History Quotes / AtopTheFourthWall

Linkara! [[TitleDrop Atop the Fourth Wall]]\\
[[AlternateUniverse From a parallel world,]]\\
[[MadScientist Stepped Doctor Linksano]].\\

[[HarmlessVillain He's not really a threat]]\\

And it seems [[EvilDoppelganger Mechakara's]] [[KilledOffForReal been finally trashed...]]\\

->So begins them [[[Comicbook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} Triplicate Girl and Karate Kid]]] traveling around trying to find a cure for his [Karate Kid's] disease. Wait a second, I just realized something. These two are running around looking for a cure. Bob [the Monitor]'s group is running around looking for Ray Palmer. [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Jimmy [Olsen]]] and Forager are running around looking for the ComicBook/{{New God|s}} killer. [[Comicbook/TheFlash Trickster and Piper]] are running around looking for a way out of their handcuffs. They should have just called this series ''Running Around Looking for Crap''!

Why’s all this art so rubbish?]\\

->The major theme of Lovecraftian Horror is hopelessness. Insignificance. How tiny and unimportant we are in the grand scheme of things, and how, inevitably, we will be destroyed, or consumed, or turned into mindless slaves by beings that we can't even begin to comprehend. I believe in hope. I believe there's always a solution, always a way to beat the bad guys, but these... Outer Gods - these ''things'' - exist to tell us that "no, there is no way to beat things in the end," and I ''cannot'' abide that! All the people we love, all the things we do in life, everything that makes life worth living. . . it's '''''significant,''''' ''goddamit!'' We are all ''important!'' Everything we do is ''so. God. Damn. Important!'' I beat the Entity by tricking it - by convincing it that life was meaningless, and I sure as hell don't believe that! But if the Entity is still alive, or if someone like Vyce becomes it, then we're doomed, because... 'cause there's nothing else that we can do. And the same despair that killed ''it'' will kill ''us.'' And I will ''not'' let that happen. If the Entity is alive - or if Vyce becomes it - then I am gonna be the one to shove a sword through it's face, just so I can get up close enough to scream in their ear that '''''WE! ARE! IMPORTANT!''''' Every one of us is important! Every one of us is important. And I'll do whatever I have to to save us all.

->Infinite Crisis is trying to be critical of this mindset but it also has no answer to the rightful criticisms that mindset lobbed at the DC Universe. It ''has'' gotten too dark. The heroes ''[[Main/WhatTheHellHero have]]'' [[Main/WhatTheHellHero done morally questionable things that have ended up hurting themselves and others.]] And, while it’s stil shaking it’s finger at all that, it revels in those same elements: Excessive violence, death, the heroes failing. All of it is personified in a teenager bawling his eyes out while literally ripping people apart and screaming “YOU’RE RUINING EVERYTHING!”.

->'''Linkara:''' The ''[[ComicBook/AllStarDCComics All-Star]]'' line was meant to be an entry point to new fans, similar to the [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] line of books, by creating iconic, definitive stories for heroes with top-tier talent working on them. However, only ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' and ''All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder'' were ever released. While ''All-Star Superman'' has its flaws, it is recognized as a massive success in how it showed the best parts of Superman: his kindness, decency, and [[TheCape everything about the character that made him so beloved an icon]]. It was ''so'' critically lauded that it got an [[WesternAnimation/AllStarSuperman animated straight-to-DVD adaptation]] written by the late, great Creator/DwayneMcDuffie. Conversely, ''All-Star Batman & Robin'' feels like a sick joke, a parody at best of the characters, lacking any of the elements that made Batman such an enduring character.

->Critique him for [[SlidingScaleOfRealisticVsFantastic realism]], or [[HisOwnWorstEnemy how his mission is ultimately self-defeating]], or [[ReedRichardsIsUseless how he could be more constructive if he used his money in other ways]] (which he does, but nevermind that), but I see Batman as a figure ultimately of [[MiseryBuildsCharacter how one can rise above tragedy to do good in the world and improve yourself]]. He is brusque, yes, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but not heartless]]; [[GoodIsNotNice aggressive, but not unethical]]. [[WellIntentionedExtremist He drives himself to the extremes that he does]], [[HurtingHero sacrifices himself and his happiness at times]] for one goal: so that no other eight-year-old child will ever have to go through what he did. Sometimes, he goes too far and sometimes he makes mistakes, but that's because [[HumansAreFlawed he's not a god, nor should he be. He is human]]. If Superman represents the [[HopeBringer hope]] and [[AllLovingHero compassion]] that humanity is capable of, Batman represents the [[{{Determinator}} determination]] and [[BadassBookworm intellect]] that we are also capable of. Superman's [[ArchEnemy worst foe]] is ComicBook/LexLuthor, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive a wealthy genius who uses his power for evil]], but Superman's [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friend]] is Batman, [[HonestCorporateExecutive a wealthy genius who uses his power for good]].\\\

