Friday, February 25, 2011

The Dangers Of Triple-Crosses And Distancing Oneself

While I don't doubt Steelbeak's serious about his bosses planning to raise Duckthulhu, I don't think that's the only reason he's enlisted Darkwing's help. I'd bet he plans to use Darkwing to bring down the higher-ups, so he can take control of F.O.W.L. himself. He did bring up the possibility of a triple-cross as a jest, but Steelbeak's arrogant enough to jokingly tip his hand and figure he can get away with it.

He's already playing on Darkwing's ego, complimenting him on his skill and fashion at every turn, emphasizing how fearful his bosses are of Darkwing's interference. If Darkwing has a weakness, it's ego. If he existed in the Marvel Universe, he'd have shown up in response to Lyra's search for the generation's greatest hero, probably even faster than the Sentry did.

And apparently frustrated by the damage to his rep done by all the alternate universe versions, Darkwing's opted to handle this mission on his own. It makes me wonder if this is Brill's commentary on the Batman we've seen up until recently. The hero who through charisma or the importance of his mission, draws people to his cause, but keeps them at a distance and out of the loop. Bruce Wayne seems to have learned his lesson (exclusion of Cass Cain from a recent family movie night being a notable exception), but Darkwing perhaps, has not.

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