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I don't want to discredit Katara's achievement here, but I'm just saying I'd have been stuck in there for about five seconds before I started spit bending.
@gunsnrosesgirl3
I heard about this. Apparently, the video went viral and eventually made its way back to Nintendo themselves. They were so touched by the boy's dedication that they reached out to his family and eventually sent a representative to give him his very own cease and desist order.
Hear me out: Velma's finale should be the last piece of officially sanctioned Scrappy hate.
We all know he was a misstep, but Scrappy has been dunked on for longer than he was ever on the show. Now he's reemerged to kill Velma.
We hated him. He saved us. Redemption arc complete.
Velma Season 2 Review:
Okay, I finished the show. My boi Scrappy fucking killed Velma ( thank god) and the ghost of Velma killed scrappy. I wish I was making this shit up.
So Velma is now dead and she’s now a ghost that lives amongst her peers…TF?!
3/10
I don’t recommend you
Clark's reaction to the Joker hitting him with a giant mallet is pretty priceless. He's really trying to work out the details so his cover isn't blown.
"The problem with Superman is that he's just too powerful. How is anybody supposed to relate to a god?"
I hear your concerns and present you with this counterpoint:
Tony Stark once achieved cosmic power and decided to improve the world by giving everybody on earth the same level of intelligence that he had. Reed Richards was able to confirm that it worked because he felt dumber the moment that it happened.
I'm still bothered by how unintentionally dumb this scene makes Batman look. We're supposed to marvel at his intelligence here, but I just keep thinking "Your best friend has the largest collection of Kryptonian culture in the universe, and you didn't just ask him to teach you?"
@Lunwi88
People are criticizing this comparison like you didn’t go super easy on Loki in your analysis as a show of good faith. Dude actively tried to murder Thor and his friends multiple times, killed hundreds- if not thousands- of innocents, and repeatedly tried to conquer the world.
Peak character succession
Shows off the new character's unique advantages in contrast to his predecessor, not directly implying either is superior but firmly establishing that both get the job done in different ways.
@Noodledori2
I'm on the dad's side.
"I dunno what I just walked into, but clearly my first mistake was not stopping for a drink on the way home and sorting this out 10 minutes after it's over."
"I want to read this series. Where do I start?"
Manga: "Chapter 1...But the story doesn't get going until Chapter 7. It takes a while to find its footing. The first 3 arcs are basically a different story, but it's needed context. The cast changes in-"
Comics: "Wherever you want."
I'm laughing because Doctor Doom was tossed into the past, encountered his younger self, and found him so insufferable over the course of a single conversation that he immediately asked him to place a phone call to Reed Richards instead.
Superman vs Dracula might be one of my favorite superpower interactions ever.
Superman is weak to magic, right? Well, Dracula's bites are magic, so his fangs pierce Clark's skin. But Superman's cells run on sunlight, which is Dracula's weakness. So his mouth freaking explodes.
Devastating news. I only spoke to Ben a handful of times, but he was always friendly, jovial, and polite. He was a man with real passion for the art and industry, as far as I could tell. His absence will leave a hole in the YouTube comicspace. I'll keep his family in my prayers.
Two days ago, on June 8th, my husband, Ben Potter, passed away in an unfortunate accident.
To many of you, he was Comicstorian, voicing stories from across multiple different mediums. To his loved ones, he was one of the best and most supportive individuals anyone could ask for.
@scoobyhistory
Ben's face when he times out of Alien X after deleting all of reality to kill Cosmo and Wanda then SpongeBob just walks back into existence from off-screen.
@TheSketchIsFree
I think I could probably produce spit faster than I could produce an equivalent amount of sweat under normal conditions, tbh. Katara clearly isn't using a ton of sweat in this scene. She's just spreading it thin.
@Telanstus
I think the idea is that any water vapor present in a normal environment is usually too minor and dispersed. Waterbenders can't even control human blood under normal circumstances. The air would need to be fairly thick and moist before they could do anything significant with it.
Sometimes people forget that the Venom Symbiote is weak to fire and sound. It's an easy distinction to miss, but the subtle nuance can be observed in combat scenarios like this one, where Wolverine uses both fire and sound to destroy one specimen by roasting the life out of him.
@TetsuoTheGoat
Reason I don't like Injustice
#168
: It has fed into the narrative that Joker is an unmatched, unpredictable chaos god who wouldn't be slapped to the moon five seconds after trying and failing to blow up U.A. High.