->The man has never met a retcon he didn’t like. He likes to pretend plot points happen a certain way because it suits the story he wants to tell. Conner Kent is a perfect example of this. Geoff Johns is the one who introduces the retcon that Conner was also a clone of Lex Luthor because it served the story he wanted to tell. He is guilty of the exact same toxic nostalgia, wanting to recreate a world from his past by sacrificing the past of everybody else. And sometimes that world was better. [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan’s]] [[ComicBook/EmeraldTwilight turn]] [[Main/FallenHero to evil]] was a bad, bad idea and fixing that was the right call. The difference between Superboy-Prime and Geoff Johns is that Geoff Johns is capable of fixing those mistakes while not sacrificing everything else that went along the way. Bear in mind, when he brought back Hal Jordan he didn’t kill Kyle Rayner just because “Well, you gotta clear the way for Hal”. It’s more about repairing the future rather than changing the past . Sure, he stills screws it up on occasion (Prime himself is the best example of that). But he’s usually intent on serving the larger picture. Superboy-Prime, however, is trapped in this sense of entitlement: [[Main/ItsAllAboutMe ''his'' reality, ''his'' sacrifice is the only thing that matters to him. He feels he deserves it all and doesn’t care who he has to hurt to get it back]]; and, despite his constant proclamations, it’s because he’s not Superman. Superman is a promise to serve the world, all of humanity; hell, all of life itself. He puts the world before himself because that is the man he’s grown to be.

->Superboy-Prime, though… well, he’s a teenager who suddenly got superpowers, lost his entire planet, got shoved into a glass prison with two old people and a weird, creepy guy who was technically only a few days old, and hr gets to watch everybody else on Earth getting the happy ending he thinks he was supposed to get. Dude’s got issues.

->Infinite Crisis is trying to be critical of this mindset but it also has no answer to the rightful criticisms that mindset lobbed at the DC Universe. It ''has'' gotten too dark. The heroes [[Main/WhatTheHellHero ''have'' done morally questionable things that have ended up hurting themselves and others]]. And, while it’s stil shaking it’s finger at all that, it revels in those same elements: Excessive violence, death, the heroes failing. All of it is personified in a teenager bawling his eyes out while literally ripping people apart and screaming “YOU’RE RUINING EVERYTHING!”.

->Infinite Crisis is trying to be critical of this mindset but it also has no answer to the rightful criticisms that mindset lobbed at the DC Universe. It ''has'' gotten too dark. The heroes [Main/WhatTheHellHero ''have'' done morally questionable things that have ended up hurting themselves and others]]. And, while it’s stil shaking it’s finger at all that, it revels in those same elements: Excessive violence, death, the heroes failing. All of it is personified in a teenager bawling his eyes out while literally ripping people apart and screaming “YOU’RE RUINING EVERYTHING!”.

->The man has never met a retcon he didn’t like. He likes to pretend plot points happen a certain way because it suits the story he wants to tell. Conner Kent is a perfect example of this. Geoff Johns is the one who introduces the retcon that Conner was also a clone of Lex Luthor because it served the story he wanted to tell. He is guilty of the exact same toxic nostalgia, wanting to recreate a world from his past by sacrificing the past of everybody else. And sometimes that world was better. [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan’s]] [[ComicBook/EmeraldTwilight turn]] [[Main/FallenHero to evil]] was a bad, bad idea and fixing that was the right call. The difference between Superboy-Prime and Geoff Johns is that Geoff Johns is capable of fixing those mistakes while not sacrificing everything else that went along the way. Bear in mind, when he brought back Hal Jordan he didn’t kill Kyle Rayner just because “Well, you gotta clear the way for Hal”. It’s more about repairing the future rather than changing the past . Sure, he stills screws it up on occasion (Prime himself is the best example of that). But he’s usually intent on serving the larger picture. Superboy-Prime, however, is trapped in this sense of entitlement: ''his'' reality, ''his'' sacrifice is the only thing that matters to him. He feels he deserves it all and doesn’t care who he has to hurt to get it back; and, despite his constant proclamations, it’s because he’s not Superman. Superman is a promise to serve the world, all of humanity; hell, all of life itself. He puts the world before himself because that is the man he’s grown to be.

