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Popular characters that you just aren't fond of.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    Supes has interesting moments, but overall he's boring.

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  • WildcatWildcat Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Slagmire wrote: »
    Spider-Man: Hey Spider-Man? Penance and Spawn just called, they would like some of their emo back please.
    Given that Spidey LENT IT TO THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE, I would think they can go fuck themselves.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2007
    Slagmire wrote: »
    Superman: Ohhhhh boy... let's fly around, invincible and just. It's possible I could have an interesting story one of these decades, but until then, I'm just going to beat my opponents by vanilla-ing them to death or poor writing.

    The only poor writing Superman's had recently is Richard Donner's stuff

    and I'm just saying that because I fucking hate Zod

    everything else has been magnificent

    Hell, his OYL arc was probably the best one

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  • SlagmireSlagmire Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Wildcat wrote: »
    Slagmire wrote: »
    Spider-Man: Hey Spider-Man? Penance and Spawn just called, they would like some of their emo back please.
    Given that Spidey LENT IT TO THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE, I would think they can go fuck themselves.
    IT GAINED CAPITAL GOD DAMN IT! FUCKING EMO IS GETTING INTEREST COMPOUNDED!

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Scooter wrote: »
    Anjin-San wrote: »
    I don't care if they're comics by technicality, but since this is a character damn near all you are familiar with...

    To hell with that Buffy the Vampire Slayer shit. Fucking Christ, man. And Angel? Are you kidding me? Every "monster" character looks like a goddamn Mortal Kombat circa the 90s reject.



    Well, this is on a TV show budget. I think it was actually mentioned that the monsters in the new comic are gonna be a lot more monstery since it doesn't cost anything extra to draw.

    The monsters in the comic are much better so far. And the monsters are not the fucking point of Buffy anyway. GDHSGHSDGJSHGJSJDFSHGHDS fuck you Anjin
    <3

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  • DondumsDondums Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Someone mentioned hating Cyclops prior to Astonishing - I concur completely. I used to think he was a real pansy boy (the movies did nothing to alleviate this) .. now I think he's .. not-so-much, I guess.

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  • MiSTieOtakuMiSTieOtaku Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Superman.

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  • SonosSonos Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I never really liked the green lantern. The whole my powers come from a magical ring seemed less comics and more Tolkein. Then when you added a whole population of green lanterns it got even worse for me.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    It's not a magic ring.

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  • SentrySentry Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Balefuego wrote: »
    It's not a magic ring.

    While I disagree with you about Buffy up there, this is a really good point.


    I mean, how can you feel one way or the other about something if you never even read it (relating to the awesomeness of Green Lantern).
    Keith wrote:
    The only poor writing Superman's had recently is Richard Donner's stuff

    and I'm just saying that because I fucking hate Zod

    Hmm... so that WASN'T you I saw "kneeling" before him in that ally the other day?

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    When I was a little kid, I always pretended I was the hero,' Skip said.
    'Fuck yeah, me too. What little kid ever pretended to be part of the lynch-mob?'
  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2007
    Balefuego wrote: »
    It's not a magic ring.

    Alan Scott's is

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  • AlgertmanAlgertman Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    One time I was watching Batman:TAS at work and this guy was like "The Joker's okay but I hate Harley Quinn" and I was like "what the fuck is wrong with you get out of my store"

    Is there something really attractive about her character?

    It's a female, that's enough for some people, doesn't matter if she's real or not.

    Buffy is the worst though. Popular cause she's a female. People just use the "women empowerment" angle as an umbrella term to mean they masturbate over it.

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  • ServoServo Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    Wildcat wrote: »
    Slagmire wrote: »
    Spider-Man: Hey Spider-Man? Penance and Spawn just called, they would like some of their emo back please.
    Given that Spidey LENT IT TO THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE, I would think they can go fuck themselves.



    man, no kidding

    spider-man's the original meal deal of superheroes with crappy lives


    (except when he marries a supermodel)

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  • AlgertmanAlgertman Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    Balefuego wrote: »
    It's not a magic ring.

    Alan Scott's is

    What do you expect though, his weakness is wood. Still a badass though

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  • DeVryGuyDeVryGuy Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Algertman wrote: »
    Keith wrote: »
    One time I was watching Batman:TAS at work and this guy was like "The Joker's okay but I hate Harley Quinn" and I was like "what the fuck is wrong with you get out of my store"

    Is there something really attractive about her character?

    It's a female, that's enough for some people, doesn't matter if she's real or not.

    Buffy is the worst though. Popular cause she's a female. People just use the "women empowerment" angle as an umbrella term to mean they masturbate over it.

    Or popular because the show was awesome, well written and funny with the ability to be serious when it needed to be.

    Or you can just generalize. Whatever.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2007
    Algertman wrote: »
    Keith wrote: »
    Balefuego wrote: »
    It's not a magic ring.

