Ringo

Oscar is also fun! It's just very much translated from a stage play which makes the film feel less dynamic as it doesn't ever leave the house it's set in

Wyatt Russell has so much charisma that he has to say something every 30 seconds that reminds you that John Walker is an asshole and it's great

Oh also the fact that this Thunderbolts team is made up of people that almost exclusively shoots/punches/kills their enemies and none of those skills are useful? Amazing I want to see John Walker have to process his toxic masculinity in order to save the universe, thank you!

Saw it today! Absolutely loved it except for one character death. I wouldn't say it wowed me while I was watching it, but afterwords I am actually very impressed. For a story that I already knew what the basic beats were going to be, I never felt bored or even like I truly knew what would happen next. This thing had me laughing a lot (the "It's my dad" scene was perfect) even in a movie with a ton of dark themes. As someone who suffers from extreme depression, I found this movie both handled its themes with care and also didn't actually submerge into the darkness for too long. That is a hard line to walk, and I absolutely didn't expect it to work so well. With the exception of Black Widow and Shang-Chi I have disliked to outright hated everything in the MCU post Thor Ragnarok. I liked Thunderbolts. A lot. And actually had fun discussing future MCU possibilities. What a world!

Yeah, thematically Scarlet Spider is Super Reflexes and Red Hood is Ninjitsu, though 90s Ben Reilly had impact webbing and stingers which gave him a bit more of an arsenal beyond just the webshooters For the feel of an anti-hero stalker I'd probably go Street Justice/Ninjitsu - once past the webs/guns both characters are pretty flashy hand-to-hand fighters who aren't above tilting the odds by throwing caltrops or blinding powder

Remember that the three fighting pool attacks enhance Brawl as well. I don't remember how much, but it's a free attack! Otherwise I'd probably grab Soul Tentacles

FF or Cold. Your partners bring heals, absorbs, and debuffs, but none of that matters if your minions are dead. Grab a set with a defense shield and keep everyone upright! FF keeps you unmezzed while Cold gets you more debuffs. Triple stacked Enforcer maneuvers is about 24% plus 11% from FF or Cold shields. That means you need just 10% defense between Dispersion Bubble (or Arctic Fog), Shadowfall, your own Maneuvers, and the MM unique IOs to hit the softcap - easily managed. Never get hit, never surrender!

Honestly it sounds like people would benefit from some youtube tutorials on how Mids is both used in general and specifically the tools Mids offers to theorycraft a build

My point is why would anyone care

I think anyone who gets mad about not seeing a power in your list is laughable, and seeing you not use a power you do have is only slightly better You can’t see slotting! Even if I'm using the powers you want me to, you'll never know that my build is filled with expired red SOs, or that my KB powers are slotted only with accuracy and extra KB, etc The only way to combat this would be to kick people based on how many IO set-bonuses they have listed. Edit: oh I see this has already been mentioned. Welp, to each their own then

I really enjoy Rad Blast on Sentinels just because I can PBAoE and long-windup-AoE without feeling like I'm signing my own death warrant

Mind has Sleep, Hold, Confuse, Fear, Knock-up, and the TK repel/immob, which I think is slightly better than Illusion for finding an opponent's weakness to exploit. Dominantor Phantom Army doesn't have taunt

If you grab Storm Elementals for your Lore you can get another Hurricane!

Back on live one of my SGmates triggered a costume change whenever he used Nova on his Energy Blaster, it looked very cool

I really like this idea! You can definitely do something similar with an Undead Transformation on a Necromancer, or more of a "reveal my secret allegiance" costume swap with Ninja/Mercs/Demons/Thugs ... I guess you could reveal your fursona for Beasts...