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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
But my idea is amazing (albeit somewhat psychotic). It's better than Stark-tron and Poorman Zemo anyways.
EDIT: Actually, Attuma can remain one of the original Atlanteans with the tweak to his story being that he was a member of the tribe (the Skarkans) which accidentally summoned the Many-Angled One in the first place. Feeling the need to atone for the misdeeds of his tribe, he intends to take back the ruin of Atlantis from these "aquatic abominations" who've made it their home, raise it back to the surface, and restore it to its former glory.
So to sum up, I'm reimagining the story of Namor as The Dunwich Horror from the perspective of "sexy merman Wilbur Whateley".
edited 23rd Nov '16 4:32:59 PM by nervmeister
If you want to get technical, Aquaman was originally a copy&paste of Namor; the latter beat the former by a good two years. If anything, Aquaman's the ripoff. At the same time though, Aquaman's still far well known in the public eye, (though perhaps not for the best of reasons...) so I can get wanting to differentiate Namor a bit. But I wouldn't mind just keeping him the way he is.
edited 23rd Nov '16 4:53:05 PM by kkhohoho
How to differentiate Namor depends a lot on what exactly DC does with Aquaman. I can think of severals ways that might make Namor be unique, but DC looks like it maybe sorta could go in that direction if they so choose, so I dunno.
The most unique one I could think of was to, while not having them actually be Cosmic Horror, introduce the Atlanteans in much the same way: have them be an ancient unknowable society from beyond the deep, suddenly invading (in a figurative sense) surface society causing widespread fear and panic as people don't know how to respond. Have Namor thus be their aloof and even aggressive King, but emphasize his Blue-and-Orange Morality. It would almost be like having aliens on Earth.
The downside is this doesn't introduce him in a way that works with him as a protagonist.
They might introduce Namor as a Well-Intentioned Extremist Big Bad who then undergoes a Edit:
Heel–Face Turn to become an ally in later films, while not heading any of his own. I can't think if anything like that's happened in the MCU yet. Closest we got is the Winter Soldier but he was a previously established heroic figure who got brainwashed, and also he wasn't the leader of the bad guys, Pierce was.
edited 23rd Nov '16 9:46:15 PM by AlleyOop
It's not quite clear...some say that they reverted back, other claim that Namor is still tied up in legal issues which need to get cleared up first. But I trust the Disney lawyers will take care of this. I also have the feeling that Marvel is now waiting to see what Warner will do with Aquaman. No need to create a second Quicksilver situation after all, they can lean back and see how Warner deals with a character who belongs under water, learn what works and what doesn't, and then do their own take.
I don't think Aquaman's destined to suck because Aquaman sucks, I love Aquaman! I think Aquaman's destined to suck because everything the DCCU does sucks. It's why, despite looking amazing, I have absolutely zero faith that Wonder Woman will be good. 3/3 terrible movies is a very reliable track record of garbage.
If you cannot use Namor as a protagonist (possibly due to legal reasons) he'd fit fine as a villain in a future Avengers or Black Panther sequel.
Especially if they ever get to use Doom (an FF reboot is a lost cause at this point) and can adapt the three way war between Wakanda, Atlantis and Latveria.

I was thinking that maybe Namor could be reimagined as a Many-Angled One that successfully infiltrated our universe (no thanks to the original Atlanteans meddling with arcane forces like the Darkhold, causing the disaster that got it sunk in the first place) but somehow went benign instead of explosively growing and infecting it like it's brethen usually do, and decided to settle here once and for all by mystically reincarnating itself as an entire race of fishmen with its remaining power and consciousness adopting the humanoid form of Namor and willingly wiping its memories of its former "life". However his memories as a Many-Angled One literally took on a life of its own and, resenting Namor while deep down desiring to "reunite" with him, shaped and manifested physically at the bottom of the ocean as an anthropomorphic scourge known as Attuma.
edited 23rd Nov '16 3:52:15 PM by nervmeister