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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Oh man, it is so fun how every third question that pops up on Quora is people asking why Endgame needs Captain Marvel, and if she can actually beat Thanos, and if she's the actual strongest Avenger, and why is she so strong, and on and on
And by funny, I mean it's awful. Arrest these fragile little piss babies.
My various fanfics.From what I understand, My Hero Academia does the superhero school pretty well. Sky High (2005) was also pretty good.
I kind of wonder if Assorted Young Superheroes would work better as a show just for sheer quantity of potential characters. Miles is probably covered by Spider-Verse and I kind of hope Kamala could get a movie but pretty much every young hero (Champions, two sets of Young Avengers, Academy) is on the table. I assume some would pop out of nowhere because the only ones we have set up for are being set up very slowly.
On my question about Angela here
, if we're going for a "young heroes" someday, Angela has to be a part of it as a Composite Character with Thor Girl, albeit in-name and that she just has lightning powers and enhanced strength like Thor.
So, I hesitated a long time if I should post this or not, but will, it is kind of too funny to not share. For context apparently before Captain Marvel was released some guy with the telling name "Coach Red Pill" made a video about it impending box office doom. This video is not that, though, it is two guys reacting to his video, because as hilarious as his take already is, it is even more funny to listen to them taking apart his BS. Plus, I refuse to give this guy any clicks anyway. So, if you want to listen to some really delusional BS, this is the video for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPjZpwJxd5E&t=3s
Though it is also sad that a guy like this still has an audience. I mean...really? Especially considering how he talks about his own fans.
Edited by Swanpride on Apr 17th 2019 at 3:29:56 AM
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In itself, it is not necessary that all members are previously introduced.
That is, an advantage of the tv series is that they can give more development to the characters.
For example Kid Loki does not need to have appeared previously, the writers can simply say that he is a clone of Loki and develop the character from that.
Edited by JoLuRo075 on Apr 17th 2019 at 6:23:39 AM
In the comics, though, he's not a clone of Loki. He is literally Loki's reincarnation. Also, just flippantly saying, "Oh, he's a clone" would bring up more questions than it answers. In Guardians of the Galaxy, we see Peter Quill's origin, but the others don't actually need to have their origins shown because they have been simplified down to "alien bounty hunters" and "alien daughter of Thanos" and "alien prisoner."
The characters in Young Avengers can't be simplified down in the same way, so it would be harder to do that.
I feel like the groundwork for Kid Loki is already laid, personally. Loki f*cking died in Infinity War. That's pretty much the one prerequisite needed to have Kid Loki show up.
Anything further that needs explaining about how he reincarnated as Kid Loki can be established in flashback by Ikol.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.They could kind of try but some of them might need a good amount of changing. If it was a series, they'd probably establish their personalities and powers first then do a backstory per focus episode. Though some would be really hard to make work - for example, no idea if Iron Lad before introducing Kang would work.
We don't have the same kind of actual mythic build-up for the Asgardians that would make Loki reincarnating as Kid Loki fairly plausible but it just requires a bit more handwaving.
He had his hands on the Tesseract for a bit of time. Thats a decent start.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersIn itself, the concept of magic within the Asgardians (MCU) is for the most part advanced technology.(Clarke's Third Law and Magitek)
So by following that, Kid Loki could be a cloned body that was created by the original Loki, instead of being a reincarnation.
One thing that's good about MHA is that it sidesteps the recurring plot thread about government regulation regarding superheroes by just having superheroes, well, work for the government, no questions asked. That's not to say there isn't any merit in that question ever, but it's nice to get something different for once given how overplayed it is.
It also helps that in the present of MHA most of the population has a Quirk.
Though the current plot arc has introduced a movement consisting of people who chafe at the regulations put in place on their use of Quirks. Basically they're Quirk lolbertarians. And the movement apparently has a number of Pro Heroes in it.
Edited by M84 on Apr 17th 2019 at 11:35:01 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedHe did his giant rubble pick up thing.
I don't think Cap could have done that? Probably? His big strength thing is keeping a helicopter from taking off single handedly?
Forever liveblogging the Avengers

Still in my MCU rewatch quest before touching Endgame next week. Here's all I have left:
1. Doctor Strange
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
3. Thor: Ragnarok
4. Avengers: Infinity War
5. Ant-Man and the Wasp Stingers
Edited by HallowHawk on Apr 17th 2019 at 2:02:25 AM