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So there I was watching DCEU/CW(?)'s Swamp Thing TV series, and aside from going "wth has this got to do with Swamp Thing aside from Alec Holland as the big walking fern and Abby who hasn't got white hair" and "wth was Anton Arcane??", the most egregious thing about it was the Predalien version of Blue Devil. What...the...hell, man. I remember him as being a fun-loving swashbuckler type hero, not a horror movie monster on a bad day. Somebody, please explain it to me, was it a '52' pointless reboot, Jim Lee on acid or what?

So I thought, "gee, what if they actually had an obscure DC character who hasn't really made an appearance, whether in the movies or TV, who's actually frightfully mysterious, plant-themed, has superpowers, is a mistress of disguise and can assume the identity of anyone, can be hinted at throughout the series rather than battering the audience about the head with their upcoming grand guest appearance by the Kevin Smith-looking Phantom Stranger-esque fat guy, can suddenly show up at the right moment to save the day, then leave her torn disguise behind and never be seen again?" Would have about the same effect as Blue Devil(???)'s pointless carnage and cameo, and would fit the general DC horror/mystery theme better. Since some folks already consider mask disguises and skinsuit disguises as body horror(they're not unless it's made of the skin of actual human beings with flesh, blood and gore, so f*** you TV Tropes), she'd fit right into Swamp Thang.

Black Orchid (c) DC Comics. NOT the Neil Gaiman version, the original Phantom Stranger version

For the last time, it's a mask disguise, not a severed head. That's a mask of Abby Arcane from the show in case anyone was wondering.

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So there I was watching DCEU/CW(?)'s Swamp Thing TV series, and aside from going "wth has this got to do with Swamp Thing aside from Alec Holland as the big walking fern and Abby who hasn't got white hair" and "wth was Anton Arcane??", the most egregious thing about it was the Predalien version of Blue Devil. What...the...hell, man. I remember him as being a fun-loving swashbuckler type hero, not a horror movie monster on a bad day. Somebody, please explain it to me, was it a '52' pointless reboot, Jim Lee on acid or what?

So I thought, "gee, what if they actually had an obscure DC character who hasn't really made an appearance, whether in the movies or TV, who's actually frightfully mysterious, plant-themed, has superpowers, is a mistress of disguise and can assume the identity of anyone, can be hinted at throughout the series rather than battering the audience about the head with their upcoming grand guest appearance by the Kevin Smith-looking Phantom Stranger-esque fat guy, can suddenly show up at the right moment to save the day, then leave her torn disguise behind and never be seen again?" Would have about the same effect as Blue Devil(???)'s pointless carnage and cameo, and would fit the general DC horror/mystery theme better. Since some folks already consider mask disguises and skinsuit disguises as body horror(they're not unless it's made of the skin of actual human beings with flesh, blood and gore, so f*** you TV Tropes), she'd fit right into Swamp Thang.

Black Orchid (c) DC Comics. NOT the Neil Gaiman version, the original Phantom Stranger version

For the last time, it's a mask disguise, not a severed head. That's a mask of Abby Arcane from the show in case anyone was wondering.