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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Cataclysm seemed like it was trying to start Maker Reed on an redemption arc since he saw 616 Reed's life and seemed to regret everything he had lost ie a life with Sue.
But next time Reed showed up (with the lead-up to Secret Wars, I think?) he was back to being a total asshole.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersThe tragic problem with trying to redeem a villain in comics, especially when you're not completely doing but just kind setting the seeds for it later, is making it stick: the next guy to touch the character might not be you nor want the villain to change.
I'm still mad DC screwed up Detective Riddler...
@slimcoder That was less humor befitting a 13 year old and more just pure Values Dissonance. In the early 2000s nothing got you mocked harder than being gay. Not to defend it, but you gotta understand that context.
Just Having FunI mean at least Killer Croc was treated like an animal all his life due to his horrible mutations.
While Harley & Ivy get their mutations late into adulthood so they live relatively privileged lives for the most part.
Plus even when infected they remain incredibly attractive people while Croc devolves into a monster.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."Another issue is if the villain has crossed too many moral event horizons making their redemptions very difficult or impossible to believe.
Jason Todd and Plastic Man's face turns have also stuck.
It is rather annoying how much people expect Punchline to be redeemed despite nothing about the character showcasing she regrets her actions plus being redeemed would not only go against the point of the character but leave you with essentially nothing if she does go straight.
Its not bad writing if she stays evil folks.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."So I've been thinking of what other projects Marvel could do starring there more obscure characters for the public and came up with a few.
A Tigra series in which she works as a supernatural detective.
A series starring American Eagle and Puma in which they act as a Heroes for Hire style team (since we never got that from the Marvel Netflix shows). Eagle and Puma are even kind of like Luke Danny in some ways. Eagle has super strength and very strong skin. Puma is a martial artist with mystical powers.
These would probably have to be animation instead of live action.
Edited by windleopard on Nov 1st 2020 at 9:52:29 AM
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Jay Edidin of Jay & Miles X-Plain The X-Men recently cited X-Factor as the type of property that'd be perfect for a comedic Disney+ series. I think that'd be a cool idea.
Doctor Strange 2 Crew Arrives in London for Filming
Ice has been a long-time collaborator with Marvel Studios and has served as Elizabeth Olsen's stunt double over the past few years. Working general stunts in Captain America: Civil War and Thor: Ragnarok, Ice then became Olsen's stunt double for Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, and reprises the role for Wanda Vision.

He also plagued Sunspot's New Avengers team and then later on The 616 Ultimates which actually ended up with him resurrecting the original Ultimate Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Wasp, & Ant-Man.
Though he did kill Cap quickly after.
Edited by slimcoder on Nov 1st 2020 at 6:33:53 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."