Plot armor is one heck of a drug.
@Extralongdokkan
Facts though.
Half of the time when people complain about Dragon Ball Z/Super missing a certain feel or element, you can find it in the original Dragon Ball. You feel like something's missing because you skipped the opening arc.
"What were you expecting!? The game is called Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League!"
Yes. The premise was terrible from the start. There's a reason nobody is making Venom: Murder Spider-Man, Star Wars: The Dark Side Wins Forever, or Voldemort: Harry Potter Freaking Dies.
@D4hz4hn
I mean, as long as we're nitpicking, the most realistic Trick-or-Treating group for this scene would have been three different Batmen and a Wonder Woman.
I love how the first Marvel and DC crossover reprint in decades boldly depicts Batman and Spider-Man both seconds away from certain death on the front cover.
He might be able to get past Thor, but he'll be running on fumes by that point, and I don't know that he'll make it much farther. He hard stops at Doctor Strange or Scarlet Witch. I don't know why people keep going on about Marvel's telepaths. Superman resists most of them, tbh.
Akira Toriyama was one of the most important storytellers of our generation. He brought millions together and kicked open the door that anime & manga are still passing through today. Many narratives across many cultures will owe this man a debt for thousands of years to come. RIP
@IceAshera
I wish we got more interactions like this from Smash. It's a great little character moment. It shows respect to Sonic's speed by leaving the possibility that he could have survived if he hadn't slowed down, and it displays his selfless care for animals with a semi-tragic twist.
Superman casually pushes back Godzilla's atomic breath and tries to avoid a confrontation. A child nearly falls to his death, so Clark breaks away to save him, and gets hit from behind, causing him to crash.
Godzilla Stans, holding up a single panel: Yeah! That'll show 'em!
@Schaffrillas
I know he has a few problems, but when push comes to shove Eugene is really the closest thing SpongeBob has to a father figure. For the sake of all parties involved, I implore you to reconsider your opinion.
@Stunfisk_Sub
"Nostalgia" is an entirely valid reason to enjoy something, and there is nothing wrong with a company feeding it. Nostalgia is an acknowledgement that you encountered something unique & enjoyable enough to create a core memory. It takes skill to intentionally establish that bond.
Bruce isn’t the only teacher each Robin has ever studied under, and if a master is good at his job, then his student will eventually surpass him. Suggesting that no Robin could ever hope to challenge Batman in a fight is an insult to Bruce as a teacher.
How can the Student expect to beat the Master when he taught him everything he knows?
Batman solos all the Robins with relative ease if he doesn’t hold back
🦇
@thunderxstorm07
@beingsupers
That's not true. It's a common misconception. Stop saying this. Superman was only unable to breathe in space during the early Golden Age, early Post-Crisis, and during his youth before his powers had fully developed. He can occasionally be seen wearing a helmet or breathing
Unless he's been planning for years, knows intimate details about Thor and the Hulk, prepared tons of equipment, and has 1,000 random factors falling in his favor by happenstance during the fight, Batman is about as helpful to Superman as a good breakfast in this scenario.
The above examples seem to imply that the Penance Stare operates on objective morality. Either the Spirits of Vengeance or their Boss essentially have a list of what does and does not constitute a sin. If your actions are on that list, it doesn't matter how you feel about them.
Things that CAN stop the Penance Stare:
1. The target must have a soul
2. The caster and target must make eye contact
3. Symbiotes are immune for an unknown reason
4. The demonic Lilin are immune for an unknown reason
In honor of Deathstroke appearing in My Adventures with Superman, I'd like to remind everybody of that one time Slade was hired to kill a young Bruce Wayne but accidentally ended up fighting Clark Kent instead, since Clark had stumbled onto a yacht and was mistaken for Bruce.
I'm excited to announce that I'll be attending
#DEATHBATTLECast
next Tuesday at 3:00 PM, CST to represent the reptile on the right. We're gonna finish what Superman started!
The Penance Stare forces you to experience all the pain you have inflicted on others- from the physical to the emotional to the psychological. The attack ignores your body and mind, targeting your soul directly. It hardly matters if you enjoyed hurting the original victims.
