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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Resentment over being rejected by Stark has always been a big part of her character. He seduces her to keep her from killing Pepper during Siege as well. Naturaly he chooses Pepper, and then Pepper saves the day because her suit still had a tiny bit of energy left and that was enough, because Pepper owns.
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ManiacClown posted:The part I love is how Namor— of all people— is asking "Why would you sleep with a woman who ______?" of absolutely anyone. In Namor's defense, Stark didn't say if she was royalty or anyone of importance. Now if she was a queen...  Uncanny X-Men #8.
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Well, not everyone believes Namor to be all that... Thunderbolts 159
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Sep 16, 2013 20:05
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Man, Namor really gets around.
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CapnAndy posted:I think you're misremembering. She drags an already mostly brainwiped Tony and suit mostly drained Pepper into a horrible standoff in World's Most Wanted and tells Tony to tell the truth: did he he ever love her? He says he did. So she tells him that if he chooses her over Pepper, she'll let Pepper go, otherwise Pepper dies. Then we got Whitney quoting the Mountain Goats at him and it totally works. (She's pointing the gun at a bunch of barrels of gas, btw) 
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Resentment over being rejected by Stark has always been a big part of her character. He seduces her to keep her from killing Pepper during Siege as well. When did that happen? She was the Hood's girlfriend at the time and Tony was still braindead. Did I miss a comic?
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Rhyno posted:When did that happen? She was the Hood's girlfriend at the time and Tony was still braindead. Did I miss a comic? That was while he was still brain dying
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Sep 17, 2013 00:07
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:In Namor's defense, Stark didn't say if she was royalty or anyone of importance. Now if she was a queen... Did... did Namor just wink at the "camera"?
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Sep 17, 2013 00:20
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Prison Warden posted:Did... did Namor just wink at the "camera"? Look, Land can't control what the porn actors are doing, all he has are his screencaps and his light box.
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Sep 17, 2013 00:23
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TwoPair posted:Did somebody mention Dr. Strange's relationship woes? Well that's as good of an excuse as I need to repost these! That is amazing. 
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Sep 17, 2013 00:59
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Trast posted:That is amazing. It's really peak Bendis. Bendis thing? Check. Callback to something goofy in the Character's past? Check. Comic character acting as reader's voice? Check. In-jokes? Oh check-a-rooney.
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Sep 17, 2013 02:18
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I personally love Dr. Strange explaining that he's on the internet because he loves hockey. Bendis has a great talent for humanizing his characters in weird ways like that. Kind of like when Iron Man made a Planet of the Apes joke to Dr. Doom and Doom didn't question it. Iron Man then thought to himself, "Dr. Doom's seen Planet of the Apes? That's weird to think about." Plus there's Osborn and his 5 Guys adoration.
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Gavok posted:I personally love Dr. Strange explaining that he's on the internet because he loves hockey. Bendis has a great talent for humanizing his characters in weird ways like that. Kind of like when Iron Man made a Planet of the Apes joke to Dr. Doom and Doom didn't question it. Iron Man then thought to himself, "Dr. Doom's seen Planet of the Apes? That's weird to think about." I really want to think that Doom is a closet cinephile now, with his personal theater inside Castle Von Doom, getting all of Hollywood's films shipped directly to Latvaria. And I'm picturing him sitting there with his bucket of popcorn and giant soda, loving every minute of it.
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Choco1980 posted:I really want to think that Doom is a closet cinephile now, with his personal theater inside Castle Von Doom, getting all of Hollywood's films shipped directly to Latvaria. And I'm picturing him sitting there with his bucket of popcorn and giant soda, loving every minute of it. So he's basically Kim Jong Il.
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Choco1980 posted:I really want to think that Doom is a closet cinephile now, with his personal theater inside Castle Von Doom, getting all of Hollywood's films shipped directly to Latvaria. And I'm picturing him sitting there with his bucket of popcorn and giant soda, loving every minute of it. I assume he watches a movie then remakes it with what Doom would do in the situation.
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Choco1980 posted:I really want to think that Doom is a closet cinephile now, with his personal theater inside Castle Von Doom, getting all of Hollywood's films shipped directly to Latvaria. And I'm picturing him sitting there with his bucket of popcorn and giant soda, loving every minute of it. He is openly a Star Trek fan. At least he is in the Adventures line.
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bobkatt013 posted:I assume he watches a movie then remakes it with what Doom would do in the situation. Doomy Dancing is considered the holy grail of obscure foreign cinema in the 616.
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SilverSupernova posted:He is openly a Star Trek fan. At least he is in the Adventures line. Mr. Maltose posted:Doomy Dancing is considered the holy grail of obscure foreign cinema in the 616.
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Choco1980 posted:I really want to think that Doom is a closet cinephile now, with his personal theater inside Castle Von Doom, getting all of Hollywood's films shipped directly to Latvaria. And I'm picturing him sitting there with his bucket of popcorn and giant soda, loving every minute of it. He probably just saw it when he was in college and that accursed Richards kept having scifi movie nights in the dorm lounge while Doom was trying to study. I would kill to read a book that was all Doom, Reed, and Ben's zany college adventures. Doom trying to get into Ben's frat. The three of them on double secret academic probation after a madcap prank involving teleporting the dean's car into the cafeteria and having to win the College Sports Day events to stay in school. Reed using the laser project he was working on to fill a house with popcorn. That kind of thing. Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Sep 17, 2013 |
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There are one or two Venture Brothers episodes that come close.
