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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I don't think its a true that 100% of all dreams are just the multiverse.
When Wong gave an example of a naked dream, didn't America just say it was "probably" an alternate, naked Wong?
Of course, I guess that conflicts with her also saying that she knows theres no alternate hers because she doesn't dream.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI don't think its a true that 100% of all dreams are just the multiverse.
They sure flat-out present it as such. I mean, Wanda take her dreaming of her kids as proof they exist in another universe, and not that it could be caused by her trauma. And America Chavez flat-out declares she never dreams due to having no alternate counterpart.
I think it's just one of those Depending on the Writer details that only become important when the narrative says so.
I know. And that's my problem. It's one thing when this sort of thing causes slight changes in the character's personnality across medias, like your "Batman hates Rock 'n roll" example. It's a whole other thing when it results in three completely different Multiverse systems that while not particularly contradicting each other (yet) don't really mix together that well.
Edited by Theokal3 on Jul 7th 2022 at 3:05:17 PM
> I wonder if they would explain how Wilson Fisk turned into an unstoppable behemoth?
he made a deal with the demon Mephisto!
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverYep. He sold Spider-Man's future marriage to Mephisto for power. He read Back in Black/One More Day while he was in prison and thought it'd be a hilarious act of petty retaliation once he got to his scene.
So if you were wondering why we got No Way Home instead of the movie where Spidey fights Kraven, that's why.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Jul 7th 2022 at 10:33:06 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.The confrontation between Echo and Kingpin was ripped straight from the comics. There he survived the shot but was temporary blind from it. Wonder if they will adapt that aspect.
But most importently this will be the litmus test if the Disney plus shows can live up to the legacy of the Netflix ones.
I mean, power levels have been all over the place in more recent projects.
Fisk in Hawkeye was borderline superhuman compared to what he seemed in the Netflix show. So yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if they have Matt inexplicably being buffed to super soldier levels and we don't get stuff like the well choreographed, gritty and realistic fight scenes of seasons 1 through 3.
Okey Dokey!Eh, I just saw it as different creative visions. The Kingpin's Charles Atlas Superpower fluctuates wildly from one writer to another in the comics. Dude has absolutely no superpowers but can bench-press over 1,200 lbs. and rip buildings apart. It's not unreasonable that the same thing happened here.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Jul 7th 2022 at 11:02:07 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I keep saying: Fisk is "peak human". And "peak human" is bullshit comics speak for "low-level superhuman".
People commented a lot on Captain America being more overtly superhuman in the MCU but I don't think there's much of a difference. It's fairly regular for comics Cap to punch someone 4 meters in the air or shatter a steel car door with a kick.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."

I think it's just one of those Depending on the Writer details that only become important when the narrative says so.
Like how Batman could hate Rock and Roll in one story yet love heavy metal in another in the same continuity.
Plus, I think they just want to explain why Wanda would tear her way through the multiverse to get her children if her dreams weren't connected to the multiverse. Same thing with Doctor Strange preemptively knowing who America is despite never meeting her before.