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Discendo Vox posted:From the pages I've seen that also seems to have been something of a problem with Prez. I like Flintstones and not Prez, but to be fair, Prez is dealing with politics. That's some inherently bitter subject matter.
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Idea: A stone-age version of 70s Prez, still fighting cripple vampires and brainwashed Bobby Fischer
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WickedHate posted:I like Flintstones and not Prez, but to be fair, Prez is dealing with politics. That's some inherently bitter subject matter. Yeah, it's hard not to sound bitter telling a joke where the essential punchline is "politics is so bonkers, right?  "I mean, Prez, a teenager POTUS, is a very silly concept, but suspending disbelief, the idea of an America that would elect a teenager president implies so many hosed up things about the state of the nation and the people in it. TwoPair fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Aug 12, 2016 |
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I mean, the only reason American Idol contestants don't run for president is that it's illegal to elect someone under 35.
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ANAD Avengers Annual Sadly, the original description of the book was a case of bait n switch. Rather than being treated to an entire issue of Kamala's fanfiction (written by her), its 4 small fanfiction stories ABOUT her (well, 3 plus one for She-Hulk for whatever reason), including the elongated version of Mark Waid's obligatory jab at MRAs he seems to do once an issue in this series. Anyway.  Upon discovering that someone made a fanfic of her, shipping her with her teammates, Kamala, forgetting she literally shipped two of her teammates with the Juggernaut, messages the site admin (with the cringy screenname of "ROFLcopter") and tries to contact the author to get the fic taken down. There's a pretty big twist near the end, but that one is immediately overshadowed by an even bigger twist on the next page when the show the site's admin. I imagine he loves moderating the Captain America section. 
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SilverSupernova posted:ANAD Avengers Annual  That is perfect.
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That's pretty good cover-art for a fan fiction. I'm just saying, I'd be flattered.
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SilverSupernova posted:ANAD Avengers Annual I think Waid was making a jab at DC, not MRAs with that story.
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Yvonmukluk posted:I think Waid was making a jab at DC, not MRAs with that story. Nope, it was the former. Did you somehow miss all the sexist dialogue Story!Kamala has at the end of the segment?
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Gaz-L posted:Story!Kamala 
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SilverSupernova posted:I imagine he loves moderating the Captain America section. 
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Using exclamation points after a descriptor is how fanfic authors determine what version of a character they're talking about. For example, in Lord of the Rings, the character of Faramir as presented in the movies bears only a passing resemblance to the character in the book. Thus people would talk about book!Faramir or movie!Faramir. Source: I knew lots of lonely women in the early 00s on livejournal.
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Everybody knows what it means, it's still dumb and grating as gently caress
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I was trying to work out what StoryNotKamala referred to.
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Awful!Goons
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goatface posted:I was trying to work out what StoryNotKamala referred to. 
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Gaz-L posted:Nope, it was the former. Did you somehow miss all the sexist dialogue Story!Kamala has at the end of the segment? Yeah, I kind of phrased that poorly (I was phoneposting so I couldn't really go into much detail). On reflection, I think it's actually going after both. Considering the story (while yes, deliberately badly written) starts with a relatively even-handed transfer of the mantle between Carol & Kamala (complete with heroic sacrifice), it ends with Mar-Vell's hand appearing a la the Rebirth cover & the most boringest original character taking over an identity as the more interesting ones are marginalized (coughBatgirl), and the writing quality taking a nosedive at that exact moment. And considering some of the more controversial stories coming out about DC Comics (the company), I think their might be a slight overlap between the two demographics.
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Travis343 posted:Everybody knows what it means, it's still dumb and grating as gently caress I had no idea. That was the first time I've ever seen it
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Endless Mike posted:I had no idea. That was the first time I've ever seen it I also didn't know and now, having learned, do not find it grating
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AnonSpore posted:Awful!Goons 
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I have no problem with Mark Waid taking shots at MRAs, because MRAs are loving terrible and deserve all the mockery the universe can muster.
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goatface posted:I was trying to work out what StoryNotKamala referred to. Wouldn't Story->Kamala work better?
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I also hope it drives another nail in the coffin of the five people who think bringing Mar-Vell back would be a good idea.
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Die Laughing posted:I also hope it drives another nail in the coffin of the five people who think bringing Mar-Vell back would be a good idea. I'm pretty sure that's the one story denied Jeph Loeb. He talked about wanting "bring him back for real" but his pitch wasn't very popular.
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Mar-Vell would be a footnote if not for his death. That was a good fuckin story, and bringing him back would invalidate everything. Of course, considering how many people are perfectly fine with separate but equal Hawkeyes, Hulks, Captain Americas, Thors, and Iron Men, sure, why not.
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Marvel Studios already said Carol's getting a whole new origin for the films so shortly Mar-Vell will become pretty much obsolete.
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That too.
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WickedHate posted:Mar-Vell would be a footnote if not for his death. That was a good fuckin story, and bringing him back would invalidate everything. Of course, considering how many people are perfectly fine with separate but equal Hawkeyes, Hulks, Captain Americas, Thors, and Iron Men, sure, why not. That didn't stop Marvel from bringing back Kraven the Hunter.
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Yvonmukluk posted:That didn't stop Marvel from bringing back Kraven the Hunter. It was totally worth it to tell the amazing story of... whatever happened.
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he spent time as a tortured soul unable to die, but no one really did anything with that version. i think he appeared once in scarlet spider? intentionally absurd recurring squirrel girl villain is a better place all around.
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And he was in Rick Remender's Venom. What ended up happening with Kraven's daughter? She was kind of cool.
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Die Laughing posted:And he was in Rick Remender's Venom. What ended up happening with Kraven's daughter? She was kind of cool. She's an Inhuman! And she's losing her loving poo poo about it and pseudo-working with them on All-New Inhumans, considering she's not that mentally stable to begin with before learning her blood is, ahem, "tainted".
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Lurdiak posted:It was totally worth it to tell the amazing story of... whatever happened. It was in Scarlet Spider so yeah I'd say it was worth it.
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SilverSupernova posted:ANAD Avengers Annual What I really love is that Clark Gregg is totally in on the joke and joins in on it regularly. Didn't he get photos of himself clutching the ComicCon Cap statue? Yes he did. 
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Lurdiak posted:It was totally worth it to tell the amazing story of... whatever happened. It got us Scarlet Spider so yeah it was p. great.
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WickedHate posted:That was a good fuckin story, and bringing him back would invalidate everything. Are you unfamiliar with Barry Allen? He's kind of a big deal.
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ImpAtom posted:It got us Scarlet Spider so yeah it was p. great. If only there was a way to get him a solo book without telling a really boring story involving Kraven.
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Lurdiak posted:If only there was a way to get him a solo book without telling a really boring story involving Kraven. Sometimes we must make small sacrifices to experience great things.
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Ensign_Ricky posted:What I really love is that Clark Gregg is totally in on the joke and joins in on it regularly. Didn't he get photos of himself clutching the ComicCon Cap statue? Statue should be classic Cap costume.  Cargo pants pockets don't look good on a statue.
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