And now for something completely different

[rivkat]

Choice phrases from the opinion I've been reading -- and FYI, these are legal arguments on which millions of dollars turn:

“‘Superboy’ is merely ‘Superman’ in smaller tights.”

“I cannot accept defendants view that Superboy was in reality Superman.... Superboy was a separate and distinct entity.”

Siegel v. Time Warner Inc., 2007 WL 2172822 (C.D.Cal.)

I love my job.

Comments

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish you would.

[brownbetty]

Well, this is during the era of hypertime, AKA, "yes that year happened in the middle of the weekend, shut up, a wizard did it," although before they were forced to invent the phrase hypertime to explain how the hell this worked, because Superboy for some reason was the Wolverine of his era and guest-starred in every single comic-book ever, regardless of whether it made any sense at all, including books where his older self was already present.

BUT: he also guest-starred quite regularly in the Legion of Superheroes in the (I believe) 30th century, which was outside of the scope of time dilation that they felt people would overlook (apparently) so they 1) invented a time travel device for him which does sort of help if you want to explain why he's not only in two places at once but he's in one place twice at once. er. But also he was 2) recognized as Superman, or at least, the Superman-to-be of the past, by the future citizens.

Looking at it typed out, I admit it doesn't look terribly compelling.

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

How rococo. Or possibly I mean baroque.

Incidentally, I have Kara explain "a wizard did it" in my soon-to-be-finished *crosses fingers* epic, but I wonder whether it's too obvious.