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Urdnot Fire posted:He must have been pissed he wasn't in the X-Men/Star Trek crossover. That novel featured a literal penis-headed alien. I don't think he's that disappointed.
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bobkatt013 posted:I assume he watches a movie then remakes it with what Doom would do in the situation. Along those lines, everyone in Latveria is required to wear a WWDD bracelet, because just because they're in Eastern Europe doesn't mean they can't jump in on a trend.
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Urdnot Fire posted:He must have been pissed he wasn't in the X-Men/Star Trek crossover. The feast scene is remarkably improved because it's just Doom looking increasingly unimpressed at what's placed in front of him. Shortstack is played by a midget Doombot.
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From the Planetary/The Authority crossover "Ruling the World." Elijah Snow makes a house visit. I got some Hellboy vibes in the first few pages.      The look on Snow's face at the end.
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Choco1980 posted:I really want to think that Doom is a closet cinephile now, with his personal theater inside Castle Von Doom, getting all of Hollywood's films shipped directly to Latvaria. And I'm picturing him sitting there with his bucket of popcorn and giant soda, loving every minute of it. He's probably just gotta keep up for any time he might have a run in with Spider-Man, lest he have an awkward situation where Spidey spouts off a bunch of pop culture references and he just can't understand a word Spidey is saying. I like to imagine this is a common problem in the Marvel universe and so villains are constantly keeping up with the news just to know how they're being insulted. TwoPair fucked around with this message at 07:54 on Sep 17, 2013 |
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SirDan3k posted:I am but that issue felt forced and fake grrrl power-ey like somebody decided the team hadn't gotten enough flak from men so they just toss together some half-assed excuse to do a bordering on parody of feminism men can't handle women working issue. Besides, she slept with Ben Franklin first. 
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There's something really beautiful about the fact that I didn't realize that was H. P. Lovecraft until the exact moment I read the words "negro eggs".
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Glagha posted:There's something really beautiful about the fact that I didn't realize that was H. P. Lovecraft until the exact moment I read the words "negro eggs". You weren't tipped off by "luminous, squamous, infinite guts", but you were tipped off by "negro eggs"? 
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TwoPair posted:He's probably just gotta keep up for any time he might have a run in with Spider-Man, lest he have an awkward situation where Spidey spouts off a bunch of pop culture references and he just can't understand a word Spidey is saying. I like to imagine this is a common problem in the Marvel universe and so villains are constantly keeping up with the news just to know how they're being insulted. That's always been the one weird thing I've never felt was adequately explained is that for all his supposed time spent with his head in the books or peering through a microscope or out being Spider-Man Peter is somehow more of a pop culture encyclopedia than your average TMZ intern.
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Lobok posted:That's always been the one weird thing I've never felt was adequately explained is that for all his supposed time spent with his head in the books or peering through a microscope or out being Spider-Man Peter is somehow more of a pop culture encyclopedia than your average TMZ intern. He's young, don't you know that bestows you an automatic knowledge of all current pop culture.
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prefect posted:You weren't tipped off by "luminous, squamous, infinite guts", but you were tipped off by "negro eggs"? Hey, any chump with a thesaurus can wax Lovecraftian, it takes the guy himself to do it while also being appallingly racist.
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MikeJF posted:He's young, don't you know that bestows you an automatic knowledge of all current pop culture. True. I suppose they wouldn't want to explain it since there's less dramatic weight in him saying "Augh! How am I supposed to keep my grades up, and hold down a job, and find time for Aunt May when every waking hour I have to split my time between being Spider-Man and watching marathons of Keeping Up with the Kardashians?!"
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Peter just watched The Soup and followed TMZ on Twitter. Otto has a dedicated newsfeed collating all trending topics across multiple platforms against mentions by media personalities, weighted by Q-rating and prevalence of light night talk show monologues in which the topic appeared.
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I dunno if this has been posted yet, but I love this comic so much: Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #15
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I always appreciate Transformers artists because it can't be easy to keep a schedule and draw complicated tech well.
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Gatts posted:I always appreciate Transformers artists because it can't be easy to keep a schedule and draw complicated tech well. On the other hand, Pat Lee.
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Small Frozen Thing posted:On the other hand, Pat Lee. Edit; whoops need a panel. give me a minute.
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Phy posted:Hey, any chump with a thesaurus can wax Lovecraftian, it takes the guy himself to do it while also being appallingly racist. People were racist as poo poo in the 20s and 30s. Lovecraft only stands out because internet, and he's ludicrously verbose about it. Your great grandparents said friend of the family all the time without a second thought.
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Protocol 5 posted:People were racist as poo poo in the 20s and 30s. Lovecraft only stands out because internet, and he's ludicrously verbose about it. Your great grandparents said friend of the family all the time without a second thought. Actually Lovecraft was so shockingly racist, even considering the era, that his correspondence with fellow pulp writer of the age Robert E. Howard actually went a ways toward making Howard less racist. Yeah, you read that right. He was easily capable of out-racisting someone from 1920s Texas to the point that they went "woah woah hold on a minute".
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Even among the 20's and 30's Lovecraft was a sort of strange mega-racist. He made other people less racist in correspondence with him as sort of a reduction by shock. EFB DAMMIT FUEGO
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