GAWD, I HATE her!
Roar Comics on June 16, 2018
The battle rages on, but, it seems as though the bad guys are being whittled down. There's been blood spilled on both sides.
Neutrino uses her gravity powers to give Enigma's stomach the sensation of 55 rollercoasters' worth of flips.
That is a LOT of barf!!
During the fight, Neutrino's inner monlogue breaks down the most fundamental aspect of my Prime Superhero Universe - supers are basically celebrities.
(In the modern age of Your Precious Internet, if talentless mannequins with big butts can get famous for making sex tapes and marrying insane musicians, then superpowers would, of course, generate media gods - particularly on the West Coast! Back when I was forming my main universe, my method of writing was, and mostly still is, taking what I HATE about the genre — which I honestly LOVE, btw — and do the opposite… whether I agree with the opposite thing or not. In THIS case, I DID agree with the opposing opinion.
The whole Marvel Universe “filthy muties” thing. I never understood it, other than the core idea of it being a ham-handed allegory for racism. I feel that if superpowers existed, especially in today's media-obsessed mindstate, they would be rockstars! Some folks would hate them, but most would be absolutely enamored with them.)
On the dark side of that concept, the supers THEMSELVES would be obsessed with pursuing celebrity, fame, fortune and notoriety.
PRISTINE (Neutrino's least favorite superhero) is a prime example of that.
xailenrath at 5:27PM, June 18, 2018
Well, as a self-avowed angsty misanthrope, I can see where that sort of thinking would make sense in the modern world. Despite the consensus, Thoroughly enjoyed WatchMen, both the comic AND the movie. Now, Alan Moore HIMSELF... that's another story.
El Cid at 8:30PM, June 16, 2018
I also liked the (admittedly dark) direction Watchmen went with the concept, where the superheroes effectively made themselves de facto gods to keep humanity from destroying themselves. A bit angsty and misanthropic, but still thought provoking all the same.
El Cid at 8:28PM, June 16, 2018
Marvel did a poor job because they seem to rationalize the mutant hate from a "people will always not like those who are different from them" perspective, which is just intellectually impoverished teenage angst. But I've seen it handled better by DC and Vertigo, where it's more an outgrowth of people who have suffered losses due to collateral damage from these superhero mega battles, and those who legitimately fear and distrust having people with WMD class powers casually strolling amongst them.