TTRPGWhiz

"World view" equating to "here's my opinion about a fictional character" is wild. "I'm going to make a binary statement; either a character is A list or D list, no in between. You can' t argue with this because it's an opinion. If you try to argue that there's such a thing as nuance, then you're obstinate and don't believe in opinions".

Nobody said he's that level (although I'd argue that yes, Bucky is a bigger deal in the 616 than Black Widow). The binary of "you're either A-list / can carry your own movie or you're D list" is where I think people are taking issue. Because it's ridiculous. You seem to really want to infer a whole lot of things that I didn't type. Which is of course your prerogative. But consider maybe that that's the definition of a straw man argument.

Yes, he was was created to fill that sidekick role 80 years ago. Things have changed. The original comment that drove all this is "these are D List characters", which is an absurd thing to say about Bucky specifically.

lol, if that doesn't seem relevant to you, then there's nothing else to say

...80 years ago.

Is your argument here that because one movie featuring unknowns characters failed, but another wildly succeeded and spawned two sequels, that all movies featuring "D List" characters will fail? Because that is some interesting logic.

Guardians of the Galaxy, nuff said.

HUGE fan of the name release policy being implemented. I pushed for this for years on Live, so stoked to see it happen.

That's because it's bad info. They just announced some new castings, post-Gaiman allegations (literally within the last 3-4 weeks), which typically isn't something shows do when they're 'dead'. Accurate reporting here: https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-gaiman-allegations-adaptations.html (also Gaiman himself has said that the Sandman story didn't feel to him like it hits its stride until Death shows up, so there is quite a bit of good story left to mine from the other 67 issues)

Fixed that for you.

What’s the punchline in someone editing a post to reverse the OP’s statement? It’s just trolling. If someone took your post here, quoted it and edited it to look like an announcement of new power sets and posted that, would that also be OK?

Thanks for the clarification. Good to know where the Mods "stand" on this. Incredibly weird choice.

I didn’t say lawyers, I said creators. It’s been expressed by quite a few; Neil Gaiman and Damon Lindelof come to mind most readily.

That’s interesting. A lot of creators will tell you that they don’t read any of that stuff so that if something does make it into the show, no one can say “hey, that was my idea”.

You’re free to have your own opinion. Quoting someone and editing their post is, if not against the forum rules, a real dick move. Thanks for reminding me why you’re on my Ignore list.

Yelena in Hawkeye > the entirety of Natasha’s character arc/story

There are some likely clues to this within the initial Thunderbolts comic.

This guy gets it ETA: well...maybe not, given the confused emoji reaction lol

it’s a movie, not a show; and yes

"Bulletproof Bob" (aka, The Sentry) has one of the wilder origin stories, in- and out-of-universe, of any character at the Big Two. Well worth a bit of research, and I'm super curious if the MCU implements any of it. The Sentry's mini-series was written and illustrated by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee, hot on the heels of their Inhumans series. They are both quite good (Jenkins won an Eisner for Inhumans).

Apologies in advance if this has been raised, but I would love to see many of the secondary Face items (the various masks, but especially Diamonds/Pointed/Rounded) added as Detail 1 parts. The current options suffer from the “painted skin” look.

Respectful.

Recommending those books (Warren Ellis's Planetary and the Whedon X-Men run) in 2024 is...a little fraught, given their writers, but they are really good books.

Cassaday drew some of my favorite books of a certain era (Planetary, Astonishing X-Men, Captain America) and won or was nominated for a bunch of Eisners for that work. More importantly, he always seemed to be incredibly well liked among his peers. He was just 52 years old. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-cassaday-dead-joss-whedon-astonishing-x-men-planetary-1235996404/

Some of the concepts they play with are pretty great; there’s a Superman-related conspiracy that’s particularly fun.