixes a lot of what 152312 and 9603 was missing. Although a "perfect" Knight Owl would be a real one if I'm honest, so I'm not too worried about that.

I'm going to skip the Fictional Geography section, at least for now, because it is very expansive and probably best suited for a chat rather than a comment thread. I will say I appreciate that you notice the work I've cut out for myself.

Now for the feminist Knight Owlette. Honestly I've lost interest in the Knight Owl part. I really can't bring myself to make Sasha go down that road. The best bet would be my daughter, which presents a load of other issues, most important: I don't want offspring. As for the Batwoman/Jessica Jones, I really don't see where Munchausen imagery comes from. I explicitly stated she is a counter balance to the Tumblr obsessive people. The focus on her kidnapping is to serve as the impetus for her becoming Batwoman: the feeling of powerlessness for the type of person who would join the military and fight crime is deeply tramutic event, without sexual explotation getting involved. Now since she is a woman that happenns as well, but what informs her journey is the very same helplessness eight-year old Bruce felt years prior, in fact it's what brings said cousins closer together, eventually crimefighting partners. She, Bruce, sees the worst in people as Jessica Jones did, not "because rape culture," or "men suck," but because "people suck." Which is challenged because she, her cousin, and others feel the need to help others, and see good in others. We might have to chat this one out as well, because I really don't see quite where you got that vibe.

As for the Owl flying alone, I wouldn't say I'm being defeatist, I'm merely pondering a very possible future for myself, as well as it's relation to my autofiction character. Similar to Spider-Man, I/Will always had bad luck with women, and being a vigilante is supposed to in some ways enhance this (can't really have a relationship with "normal" people), but it can simultaneously help this problem (Catwoman would only be interested in men like Knight Owl). As you and I have spoken, Knight Owl will "end" alone, but this question is meant in the sense should romance elude Knight Owl as I would argue it does with Batman. Look at the Arkham Games, (somehow) he loves Talia: she dies. He seems to hold almost no affection for Selina, but they do kiss: he still leaves her without any substantive explanation of where he's going and what he'll do. I really hate that about Batman to be honest, and that's a big reason why I haven't done it with Knight Owl yet. However, is Knight Owl too devoted to an idea to make a woman the priority she deserves to be? Could he even be compatible with someone? These are questions that run through my mind.

To defend my philosophical great (to a high exponent) granddaddy, Aristotle, get that motherfucking Augustine out of my house!