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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Giving testimony under an anonymous identity is extremely unconstitutional and would be stripped from the laws by the Supreme Court immediately.
Right to anonymity for superheroes wouldn't fare well either. The United States does not look kindly on KGB-esque Secret Police. In a world where anyone can put on a mask and be considered a superhero, that way lies a nation ruled by fear.
edited 21st Jan '16 12:27:23 PM by TobiasDrake
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they can still be accountable. If they are found to be destructive then strip them of their alias, mean while you can verify that they are the superhero they say they are without removing their make, you can have a DNA profile on them which is more obscure than the data normally logged on citizens. Things like retina scans.
The main reason I suggest it is that unless Spiderman can make an appearance in court, every one he captures is going to walk. The costumed super hero doesn't work if they can't take part in the legal process.
A lot of She Hulk stories hinge on super heroes in court. Whether it's legally plausible doesn't diminish how vital it could be to the setting.
Courtrooms aren't usually equipped with retinal scanners or DNA analysts - the latter of which is time-consuming and woefully unreliable anyway. Besides, being able to prove the hero's identity counteracts the entire premise of a secret identity. Spider-Man would never agree to have his DNA and retinal scan on file because it could be used to prove he's Peter Parker.
If he were willing to be legally identifiable, there's no reason he couldn't take off his mask and testify as Peter Parker.
This is a No-Win situation that rests at the heart of the whole concept of anonymous superheroes. Either Spider-Man cannot testify in court, or some of the basic foundations upon which our justice system was built have to be thrown out in favor of a dystopian society where Secret Police are watching your every step and defendants can be convicted on the shakiest of evidence because they're considered guilty until proven innocent.
Superheroes were never meant to be legally viable.
edited 21st Jan '16 1:23:38 PM by TobiasDrake
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claims Hela is indeed the villain, and that she sets off the events of the film by destroying Mjolnir. It also speculates she's gonna end up as a Composite Character with Death.
That's...quite a change if true.
Edit: Oh god, when Ruffalo said "road movie" I thought it would be on different worlds like they said before but Thor without the hammer and likely his powers makes me scared it'll be mostly on Earth like in Thor 1 only this time with Banner/Hulk and somewhere other than Jotunheim as the non-Asgard other world. Urgh.
Well, at least we know comic!Thor will get Ultimate!Mjolnir around the time the movie comes out. Not like him being unworthy will be explained.
edited 21st Jan '16 3:45:17 PM by LordofLore
Unless the road trip is with the Hulk this time...come to think of it, Thor and Banner haven't really interacted that much outside of when Banner hulks out. Plus, Thor would still have his super strength without Mjolnir, it's wouldn't be like when he turned human in the first Thor.
edited 21st Jan '16 2:13:46 PM by AdricDePsycho
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?- Hela: Loki, I am your daughter!
- Loki: No. No. That's not true. That's impossible!
- Hela: Search your feelings, you know it to be true!'''
- Loki: In fact really it is impossible, you are older than me.
- Hela: Well, in this case I am your mother!
- Loki:OK. I don't care anyway.
edited 21st Jan '16 3:41:57 PM by dantecito
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Get a Wong to play a Wong, eh?
I'm Chinese, so I can dig it.
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Funny you should bring that up
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In comic canon Hela is timey wimey. Hela sends her new handmaiden Leah to work with Loki but she ends up disappearing into nothingness after Hela gets her real hand back thanks to Kid!Loki(get it, she was her right hand?). Kid!Loki creates a new Leah by rewriting history to make a loophole in a prophecy and she later ends up being transported to pretty much the Earth's creation to be safe from Loki on Kid!Loki's order. Leah ends up becoming the person we know as Hela
◊. So where did Hela and Leah first come from?
edited 21st Jan '16 4:01:25 PM by LordofLore
A Personal Assistant, a co-surgeon. Quite a few options.
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At some point I'd like legislation for superheros in general to become a thing; stuff like the right to anyomanity, ability to give testimony in court as your superhero alias.
For now, legislation for the Avengers feels like a good first step, considering the MCU is only eight years old at this point.
The world building in AOS sounds super interesting, I should watch it.