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We have a badass panels thread, and we have a funny panels thread, we even have an edit based ruin the moment thread. But what about if the writer has managed to mangle a beloved character before Goons can even get their hands on them. An author handling your favourite character here in a way that drives you mad? Maybe you never liked the character at all? Post about it here. The nature of this thread means there will be some moaning, and debate over what is the true core of a character. Try to not froth at the mouth too much, and prepare to have your dislikes challenged. I'm going to start off with Captain America. I'm six months behind due to only reading via Unlimited, but he's been a petty, grade one rear end in a top hat for most of the past few years. Source: Avengers #44     So Tony Stark has just saved the entire planet pretty much single handedly through building not one, but two different doomsday weapons. Admittedly he did just kill an entire Armada of aliens, some of whom the Avengers know personally, but Steve Rogers doesn't care about that as he's a ginormous speciest. He just cares about his own mind having been wiped, and that the Illuminati were willing to kill 7 billion people to save untold trillions. His hate has blinded him to the following: 1) Maybe the supposed world's greatest tactical and strategic genius should be able to tell that having one of the world's greatest inventors on the lifeboat for humanity would be a good idea 2) If there's only a few hours left till the world ends, spending it beating the crap out of one of your oldest friends 3) Oh and then insulting him about not being up to your standards, whilst wearing the armour he designed and has been his life's work. Classy He's turned into post-Identity Crisis Batman. Guy turns into authoritarian rear end in a top hat after finding out his mind has been wiped has been done before. He's transgressed sovereign nations' borders. He's held people without access to lawyers, let his subordinates assault people under questioning, and all the while he's proclaiming himself to be whiter than white, and that all life is sacrosanct (whilst putting in place a plan to kill lots of aliens). The worst thing is that none of the comics seem to be really calling him on his poo poo. There's maybe a little bit of it, but it's usually in the same comics that a panel later "A bloo bloo bloo Illuminati bad also, let's sit on our hands and do nothing or just let the Cabal do our dirty work whilst wringing our hands". Well that was cathartic.
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