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pinky0926
03/29/21 7:20:22 AM
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Based on any criteria you like.

The one that bothers me most is Flash. I can accept his weird physics-breaking ability to move super fast. What doesn't make sense though is how he gets smacked in the face regularly by wild haymakers thrown by regular speed villains.

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Frizzurd
03/29/21 8:24:34 AM
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Spder-Man shoots webs directly upwards while web slinging. It would hit the sky, and not buildings.

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AlisLandale
03/29/21 8:26:22 AM
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How is Zatanna not an unstoppable god? Do her powers have any defined limits?

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whitelytning
03/29/21 8:29:55 AM
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Superman. The part that doesnt make sense is how they try to make him interesting by making him weak or struggle to do things. He would never struggle with anything.

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Slayerblade11
03/29/21 9:20:10 AM
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whitelytning posted...
Superman. The part that doesnt make sense is how they try to make him interesting by making him weak or struggle to do things. He would never struggle with anything.

An entire planet of beings like Superman would be ridiculous
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Nazanir
03/29/21 9:31:32 AM
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Color Kid.

He can change the color of anything, but by doing so, it can also change that item's properties.

If he were to change the color of a green lantern's ring to red, the ring's properties would shift with it, from willpower to rage.

So if you had a piece of green kryptonite, he could change it to gold and permanently depower Superman.

His power is so stupid in that way. Changing color =/= changing it's physical properties.

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SPE
03/29/21 9:34:59 AM
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Cyclops:

so he does not have super strength. Or super resilience. Or super anything really. His one power is shooting powerful energy beams out of his eyes.

so why arent his eyes permanently damaged? Why can he get a clobbering from people like the hulk or sabertooth and not go straight to the ER?

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Squall28
03/29/21 9:43:01 AM
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I agree that superspeed in comics is stupid a lot of the the times. They should straight be DBZing fools. Instead they trip on random shit. Like imagine SSJ2 Gohan trips on a rock fighting Cell, and the fight ends after he comically falls into a pile of rocks.


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The_Korey
03/29/21 9:47:50 AM
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Domino luck powers. I'm with Deadpool, that's just shitty writing.

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Tyranthraxus
03/29/21 9:50:08 AM
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Slayerblade11 posted...
An entire planet of beings like Superman would be ridiculous

The sun weakness thing is a retcon to explain why an exploding planet actually hurt anyone.

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ModLogic
03/30/21 2:40:46 PM
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Frizzurd posted...
Spder-Man shoots webs directly upwards while web slinging. It would hit the sky, and not buildings.
spiderman wouldn't work outside a major high rise city


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MC_BatCommander
03/30/21 2:42:33 PM
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I always thought Ant-Man's mechanics were weird. Like he is tiny but retains his normal size physical strength but is also lighter? And then when he grows giant he gets stronger? Idk it's weird

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SpaceBear_
03/30/21 2:44:58 PM
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Invisibility is completely useless unless you're gonna walk around naked and freezing your ass off.

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Simon_Gruber
03/30/21 2:45:57 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
I always thought Ant-Man's mechanics were weird. Like he is tiny but retains his normal size physical strength but is also lighter? And then when he grows giant he gets stronger? Idk it's weird

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SwayM
03/30/21 2:47:13 PM
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Dr Strange should be able to solo everything in the universe. He can just reset time until he wins.

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JE19426
03/30/21 2:47:17 PM
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Frizzurd posted...
Spder-Man shoots webs directly upwards while web slinging. It would hit the sky, and not buildings.

Most Spider-Man comics I've seen has him shooting webs at angles.

SwayM posted...
Dr Strange should be able to solo everything in the universe. He can just reset time until he wins.

Yeah, he used to be OP as fuck in the old days, going toe to toe with god level people.
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CommonGrackle
03/30/21 2:48:19 PM
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Captain Marvel there I said it
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cjsdowg
03/30/21 2:49:50 PM
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I know there are others. But since the TC said Flash that one is still in my head. Flash should be so overpowered he should never be able to stopped, by non speedters.

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NightRender
03/30/21 2:53:35 PM
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The Whizzer was dying after being bitten by a cobra. Naturally, he was injected with mongoose blood, since they are natural enemies. Not only did this cure him, it gave him super speed.

The Whizzer.


