Olive silverlock7/26/2023 He has a bit of struggle over his actions the past few years. Kerschl: Not just the kids, but Batman, too. It's a very sensitive subject that the kids are going to have to wrestle with over the next few issues. Have they lost their friend? Is their friend under the control of someone else or is she really doing this? And what does this all mean for the history of the Silverlocks, who seemingly have suffered similar fates over the years? What Olive is going through is very similar to what her mother was going through, which is something that Batman battled her over and put her away for. It's part of the mystery and it's part of what the rest of the Detective Club needs to unravel. And I think it worked out that way.įletcher: That's one of the questions that we are going to address in this next arc. Kerschl: Dealing with Amy was a lot like dealing with everything else in "Gotham Academy" in that there are themes and plot points that might be familiar to older readers who have experienced a lot of stories over their lives and to take those things and make them surprising for all ages was, I think, the thing that we were most interested in doing. We knew who and what Amy was from the beginning! We just had to do our best to make it work for the story and hope that it did for everybody. We just do our best month-to-month to try and share little pieces of who Amy is and why she is there but at the same time, play it out narratively as a bit of a surprise. If you read the forums and Reddit and follow along via social media, one of the questions readers have been debating since the launch of "Gotham Academy: Second Semester" is, who or what is Amy? Do you follow those types of online discussions and debates and worry that you might be giving away too much because, looking back, you certainly dropped some hints over the past eight issues that Amy may be wired a bit differently than the rest of us.įletcher: I think some people figured it out, but it's a balancing game. In a spoiler-filled interview about "Gotham Academy: Second Semester" #8, (on sale now), we connected with the creative team behind the series and discussed Olive's current state, as well as that of her mysterious roommate Amy, who also has some questions to answer.Ĭloonan, Fletcher and Kerschl also shared their thoughts on keeping some storylines and plot points open to the readers' interpretation, teased Olive's final fate and revealed that Maps' older brother Kyle, who is also the ex-boyfriend of Olive, is also going to finally 'get some action' in the next arc, which is ominously titled, "The Ballad of Olive Silverlock."ĬBR: While this issue was harrowing for a number of reasons, nothing filled my heart with more fear that the note on the final page: "NEXT: THE BALLAD OF OLIVE SILVERLOCK PART ONE! GEAR UP FOR GOTHAM ACADEMY'S FINAL STORY ARC THAT WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF OLIVE AND HER FRIENDS!" Final story arc? Is "Gotham Academy" truly coming to an end? The downside to their success – if there is any – is that means things are going to go from bad to worst for their beloved main character Olive Silverlock over the next few months, and that's saying something considering her current state.
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