![]() Trigon could see that Raven was actually kind of depressed. And there, Raven learned all about the notions of good and decency. That idea bit him in the ass, since the woman took Raven to the Hallowed Spires of Azarath, a dimension dedicated to the notion of Universal Peace. Then Trigon had the genius idea of letting the woman raise Raven on her own, so that she could teach Raven how to love, something Trigon could not do. Then he turned from death and destruction to deception and seduction, hooking up with a woman on Earth so that she’d give birth to a daughter. ![]() Trigon was bored as king, so he went on a slaughter spree to make himself feel better. So why not try a little harder with Trigon? Some random dark dimensions? Dimensions that have no weight or bearing on the rest of the DC Universe? So why should we care? Maybe this was Trigon’s backstory before the reboot, but this reboot gives DC a chance to rebuild everything in whatever way they want. ![]() We’re supposed to believe that Trigon is this evil demonic ruler, but there is no context as to what he rules. What kind of precedence is this setting for DC’s mystical realms?īut like I said, it’s just a weird personal complaint. But all of a sudden here in a random issue of Teen Titans, we have a dozen dark dimensions, and Trigon is the ruler of all of them. In the Thor mythos, there exist the 9 Realms, and Marvel kind of sticks by that when it comes to defining the cosmos. The problem I have is: is this really how DC wants to define their mystical domain? I don’t know if I can really explain my complaint, so let’s try Marvel Comics as a comparison. Trigon says that he is the ruler of a dozen dark kingdoms, and the flashback shows him sitting on a big throne while endless hordes of demons bow to him. This is where I have a problem, and it’s kind of a weird problem. He’s strung Belial up in some sort of torture device in order to use his blood in the viewing pool, an act that makes Belial very angry (though he might simply be jealous of all the attention Trigon pays to Raven).Īnd so, Trigon explains why Raven is the key to ruling the 7th Kingdom, which I’m pretty sure is Earth. Trigon has three sons: Belial, Raskoff and Suge. Speaking of Raven’s full biography, we jump to Trigon, who has retreated to his realm and watches the Titans interact with his daughter on some kind of blood-spell viewing pool. Maybe they picked up the latest issue of Secret Origins Seriously, did I miss the scene where Raven gave the Titans her full biography? Then everybody once again acts like they know all about Raven, even though they’ve never met her before and have no reason to understand that she is Trigon’s daughter. And if they’re going to now come after him, he’ll just kill them too! But Kid Flash slams Psimon’s face into the pavement before he can kill Solstice. They call him a monster, but Psimon insists he did it to save all of them from Trigon. Trigon has disappeared and Psimon killed all those first-responders, for which the Titans are appropriately freaked out. We open in the destruction leftover from last issue. Definitely nothing about Red Robin being ‘reborn’ as the cover would indicate. The origin is book-ended by short scenes with the Titans, and they don’t do much of anything. Pretty much nothing else happens in the rest of the issue. But after this issue, she’s a complicated, pointless mess of a character. I like her new costume, and I kind of liked the life being built for her. However, I’ve rather liked what we’ve seen of Raven. I’ve pretty much disliked everything we’ve seen from Trigon so far, and this issue adds even more garbage to his story. Trigon is definitely one of those things, and now we can add Raven to that list as well. To an extent, I realize that my dislike of Teen Titans stems almost completely from the comic diverging from what I want to see, or what I think could be done better. Instead, it’s just Trigon narrating the long, complicated origin of Raven. Evil Red Robin doesn’t even show up in this issue (thank God).
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