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LordFarquad1312
03/30/21 2:56:20 PM
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Clark Kent
Superman




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RetsuZaiZen
03/30/21 3:01:23 PM
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One Punch Man

How does he have any foes or threats? How can anyone oppose him if he just wins all his fights with one punch?

He went from normal to invincibly (not a real word) strong in a year or so by doing some pretty basic shit that high schoolers can do in PE but nobody else in the world can do that training either?

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JE19426
03/30/21 3:02:47 PM
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Black Condor was raised by birds and they taught him how to fly. He then travelled to America where he stole the identity (and love interest) of a politician.
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MabusIncarnate
03/30/21 3:08:48 PM
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LordFarquad1312 posted...
Clark Kent
Superman

Yeah this is beyond ridiculous. Let me put on glasses and virtually no one recognizes me now.

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slmcknett
03/30/21 3:16:55 PM
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Wolverine.

His claws shouldn't fit into his wrists, they should tear out through the back of his hand if he tried to cut stuff with them, and he definitely shouldn't be able to regenerate the adamantium that coats them.

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DravenRainrix
03/30/21 3:19:35 PM
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Frizzurd posted...
Spder-Man shoots webs directly upwards while web slinging. It would hit the sky, and not buildings.

The fact a teenage kid invented the web slingers and never ending web substance is the most baffling thing in Spiderman to me.


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Turbam
03/30/21 3:20:12 PM
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RetsuZaiZen posted...
One Punch Man

How does he have any foes or threats? How can anyone oppose him if he just wins all his fights with one punch?

He went from normal to invincibly (not a real word) strong in a year or so by doing some pretty basic shit that high schoolers can do in PE but nobody else in the world can do that training either?
That's the point. OPM is satire

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JE19426
03/30/21 3:23:38 PM
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slmcknett posted...
His claws shouldn't fit into his wrists, they should tear out through the back of his hand if he tried to cut stuff with them, and he definitely shouldn't be able to regenerate the adamantium that coats them.

He can't regenerate the adamantium that coats his skin. The beauty of adamantium is that it's indestructible, and therefore he never needs to regenerate it.
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redlem
03/30/21 3:23:54 PM
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Never understood why someone like Mandarin didn't hire Magneto to take out Ironman.
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JE19426
03/30/21 3:28:26 PM
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redlem posted...
Never understood why someone like Mandarin didn't hire Magneto to take out Ironman.

I doubt Magneto would accept.
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ModLogic
03/30/21 3:39:02 PM
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JE19426 posted...
He can't regenerate the adamantium that coats his skin. The beauty of adamantium is that it's indestructible, and therefore he never needs to regenerate it.
so how does the claws pop out?

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JE19426
03/30/21 3:39:55 PM
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ModLogic posted...
so how does the claws pop out?

Lol, I meant that coats his bones, not skin.
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NightRender
03/30/21 3:44:05 PM
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Wolverine's claws are stored in his forearms, not his hand. Presumably he is only able to take them out when his wrist isn't bent, but I'm sure artists have flubbed that a few times in the past half century.



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slmcknett
03/30/21 3:47:46 PM
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JE19426 posted...
He can't regenerate the adamantium that coats his skin. The beauty of adamantium is that it's indestructible, and therefore he never needs to regenerate it.
Apparently, he has Adamantium Beta, and it can also heal along with his natural body parts. It just takes longer, or something. Something about Magneto tearing his skeleton out, and when he regenerated, the adamantium grew back as well?

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Choco
03/30/21 3:49:16 PM
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CommonGrackle posted...
Captain Marvel there I said it
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wtf?

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JE19426
03/30/21 3:53:17 PM
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slmcknett posted...
Apparently, he has Adamantium Beta, and it can also heal along with his natural body parts. It just takes longer, or something. Something about Magneto tearing his skeleton out, and when he regenerated, the adamantium grew back as well?

Apocalypse put the Adamantium back in his bones, it didn't grow back.
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project_night
03/30/21 3:59:14 PM
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A lot of them don't make sense, you have to suspend disbelief for most comics and just go with it. Even comic Batman is nearly as unrealistic as Superman to me since we know what humans are actually capable of, and he is too ridiculously good at too many things to be possible.
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RetsuZaiZen
03/30/21 4:00:16 PM
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Turbam posted...
That's the point. OPM is satire

@Turbam

So satire doesn't have to make any sense at all?