->The man has never met a retcon he didn’t like. He likes to pretend plot points happen a certain way because it suits the story he wants to tell. Conner Kent is a perfect example of this. Geoff Johns is the one who introduces the retcon that Conner was also a clone of Lex Luthor because it served the story he wanted to tell. He is guilty of the exact same toxic nostalgia, wanting to recreate a world from his past by sacrificing the past of everybody else. And sometimes that world was better. [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan’s]] [[ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime turn]] [[Main/FallenHero to evil]] was a bad, bad idea and fixing that was the right call. The difference between Superboy-Prime and Geoff Johns is that Geoff Johns is capable of fixing those mistakes while not sacrificing everything else that went along the way. Bear in mind, when he brought back Hal Jordan he didn’t kill Kyle Rayner just because “Well, you gotta clear the way for Hal”. It’s more about repairing the future rather than changing the past . Sure, he stills screws it up on occasion (Prime himself is the best example of that). But he’s usually intent on serving the larger picture. Superboy-Prime, however, is trapped in this sense of entitlement: ''his'' reality, ''his'' sacrifice is the only thing that matters to him. He feels he deserves it all and doesn’t care who he has to hurt to get it back; and, despite his constant proclamations, it’s because he’s not Superman. Superman is a promise to serve the world, all of humanity; hell, all of life itself. He puts the world before himself because that is the man he’s grown to be.

->Infinite Crisis is trying to be critical of this mindset but it also has no answer to the rightful criticisms that mindset lobbed at the DC Universe. It ''has'' gotten too dark. The heroes ''have'' done morally questionable things that have ended up hurting themselves and others. And, while it’s stil shaking it’s finger at all that, it revels in those same elements: Excessive violence, death, the heroes failing. All of it is personified in a teenager bawling his eyes out while literally ripping people apart and screaming “YOU’RE RUINING EVERYTHING!”.

->Superboy-Prime, though… well, he’s a teenager who suddenly got superpowers, lost his entire planet, got shoved into a glass prison with two old people and a weird, creepy guy who was technically only a few days old, and gets to watch everybody else on Earth getting the happy ending he thinks he was supposed to get. The dude’s got issues.

LINKARA! (Atop the Fourth Wall) Ghosts, gods, a universe influx!\\

-> Welcome to ''Atop the Fourth Wall'', where bad comics burn.\\

LINKARA!

-->--'''Linkara''' calling out [[InternetJerk certain people online]] who attack creators of things they dislike, ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis''

-->--'''Linkara''' calling out [[{{GIFT}} certain people online]] who attack creators of things they dislike, ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis''

Linkara! WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall!\\

Doug Moench, he's not the brightest\\

->'''Linkara (voiceover):''' [[HellIsThatNoise There is a sound in my nightmares.]] It is a hiss, a screeching of notes that [[{{Grimmification}} comes from a game that I played as a child.]] It is shrill and high-pitched, grating on your soul like nails upon a chalkboard. This was not the sound of any natural creature. This is an [[EldritchAbomination abomination]]; a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal perversion of the programmed perfection]] of the world. In other times and other places and in my book, they called it 'The Lost Beast'; but to me, it shall always have a different name...

[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s gonna teach you all a lesson you won't learn.\\

Linkara's gonna teach you all a lesson you won't learn.\\

-->--'''Linkara''' explaining why ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' fails at being a serious depiction or condemnation of fascism

->"It's easy to look at the terrible things happening at any given point in history and see all the examples of greed, corruption and evil... But it's also easy to overlook the compassion. The decency. To see people being nice and good and wonderful! That's my "{{Deconstruction}}" of superheroes. [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre People can be,]] [[HumansAreGood and are, kind]]. So why wouldn't someone with incredible abilities be kind too?"
-->—'''Linkara''' discussing ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay

-->--'''Linkara''' explaining why ComicBook/EvilEmpire'' fails at being a serious depiction or condemnation of fascism

-->—'''Linkara''' explaining the difference between [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay Peter Parker's]] and [[ComicBook/Champions2019 Miles Morales's]] respective deals with Mephisto, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRzYeMnR-bA "The Champions, vol. 3 #1-4: Beat the Devil"]]

->[[WritersSuck Rob Liefeld can't write!]] [[OffModel Rob Liefeld can't draw!]] Rob Liefeld can't create! And don't go telling me about how he created SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} and {{Comicbook/Cable}}! One--he didn't create Deadpool! [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness He created some boring-ass mercenary who spoke in yellow-colored speech bubbles!]] [[MyRealDaddy Nobody would give a damn about him if not for the work of everybody else but him!]] And as for Cable, most of my knowledge of the character comes from [[WesternAnimation/XMen the animated series]], but even if Cable really is all that awesome and iconic a character, well, congratulations. [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative You have found one, all of one character that Rob Liefeld created that's actually good]], except a good creator is capable of making more than just one good character! Liefeld, on the other hand, settles on inventing 60,000 characters, and none of them are good!

LINKARA! (Atop The Fourth Wall) HE IS A MAN! *PUNCH*! What's that on his arm?\\
LINKARA! (Atop The Fourth Wall) Can't seem to fix the Continuity Alarm.\\
LINKARA! (Atop The Fourth Wall) Rock and roll, [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Insano]], some feller in a tux.\\
LINKARA! (Atop The Fourth Wall) This! Comic! SUCKS!\\