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A Personal Note to Dinah Lance

Ever since I was a little girl, I had dreamed of my own Klingon Wedding. Oh, you think I'm joking? The bat'lehs, the blood wine, the big pointy shoes... I could see myself battling my future husband then joining forces to send the Gods into hiding. But my new Mister persuaded me otherwise and he had a fine point; as much as I think the Klingon ceremony really is rather pretty and meaningful... there has to be a limit, you know? Believe it or not, there are some situations you have to sort of man-up to and take with a modicum of decorum and solemnity... and science-fiction swords don't fit in there.  So we had a lovely ceremony sans ritual weaponry, but I threw in my touches where I could.

Because really, the ceremony is equal parts who you are, where you came from and where you're going. It's a chance to stand up and get to the basics of you, the person you love and your future. There's no magazine for that, no wedding planner with all the answers, no monetary value on creating a family, creating a legacy.

So, I have to ask: Dinah.

I mean, really?

I understand your viewpoint, that your inviting a lot of people from 'work' and have a lot of secrets that simply need to be kept. I think the ceremony in the JLA cave is a great idea, very touching and important. But really. Ollie was right; you look like a fetish ball. This is not the foot you want to start on for the first day of the rest of your lives. While you simply glow in the moment thanks to the marvelous work of Amanda Conner, as bright and as beautiful as every girl on the cover of Modern Bride since the dawn of time, that dress (or lack thereof) just isn't sending the right message.

Dinah Lance did not get married, Black Canary did. She didn't marry Olliver Queen, she married Green Arrow. And all the danger, lies, death and adventure that brings. Honestly, I was all for this wedding as DC doesn't have the history of heroes-marrying-heroes that Marvel employs, but as a wise man once said: "Not like this!"  In trying to make this a moment for heroes, it just didn't include the man behind the mask.

Or at least, didn't get a chance to so far.

And you wonder why you had to stab him in the neck on your honeymoon.