    Alan Scott's is

    What do you expect though, his weakness is wood. Still a badass though

    insert boner joke here


    insert boner there

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  • AlgertmanAlgertman Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    DeVryGuy wrote: »
    Algertman wrote: »
    Keith wrote: »
    One time I was watching Batman:TAS at work and this guy was like "The Joker's okay but I hate Harley Quinn" and I was like "what the fuck is wrong with you get out of my store"

    Is there something really attractive about her character?

    It's a female, that's enough for some people, doesn't matter if she's real or not.

    Buffy is the worst though. Popular cause she's a female. People just use the "women empowerment" angle as an umbrella term to mean they masturbate over it.

    Or popular because the show was awesome, well written and funny with the ability to be serious when it needed to be.

    Or you can just generalize. Whatever.
    I'll just tell the truth

    like I did

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  • DeVryGuyDeVryGuy Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Algertman wrote: »
    DeVryGuy wrote: »
    Algertman wrote: »
    Keith wrote: »
    One time I was watching Batman:TAS at work and this guy was like "The Joker's okay but I hate Harley Quinn" and I was like "what the fuck is wrong with you get out of my store"

    Is there something really attractive about her character?

    It's a female, that's enough for some people, doesn't matter if she's real or not.

    Buffy is the worst though. Popular cause she's a female. People just use the "women empowerment" angle as an umbrella term to mean they masturbate over it.

    Or popular because the show was awesome, well written and funny with the ability to be serious when it needed to be.

    Or you can just generalize. Whatever.
    I'll just tell the truth

    like I did

    No, you're not. Your assuming that you can apply a base, sweeping statement about why people like a thing based on your personal dislike of that thing.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I don't think Buffy was popular because she was a chick

    But then again I hated Buffy something fierce

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    From what I understand Alan Scott dosent even use a ring anymore. I know he's still drawn as wearing it but hasn't he basically become the Starheart incarnate? I seem to remember him bleeding green fire in some issues of JSA.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2007
    Balefuego wrote: »
    From what I understand Alan Scott dosent even use a ring anymore. I know he's still drawn as wearing it but hasn't he basically become the Starheart incarnate? I seem to remember him bleeding green fire in some issues of JSA.

    He was but then he wasn't but he might be

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    You know, after picking up New Frontier, I don't think I'll ever be able to like Wonder Woman not drawn by Darwyn Cooke.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2007
    I don't know. You should see her drawn by Terry Dodson

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  • AlgertmanAlgertman Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    I don't know. You should see her drawn by Terry Dodson

    With that screwy looking man face

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  • WallhitterWallhitter Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I dislike Capt. America and am fucking glad he's dead.

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  • SonosSonos Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Sentry wrote: »
    Balefuego wrote: »
    It's not a magic ring.

    While I disagree with you about Buffy up there, this is a really good point.


    I mean, how can you feel one way or the other about something if you never even read it (relating to the awesomeness of Green Lantern).

    i read really old silver age issues that i found in my grandmoms house when i was a kid and it was a magic ring. there wasnt any back story that i knew of it was just a guy with a ring that made green huge fists to knock out bankrobbers. so as a child starting in comics i decided day one that this was a stupid character i wasn't ever giving a chance.

    tried it once again in the 80s and it was a huge council of magic ring wearers. i went back to my never reading it again stance and stayed away from DC for a long time simply because of the green lantern. right or wrong i still hold a bias against DC just because of him.

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  • Toji SuzuharaToji Suzuhara Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I don't hate many characters because I read their books to see if I really should hate them, then I realize that my preconceptions were wrong.

    Generally, when I don't like a character, it's either because of a creator or fans, and that's just a bad taste from things associated with the character, instead of the character itself.

    I pretty much just don't like it when characters get too Mary Sue.

    ed: For example, a kid figuring out Batman's secret identity or Batman being able to punch Karate Kid.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Sonos wrote: »
    Sentry wrote: »
    Balefuego wrote: »
    It's not a magic ring.

    While I disagree with you about Buffy up there, this is a really good point.


    I mean, how can you feel one way or the other about something if you never even read it (relating to the awesomeness of Green Lantern).

    i read really old silver age issues that i found in my grandmoms house when i was a kid and it was a magic ring. there wasnt any back story that i knew of it was just a guy with a ring that made green huge fists to knock out bankrobbers. so as a child starting in comics i decided day one that this was a stupid character i wasn't ever giving a chance.

    tried it once again in the 80s and it was a huge council of magic ring wearers. i went back to my never reading it again stance and stayed away from DC for a long time simply because of the green lantern. right or wrong i still hold a bias against DC just because of him.

    Jesus, jesus, no. The Lanterns are fucking space cops, not a council of magic ring wearers. They are kind of like the Nova Corps in Marvel terms, except way more badass.

    Edit: And a belated fuck you to all the Cap haters.

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  • Spectre-xSpectre-x Rating: AWESOME YESRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    wallhitter wrote: »
    I dislike Capt. America and am fucking glad he's dead.

    Begone before I kill you with my gaze.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    wallhitter wrote: »
    I dislike Capt. America and am fucking glad he's dead.
    Man, you kids have no respect these days.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2007
    ed: For example, a kid figuring out Batman's secret identity or Batman being able to punch Karate Kid.