This often leads to hypothetical conversations about which characters could survive the Penance Stare or which characters would be incapacitated by it. The sad truth is that those answers ultimately come down to who is writing the story and what they intend to do with the Ghost
It is likely that you have seen examples in the past of certain characters resisting the Penance Stare for a lack of regret, subjective morality, or any number of the above listed misconceptions. This happens because the Ghost Rider narrative is handled by many different writers,
Misconception 3
The Penance Stare does not work on people who are insane, mindless, can't control their own actions, or are out of touch with reality.
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It's not Batman or Bruce Wayne's job to execute the Joker. He's not a monarch. He's a safety net. When Batman stops the Joker from gassing Gotham City, its the people's responsibility to decide his consequences. If the consequences they choose are insufficient, that's on them.
Everyone says it’s immoral and illegal for Batman to kill, but if BRUCE WAYNE actually used his reputation and money as a political figure, he could easily get a execution bill passed🤷🏾♂️
Batman still the GOAT tho….
@_spirit_504
@TheNerdSpider
The number of people who now believe that Superman is easily corruptible is astounding. When you say "good Superman is in the game," you are essentially talking about a single level and a character that didn't make the sequel. This game has ruined DC discussions for a generation.
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@Guslivesagain
I'm not defending the film or the decision or anything, but to be entirely honest, this is 100% how I would want Superman to return my baseball. Sure, he could just walk over and hand it to me, but he's Superman! And I'm meeting him up close and personal! I'd like to see him fly.
I don't know why DC has become so weirdly obsessed with Suicide Squad over the last decade, tbh. It's not like those comics suddenly started selling better than any of DC's other neglected properties. Why have you decided THIS is the thing to promote? Is it Harley Quinn?
@SupermanOnFilm
Honestly, I think many of our biggest blunders with this character for the past 40 years or so can be traced back to writers being shy or embarrassed about how powerful he is. We've tried the "downplay his powers" angle over and over again. I really think we need to move on.
Remember when Emperor Joker killed Batman so many times that he snapped? It was so sad when Superman took that pain from him and couldn't handle it because Bruce is a stronger moral paragon.
...That didn't happen? But I've been assured that Injustice understands its characters.
Bruce is not Batman because he's the best at everything. In fact, he's rarely the BEST.
Lex Luthor is smarter.
Wonder Woman is a better fighter.
Detective Chimp is a better detective.
Constantine is a better strategist.
Bruce is Batman because he's Top 5 in, like, 1,000 things.
How much willpower does Hal Jordan have?
So much willpower that even when it's dampened because he's under magical possession, it's still more than the will of either Batman or Superman individually. They have to combine their wills to overcome his connection to the green ring.
I usually don't comment on other people's videos, but yesterday's Death Battle between Goku and Superman was legitimately a beautiful love letter to both characters. My childhood self could have only dreamed of such a fantastic crossover between these two genre-defining giants.
Funny thing about this photo: I don't remember what I said to Stan Lee when we took this. At all.
I suppose I was just star struck by the whole event. I know we chatted for a minute, and I remember trying to find talking points he might not have heard 100 times, but that's it.
Doomsday is nearly impossible to kill.
Damaged body parts will regrow themselves. If his body is torn to shreds, he can reform from a single cell. If his cells are all destroyed, he can reconstitute from a single atom.
If his atoms are all annihilated... It gets worse... 🧵(1/4)
This scene of Superman punching The World Forger has given me such a headache over the years.
It’s a great scene, but I had to ask Scott Snyder about it, like, three times because every time I came back with a calculation for it, a new excuse spawned about why it doesn’t count.
"Superhero movie fatigue" is not a real thing.
Because "superhero" is not a movie genre.
Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Logan, Doctor Strange, The Batman, and Into the Spider-Verse are six completely different genres of film.
What you're experiencing is "bad movie fatigue."
A very special thank you to perhaps my favorite Batman and the person responsible for getting me into comic books to begin with.
Rest In Peace, Kevin Conroy. May your work as the Caped Crusader continue to strike fear into criminals and inspiration into heroes for generations.
I promised a thread about the Joker & more Batman misconceptions, so here we go: If you believe that "one bad day" is all it takes to drive the sanest man alive to lunacy- or a general life of crime & terror- then you've been bamboozled.
Does this look like a face you can trust?
@King_Sukunaaa
That's not canon Superman.
And the writer also explicitly clarified that Godzilla's Atomic Breath gives off a radiation signature similar to kryptonite. So what you're really suggesting is that Goku could beat Superman if he had kryptonite, which I don't think many disagree with?