How I Think Superhero Comics Work
Apr. 22nd, 2013 11:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snarpThe dude's name is Blood Guy, and he's all muscly and grimaces a lot and is mean, but you can tell he's the hero because he's in spandex? He's fighting the bad guy whose name is Sciencetar, and you know the bad guy's the bad guy because science is really bad. And they're going like,
"Blood Guy I am going to do a bad thing that's basically equivalent to setting off a nuclear bomb. We're calling it something different because people are used to nukes right, they're not scary anymore."
"I won't let you set off that bomb! I will never let you set off another bomb - the way you set off my wife. By which I mean you killed her. I was trying to do that "mirroring" thing, with re-using your words for dramatic effect, but I fucked it up."
"You cannot stop me! Misused Nietsche quote."
"Is that why you do your evil deeds!?"
"Yes it is because of my inadequate understanding of Nietsche."
"Blood Guy I am going to do a bad thing that's basically equivalent to setting off a nuclear bomb. We're calling it something different because people are used to nukes right, they're not scary anymore."
"I won't let you set off that bomb! I will never let you set off another bomb - the way you set off my wife. By which I mean you killed her. I was trying to do that "mirroring" thing, with re-using your words for dramatic effect, but I fucked it up."
"You cannot stop me! Misused Nietsche quote."
"Is that why you do your evil deeds!?"
"Yes it is because of my inadequate understanding of Nietsche."