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DrizztLink
03/30/21 4:04:58 PM
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redlem posted...
Never understood why someone like Mandarin didn't hire Magneto to take out Ironman.
Ironman has fought him before.

He's got nonferrous suits expressly for that reason.

RetsuZaiZen posted...
@Turbam

So satire doesn't have to make any sense at all? How is there even a plot of there isnt a conflict?
...yes?

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MC_BatCommander
03/30/21 4:17:20 PM
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RetsuZaiZen posted...
Turbam

So satire doesn't have to make any sense at all? How is there even a plot of there isnt a conflict?

You're asking why a comedy that makes fun of anime/manga tropes doesn't have serious plot/conflict?

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slmcknett
03/30/21 6:28:33 PM
#41:


JE19426 posted...
Apocalypse put the Adamantium back in his bones, it didn't grow back.
I have the event wrong then, but the Adamantium Beta thing is still real according to the wiki.

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RetsuZaiZen
03/30/21 6:33:31 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
You're asking why a comedy that makes fun of anime/manga tropes doesn't have serious plot/conflict?

Yes. That is what I'm asking. Sounds like it doesn't really have a point.

Cabin in the woods was satire done correctly. One Punch Man is not.

You all sound nuts thinking that satire doesn't have to be good or make sense.

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marthsheretoo
03/30/21 6:42:41 PM
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Thor.

Yeah, not only is the Norse pantheon real, they're akshually space aliens with super technology.

This bothers me to the point where I can't enjoy any scene with Thor in it. It's just too dumb.

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MC_BatCommander
03/30/21 7:01:26 PM
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RetsuZaiZen posted...
Yes. That is what I'm asking. Sounds like it doesn't really have a point.

Cabin in the woods was satire done correctly. One Punch Man is not.

You all sound nuts thinking that satire doesn't have to be good or make sense.

I mean you're the one establishing your own rules for what is and isn't satire, that's way more crazy imo

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RetsuZaiZen
03/30/21 7:06:57 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
I mean you're the one establishing your own rules for what is and isn't satire, that's way more crazy imo

Not sure what you're even trying to say here but my beef is the lack of a point in the character, less the satire of the manga.

Just saying he sucks as a character as would any character that exists solely as a gimmick without a foil or weakness.

Deadpool is gimmicky and satirical and yet he doesn't suck.

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MC_BatCommander
03/30/21 7:13:25 PM
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RetsuZaiZen posted...
Not sure what you're even trying to say here but my beef is the lack of a point in the character, less the satire of the manga.

Just saying he sucks as a character as would any character that exists solely as a gimmick without a foil or weakness.

Deadpool is gimmicky and satirical and yet he doesn't suck.

So a satirical character can only be good if they aren't overpowered? I just don't get your point here. Have you read/watched any OPM content? I assume no since you referred to the character as One Punch Man (which isn't his name, just the title of the work) instead of his actual name.

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RetsuZaiZen
03/30/21 7:25:16 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
So a satirical character can only be good if they aren't overpowered? I just don't get your point here. Have you read/watched any OPM content? I assume no since you referred to the character as One Punch Man (which isn't his name, just the title of the work) instead of his actual name.

Yes I've read some OPM, hence why I answered the question in the topic title with my answer. Once again, a character is only good if they have a foil or some form of opposition. I don't care if Saitama was as powerful as God. Just make him vulnerable. That's my point. The end.


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MC_BatCommander
03/30/21 7:26:54 PM
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He does have opposition and foils tho, they're just not in the form of bad guys that can fight him

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JE19426
03/31/21 7:53:51 AM
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slmcknett posted...
I have the event wrong then, but the Adamantium Beta thing is still real according to the wiki.

Yeah, but it doesn't regenerate. It's just the variation of Adamantium they used to bond with his bones, it's still indestructible, and therefore doesn't need to regenerate.
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DeadlyNinjaBees
03/31/21 7:57:31 AM
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Batman. Just use your money for better infrastructure, Bruce! Ffs, mate!

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pegusus123456
03/31/21 8:01:23 AM
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DravenRainrix posted...
The fact a teenage kid invented the web slingers and never ending web substance is the most baffling thing in Spiderman to me.
I think some comics explain that the spider bite gave him a kind of instinctual idea on how to create web fluid.

It's not never-ending though. He has to refill it.

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