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Subj: Re: The arch-enemies of the Parodyverse... Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 at 05:23:54 am EDT (Viewed 4 times) | Reply Subj: The arch-enemies of the Parodyverse... Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 at 10:29:15 am EDT (Viewed 519 times) | ||||||
Quote: Interesting. I hadn't really stopped to examine it that blatantly, but those categories do fit well... although "the opposite" can be applied rather broadly as a catch-all. Looking at Spider-man's rogues gallery for example, Venom is an obvious almost alike. Doc Ock comes in just around the line, being alike in scientific thinking and the 8-legged animal motiff, but not an obvious twin by any means. Norman Osborne is clearly the manipulator type (quite common for the one who gets the "arch enemy" designation). But much of the rest... Rhino, Electro, Vulture, Sandman, etc... that's just a grab bag of opposite. I suppose it's much harder for characters in this category to really jump to the top of a hero's rogues gallery because of this lack of obvious connection. In serial comics, "the opposite" has to take lots of forms because there needs to be some variety from month to month. But if you want to look at this doctrine in action take a look at early Iron Man adversaries. They were mostly either: (a) Armoured enemies - Titanium Man, Crimson Dynamo - or else tech-based villains, some with specific counters to Iron Man - the Melter, the Unicorn, Hawkeye (b) Different non-science threats - Dr Doll (voodoo), Black Widow (espionage), the Scarecrow (horror) or even races of aliens - all taking Stark and/or Iron Man on in different kinds of battlegrounds (c) Manipulators, mostly corporate - the Mandarin, Count Nefaria, Doctor Strange (not the sorcerer supreme version); remarkably lots of these manipulators tend to have beautiful daughters. Quote: In any event, I thought it would be fun to run down the Parodyverse's Heroes main enemies and see how people would define them. Hopefully others will chime in and add their own characters to the list (Hatty and CSFB have some clearly defined arch enemies, after all...) and I'll probably need to come back to it a few times as well as I think of others:Quote: Visionary: Quote: The Apostate is a manipulator first, although there's a healthy bit of opposite in him... But when your hero is Visionary, you can't really help that. I admit, though, that his position as Vizh's nemisis is largely manufactured. There's no compelling reason given why he and Vizh are linked in a way that only allows for one of them in the Parodyverse...Quote: Roni Y. Avis is probably as close to an "almost alike" villain as Vizh has, in that he's mostly a buffoon and no physical threat at all.Quote: Hallie: Quote: Rikka Ulz Hagan is definitely her arch enemy and a manipulator. She also has the familial history link to boost her to that "arch" position. Unlike many other villains, she genuinely has little interest in tormenting anyone other than Hallie as well.Quote: HAGGIE is a clear almost alike, although the damaged robot body does make her a bit different now. Still, I would expect her to be able to do most anything Hallie can do.Quote: Magweed: Quote: Camellia is likely her arch enemy, a manipulator type again. Then again, I could see Auntie as the arch enemy of the twins with Camellia a larger threat to the entire family...Quote: Quote: Good analysis. On a team-wide basis the LL tends to take on its evil counterparts - the Scourge, the Purveyors, and of course the Anti-League - it's opposites (often one very powerful adversary vs a group) - Ultizon, Count Armaggedon, the Confiscator - and its manipulator archvillains. | |||||||