    But Tim figuring out Batman's identity made perfect sense

    It wasn't like it was an "oops" on Batman's part

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  • DondumsDondums Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Sonos wrote: »
    Sentry wrote: »
    Balefuego wrote: »
    It's not a magic ring.

    While I disagree with you about Buffy up there, this is a really good point.


    I mean, how can you feel one way or the other about something if you never even read it (relating to the awesomeness of Green Lantern).

    i read really old silver age issues that i found in my grandmoms house when i was a kid and it was a magic ring. there wasnt any back story that i knew of it was just a guy with a ring that made green huge fists to knock out bankrobbers. so as a child starting in comics i decided day one that this was a stupid character i wasn't ever giving a chance.

    tried it once again in the 80s and it was a huge council of magic ring wearers. i went back to my never reading it again stance and stayed away from DC for a long time simply because of the green lantern. right or wrong i still hold a bias against DC just because of him.

    Jesus, jesus, no. The Lanterns are fucking space cops, not a council of magic ring wearers. They are kind of like the Nova Corps in Marvel terms, except way more badass.

    Edit: And a belated fuck you to all the Cap haters.

    The Green Lantern Corps is badass. For one, one of the members is a gigantic fucking planet. Two, the rings are based off of the wielders' willpower and ability to conquer fear, so most of the Corps have to be close to badass by definition. They're not magic rings, they're just incredibly advanced and have to be charged, have limits, etc. Three, one of the members is a gigantic fucking planet. To close:

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    ed: For example, a kid figuring out Batman's secret identity or Batman being able to punch Karate Kid.

    But Tim figuring out Batman's identity made perfect sense

    It wasn't like it was an "oops" on Batman's part

    Yeah, and the whole point of Tim and what makes him differnt from the other Robins is that he's a detective.

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  • Toji SuzuharaToji Suzuhara Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Keith wrote: »
    ed: For example, a kid figuring out Batman's secret identity or Batman being able to punch Karate Kid.

    But Tim figuring out Batman's identity made perfect sense

    It wasn't like it was an "oops" on Batman's part

    Yeah, and the whole point of Tim and what makes him differnt from the other Robins is that he's a detective.

    Perhaps even the best detective. Hmmm.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2007
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Keith wrote: »
    ed: For example, a kid figuring out Batman's secret identity or Batman being able to punch Karate Kid.

    But Tim figuring out Batman's identity made perfect sense

    It wasn't like it was an "oops" on Batman's part

    Yeah, and the whole point of Tim and what makes him differnt from the other Robins is that he's a detective.

    Perhaps even the best detective. Hmmm.

    Both Bruce and Dick have said that Tim is smarter than the both of them.

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  • Toji SuzuharaToji Suzuhara Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    Both Bruce and Dick have said that Tim is smarter than the both of them.

    Yeah, that's what I don't like. You like apples, and I like oranges.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    Both Bruce and Dick have said that Tim is smarter than the both of them.

    Yeah, that's what I don't like. You like apples, and I like oranges.

    But why?

    They still have a fuckton more experience than him, so they're better at being superheroes.

    It's just that, in the long run, he would/will be a better Batman

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    Both Bruce and Dick have said that Tim is smarter than the both of them.

    Yeah, that's what I don't like. You like apples, and I like oranges.

    So you dislike superiority in a particular field? Doesn't even matter if it's not the sort that makes a character completely broken (olol Sentry)?

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Neliwood wrote:
    Two, the rings are based off of the wielders' willpower and ability to conquer fear, so most of the Corps have to be close to badass by definition

    I love the scene in Rebirth where Ollie tries to use a ring and he can barely stand after making a single arrow.

    Ollie: ... Is that what it's like?
    Kyle: Every time.

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  • Toji SuzuharaToji Suzuhara Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    Keith wrote: »
    Both Bruce and Dick have said that Tim is smarter than the both of them.

    Yeah, that's what I don't like. You like apples, and I like oranges.

    But why?

    They still have a fuckton more experience than him, so they're better at being superheroes.

    It's just that, in the long run, he would/will be a better Batman

    I don't like the fact that Tim, a nine year old boy, can figure out Batman's secret identity when the majority of the rest of the world can't seem to do it. It's the child genius trope that gets under my skin. They wanted to give him a backstory that connected him to batman, so they said he was at the circus the night Dick's parents were killed? Then Jeff comes in and saves Batman from himself by becoming Robin. Then Lady Shiva's all into him, and teaches him bo skills to the point where he beats her because he's just that good. He's better than everyone at everything, even if they're the best at something.

    I realize they wanted him to fit in, but, to me, it's just so forced. That is why he's a Mary Sue, and also why I'm not really a fan.

    If I can ignore all of that, he doesn't bother me enough to say I hate him and I'd avoid any book he's in, but it's just kind of blah.

    Animated Tim is okay, though. He's just some kid. They took similar elements and toned them down a lot. He trained with that batarang on his own, but he still gets knocked around like a kid.

    ed: Re: Fiaryn: No. The Sentry's completely different.

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